April 12
2019: Twenty-one-year-old U.S. Marine Cpl. Tyler P. Wallingford, an Aircraft Ordinance Technician with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 (VMFAT-501) is shot and killed aboard MCAS Beaufort.
April 15
2019: More than 450 people pack Whale Branch Middle School to hear U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) speak as part of her 2020 campaign for president.
April 16
2019: Frank Rodriguez, a 26-year veteran school administrator is selected by the Beaufort County Board of Education to be the district’s next superintendent, pending the negotiation of a contract.
April 17
2008: The first edition of the Lady’s Island News – now called The Island News – is published.
– Compiled by Mike McCombs