What’s coming up Memorial Day Weekend
Once again, it’s the time of year when, as Americans, we pause to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of our nation and our freedoms, as Monday, May 25 is Memorial Day.
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Port Royal Police investigate fatal shooting at Shell Point Apartments
News Briefs: Shellfish season closes Wednesday, May 27
Burton fire battles 2 threatening outdoor fires
Burton Fire assists driver after vehicle strikes home
Hilton Head Island man arrested in connection with Burton shooting
Video questioning Seifert’s role in ‘Squiresgate’ incident circulates online
HBF’s Lafayette Soirée fundraiser set for May 16 at Moss Stoney House
Beaufort County GOP hosting ‘Get Out The Vote’ Rally
Top Stories
Beaufort County schools shift to eLearning Monday as severe winds expected
Securing the economic foundations of citizenship — USCB’s Institute for the Study of the Reconstruction Era hosting 4th annual Spring Symposium
3 TCL employees recognized as state association’s ‘Educators of the Year’
USCB awarded grant to advance Sexual Violence Prevention
Schedule & Results
Area high school and college sports results and schedule:
Community
Veterans depart Port Royal for Honor Flight to Washington
Nearly 30 Vietnam War veterans from Georgia and South Carolina were honored during a send-off…
Street Music returns to Port Royal on Saturday
Street Music on Paris Avenue will continue its Spring 2026 season on Saturday, May 23,…
Lowcountry Life: Pennsylvania woman enjoys Taste of the Lowcountry
Port Royal’s Tracy Lontz snapped this photo of Jeannine Readdy of Pennsylvania enjoying “Taste of…
Veteran of the Week – Gary Kocsis
American Legion Beaufort Post 207 brings you Gary Kocsis, 70, who joined the United States…
This Week In History: Robert Smalls steals the CSS Planter
Late on the night of May 12 and early morning hours of May 13 in…
Taste Of Beaufort
Photos from A Taste of Beaufort in Beaufort’s Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park.
Out of necessity a passion is born: Linda Ferguson has been tailoring all kinds of uniforms in Beaufort for the last 30 years
Linda Ferguson started her sewing career at a textile plant in Walterboro, where she was…
Flying Frog 5K/10K
The Flying Frog 5K was held on Saturday, April 18, 2026, at Beaufort Executive Airport….
Obituaries
Robert Carroll Proctor Jr.
Robert Carroll Proctor Jr., known simply — and memorably — as “B-O-B,” died peacefully at…
Walter A. Gray Jr.
April 27, 1934 — March 24, 2026, Beaufort
Naomi Rebecca Middleton-Sias
Dec. 5, 1944 — March 24, 2026, Arizona
Commentary & Voices
No bipartisan views in this paper
I recently moved to beautiful Beaufort, S.C., from Pittsburgh, Pa., in November 2025. While I’ve enjoyed settling into the area, I’ve been disappointed by the lack of balance in this paper’s Voices content.
re: Beaufort plastic ordinance
My more pressing concern is that our Recycling Centers only take Plastics No. 1 and No. 2, only bottles, jugs and jars. As you know, we are not allowed to recycle the No. 1 plastic food containers that a huge amount of the food we purchase is packaged in.
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May 7, 2026


