Beaufort County News

Statistics from the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office show little difference in the number of fights, alcohol violations and other disturbances that occur before and after 2 a.m. at popular Hilton Head Island ...

Six people were arrested on drug and weapons charges during law enforcement operations Wednesday and Thursday, according to a release from the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office.

The University of South Carolina Beaufort will close today, Friday, September 05, 2008 at noon .

The owner of a Bluffton spraying service is in jail today after South Carolina Department of Revenue investigators charged him with tax evasion.

After wrapping up a Wednesday morning pep rally replete with cheerleaders, popcorn and the announcement of the winner of its song contest, the United Way of the Lowcountry had to face the music: Pledged ...

In a recent interview with the Watchdog team, a consultant with Kiawah Development Partners pointed out that Kiawah homeowners had sought only $208 in federal flood insurance claims since 1978.

South Carolina Department of Revenue investigators and Beaufort County sheriff's deputies arrested the owner of a Beaufort bookkeeping and tax service today and charged her with multiple counts of tax fraud.

With Beaufort County in the projected path of Tropical Storm Hanna, state and local governments are bracing for the worst.

The big question remains about Hanna: Will there be an evacuation? "We want to be prepared and we're trying to give them a heads-up notice that evacuation is a possibility," said Beaufort County emergency ...

A crackdown has identified 170 illegal immigrants in Beaufort County's jail, and the sheriff said he has heard the extra scrutiny is causing a number of people in the U.S. illegally to leave the area.

A 77-year-old man is in jail today after the fatal shooting of Andre Powell, 31, Monday morning on St.

Beaufort County authorities say a man has died after he fell from the roof of a warehouse.

Beaufort County could begin feeling the effects of Tropical Storm Hanna this week, though the path of the storm remains uncertain, according to the National Weather Service office in Charleston.

Beaufortonians soon may do several things they haven't done in awhile: dock their boat at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park, buy a hot dog in Waterfront Park, eat a meal at a sidewalk cafe and pay a school ...

Beaufort County is considering lowering taxes on boats and airplanes to entice more owners to park their aircraft and watercraft in the county.

A Yemassee woman was behind bars Thursday after police say she fired a gun into a car carrying two men and her baby.

Is the "father" in the quintuplets fraud scheme that bilked several local residents out of goods and money a minor or an adult? That's the question that will come before Judge Carmen Mullen in a general ...

A proposal to create more parking, build a rectory, and expand the school and the sanctuary at St.

County officials are about to open debate over whether to forgive a debt of more than $2 million the Hilton Head Island Airport piled up over the past 15 years.

An intercepted package filled with 5 ounces of cocaine and 3 pounds of marijuana led to the arrest of three Sea Pines residents and a Hilton Head Plantation resident over the weekend, authorities said today.