Coverage of timely local, regional, and breaking news in Beaufort County and the South Carolina Lowcountry. Includes community updates, government decisions, public safety alerts, traffic and weather impacts, and key issues shaping life in Beaufort, Port Royal, Lady’s Island, St. Helena Island, and surrounding Sea Islands. Designed for residents and visitors seeking authoritative, hyperlocal journalism from Beaufort’s newspaper of record.
Anferny Devon Freeman, 27, of St. Helena Island, has been served with 14 additional arrest warrants for Assault and Battery in the First Degree in relation to the mass shooting that occurred on Oct. 12, 2025, at Willie’s Bar & Grill on St. Helena Island.
Freeman faces 14 additional charges in Willie’s Bar & Grill shooting Read More »
A single-car crash at the intersection of Boundary and Bladen streets snarled Monday afternoon traffic in the City of Beaufort.
Car crashes into power pole, cemetery wall snarling Monday afternoon traffic in Beaufort Read More »
Beaufort County School District (BCSD) students will learn from home Monday as forecasters warn of potentially dangerous winds sweeping across the Lowcountry.
Beaufort County schools shift to eLearning Monday as severe winds expected Read More »
Beaufort County Sheriff P.J. Tanner will not run for re-election and will retire when his term ends after 28 years on Jan. 5, 2027.
Beaufort County Sheriff PJ Tanner will not seek re-election, to retire at end of term Read More »
“This island has had a special place in my heart from the first day I came here. I didn’t know places like this existed when I came out here and I still see something new every day that reignites my excitement … for us to see this in our lives is pretty special.”
An enchanted isle — St. Phillip’s Island isn’t a resort island, ‘it’s just peace’ Read More »
Vonna Allen had stepped outside her hotel overlooking the Sea of Galilee to write a letter of prayer to Israel. The women traveling with her had been asked to write prayers and messages of encouragement to the country. Allen carried her paper to a quiet hill near the hotel outside Capernaum, looking across the water as she began to write. Then she heard explosions. “Boom! Boom!”
Beaufort women caught in Israel during missile strikes Read More »
Continuing a seven-year run of success, The Island News took home 19 awards at the 2026 South Carolina Press Association awards luncheon Friday, March 6, 2025 at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center.
The Island News shines at SC Press awards Read More »
Beaufort Memorial has appointed an experienced – and familiar – nurse leader as the expanding health system’s first Assistant Chief Nursing Officer (ACNO).
Beaufort Memorial appoints veteran Hildreth as 1st Assistant Chief Nursing Officer Read More »
During her 30 years at Beaufort Memorial, ICU nurse Candice “Candy” Chappell, BSN, RN, has cared for countless patients and their families, offering steadiness in some of their most vulnerable, emotional moments.
After months of hope that the long-vacant Naval Hospital property could become a new U.S. Coast Guard training center, local leaders say Beaufort County ultimately lost out when federal officials selected a site in Alabama.
Port Royal passed over for new Coast Guard training center Read More »
