October 17
2019: About 75 to 100 members of the groups Women For Trump and Engage The Right rally peacefully against each other in front of the office of U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham (SC1-D) on Boundary Street. The main topic of contention was the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.
October 19
2019: Noted scientist, explorer and oceanographer Robert Ballard speaks at John Paul II Catholic School. Ballard is best known for discovering and exploring the wreckage of the RMS Titanic.
2019: Holy Trinity Classical Christian School sweeps the SCISA 1-A boys and girls cross country championships at Heathwood Hall in Columbia. Collin Dunham won the boys individual championship.
October 21
2016: Following Pat Conroy’s death the previous March, The Pat Conroy Literary Center opens in Beaufort, coinciding with the first annual Pat Conroy Literary Festival.
— Compiled by Mike McCombs
