Local crime, high school sports, county politics, events tonight, and business closings — the daily Lowcountry report from HERE Beaufort.
Events
BEAUFORT, S.C. — Beaufort's waterfront is set for another Halloween Saturday on Oct. 17, when the city stages its yearly downtown celebration at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. Morning and early afternoon slots run 10 to 2, with kid-friendly stations for crafts, games, prizes, face painting and a DJ aimed…
Traffic
BLUFFTON, S.C. — May River Road through Bluffton was blocked Wednesday morning after a fallen tree took down utility lines near Haigler Boulevard. Beaufort County deputies confirmed the outage. Deputies sealed the segment linking Buck Island Road with Buckwalter Parkway, saying the work could run for hours as debris was…
Public Safety
BEAUFORT, S.C. — A Battery Creek High School student was hit by a car on campus Wednesday morning in Beaufort, and the South Carolina Highway Patrol is gathering details on what happened. District leaders messaged families that early information pointed to an accident. They said the student’s parents had been…
Politics
BEAUFORT, S.C. — Beaufort County residents packed a Black Chamber of Commerce session Tuesday to press Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Annie Andrews on housing costs, health care and whether working families can still live near Lowcountry jobs. Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse joined Andrews for the stop. High school students…
Politics
BEAUFORT, S.C. — Beaufort County elections director Jean Felix on Tuesday rejected a social media rumor that poll staff will scribble on ballots and knock those sheets out of the count. Felix, who directs Beaufort County's voter registration board, said the circulating claim is false. Managers at the polls are…
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