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Island Packet
January 3, 2018
Both southbound lanes on I-95 were blocked near the 4-mile marker for about four hours after a tractor-trailer overturned around 9:30 a.m. as rain and freezing rain worked its way through the Lowcountry. The South Carolina Department of Public Safety announced just after 1 p.m. that the highway hadÃÂ ...
Island Packet
January 3, 2018
A man convicted of murder has been found dead at a South Carolina prison in what authorities say is an apparent hanging. The Spartanburg Herald-Journal reports that 43-year-old Steven Roy Earley Jr. was pronounced dead early Tuesday at Tyger River Correctional Institution in the community of EnoreeÃÂ ...
Island Packet
January 3, 2018
State police are investigating after police officers and two robbery suspects were involved in a shootout at a South Carolina convenience store. North Charleston Deputy Police Chief David Cheatle told local media that one of the suspects was hurt in the gunfire exchange and both of them were arrested.
Island Packet
January 3, 2018
A proposed deal announced Wednesday could mean $1.3 billion in refunds for customers of a troubled South Carolina utility who have been funding a failed nuclear reactor project. In a news release, Richmond, Virginia-based Dominion Energy announced that it would make immediate $1,000 cashÃÂ ...
Island Packet
January 3, 2018
With many spending Wednesday safely at home, kids and adults alike took advantage of the rare Lowcountry snowfall. There were snowball fights, there was sledding and there were even snowmen. We sifted through dozens of photos shared with us by readers to find the best Beaufort County snowmen.
Island Packet
January 3, 2018
A Bluffton police car slipped off Highway 278 and got stuck in a grassy median Wednesday because of icy road conditions and unusual inclement winter weather in Beaufort County. The car slid off Highway 278 between Buck Island Road and Simmonsville Road around noon, said Bluffton PoliceÃÂ ...
Charleston Post Courier
January 3, 2018
For a lot of people along the South Carolina coast, this was as deep a snow as they had ever seen. At first, with the wind chill vicious, ... "Extraordinary, and almost surreal," Elizabeth Boineau of Edisto Island said as she gazed out her window at the South Edisto River. She's lived in the area for more than 40ÃÂ ...
Island Packet
January 3, 2018
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Island Packet
January 3, 2018
Slippery, snowy, icy conditions have snarled traffic along I-95, leading to some drivers stuck for hours along the stretch of highway connecting South Carolina to Georgia. The issue seems to stem from the elevated bridge that crosses the state lines, according to Lance Cpl. Matt Southern of the S.C. HighwayÃÂ ...
Island Packet
January 3, 2018
Department of Public Safety Director Leroy Smith says South Carolina has not seen any deaths in this winter storm. The National Weather Service says up to 6 inches (15 centimeters) of snow fell north of Charleston in Summerville as a powerful storm moved off the coast.
Island Packet
November 18, 2017
Two people were killed and a third person was pinned under a car in a one-vehicle accident in South Carolina. North Myrtle Beach Fire Rescue ...
U.S. News & World Report
November 18, 2017
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — A marsh tacky foal born on ... brought to the Sea Islands by Spanish settlers and had completely vanished from ... breed was designated the South Carolina State Heritage Horse in 2010.
Island Packet
November 17, 2017
... ever, parents can look at the report cards — issued by the South Carolina ... Hilton Head Island High School has the largest percentage of ...
Island Packet
November 17, 2017
The State Department of Corrections said Friday it had received an order from the state Supreme Court setting a Dec. 1 execution date for ...
Island Packet
November 17, 2017
President Trump has also nominated Marvin Quattlebaum Jr. of Greenville to fill another district judgeship in South Carolina that has been ...
Island Packet
November 17, 2017
The South Carolina women's basketball team practiced in the Carolina Coliseum in preparation for a Sunday matchup against Wofford.
Island Packet
November 16, 2017
South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. wants to cut its customers' rates in half over the next three years after abandoning the construction of two ...
Island Packet (blog)
November 10, 2017
As water temperatures off the coast of South Carolina continue to drop, DNR ... Hilton Head Island is one of the two problem areas, along with ...
Island Packet
November 7, 2017
South Carolina policies are barely adequate in protecting our beaches against coastal erosion, sea level rise and shoreline development, ...
Island Packet
October 12, 2017
A man has been charged in the stabbing death of his ex-girlfriend at a home in South Carolina. Police tell the Herald of Rock Hill that ...
Island Packet
October 12, 2017
A civil rights organization is suing two South Carolina towns hoping to require lawyers be made to anyone facing charges in municipal courts ...
Island Packet
October 12, 2017
South Carolina Republican Reps. Mark Sanford, Jeff Duncan and Ralph Norman all said last month they were open to voting yes on hurricane ...
Island Packet
October 12, 2017
The City of Greenville is hosting South Carolina's NAACP state convention for the first time. Starting Thursday, WSPA-TV reports that the annual ...
Island Packet
October 11, 2017
A man has died after being found with a gunshot wound in a vehicle in South Carolina. Local media outlets reported that Horry County police ...
Island Packet
October 11, 2017
It's the 32nd homicide in North Charleston this year. There were 33 homicides in South Carolina's third largest city last year.
Island Packet
October 11, 2017
... especially the Town of Hilton Head Island, which was hit hardest. ... cannot get workers and supplies to evacuated barrier islands ahead of the crowd. ... With more opioid prescriptions than people in South Carolina, that's a ...
Brewbound.com
December 31, 1999
CHARLESTON, SC — Inspired by the coastal lifestyle, Island Coastal Lager (ICL), a new Sullivan's Island based company, has brought its ...
Island Packet
September 16, 2017
Defensive end Rodricus Fitten of Atlanta announced a commitment Wednesday to South Carolina for the 2019 class. Fitten (6-3, 220) had beenÃÂ ...
Island Packet
September 15, 2017
It also brought a bird typically found only on far-away islands in the ... Island residents Sherry Goff and Joe Murray were walking in the sand Monday ... He then reached out to South Carolina Center for Birds of Prey, whichÃÂ ...
Charleston Post Courier
September 15, 2017
Flooding, especially on sea islands, was one of the last hurdles utilities faced in ... Days after Tropical Storm Irma ripped across South Carolina, utilities say ... The Cayce-based utility said Thursday that Dewees Island inÃÂ ...
Charleston Post Courier
September 15, 2017
Irma moves marine buoy 8 miles in South Carolina. It was found ashore ... The big red buoy washed ashore on Hilton Head Island on Monday.
Charleston Post Courier
September 15, 2017
South Carolina governor visits Edisto Beach to see Irma damage ... Governor Henry McMaster tours Edisto Island beach with Mayor Jane Darby ... McMaster ordered the evacuation of Edisto and seven other barrier islands onÃÂ ...
The Weather Channel
September 14, 2017
People who evacuated Hilton Head Island returned to their homes ... the island and six of the state's other barrier islands to evacuate ahead ofÃÂ ...
Charleston Post Courier
September 13, 2017
Four islands have reopened: Hilton Head Island and Daufuskie ... by helicopter to survey damage along the South Carolina coast with the stateÃÂ ...
Island Packet
August 22, 2017
A man and woman have been arrested in the shooting death of a man on a city street in South Carolina. North Charleston police spokesmanÃÂ ...
Island Packet
August 22, 2017
South Carolina may be in the path of the total solar eclipse Monday afternoon, but weather conditions are keeping locals and visitors alike inÃÂ ...
Charleston Post Courier
August 22, 2017
Charleston ÷ Columbia ÷ The Bend ÷ Isle Of Palms ÷ Sullivan's Island ÷ College Of Charleston ÷ Mcclellanville ÷ Riverbanks Zoo ÷ South Carolinaà...
Island Packet
August 22, 2017
Shadows are getting shorter and temperatures are dropping as South Carolina plunges further into solar eclipse. Only a sliver of the sunÃÂ ...
Island Packet
August 22, 2017
The South Carolina Emergency Management Division was already reporting rest area and parking closures around 11 a.m. Monday morningÃÂ ...
Charlotte Observer
August 22, 2017
A man has been found dead on a South Carolina island and police are ... that officers were called to Johns Island around 8:30 p.m. Sunday.
Island Packet
August 21, 2017
The U.S. News “Best States for Education” study pegged South Carolina as 50th in the nation based equally on the state's K-12 and higherÃÂ ...
U.S. News & World Report
August 21, 2017
The U.S. Coast Guard says it rescued eight boaters from a grounded 21-foot recreational boat near an island that's located about 15 miles northÃÂ ...
The State
August 19, 2017
... a whale struggling in the surf Thursday night on Daufuskie Island, they ... are stranded on the beaches of Daufuskie or Hilton Head islands.
Charleston Post Courier
December 31, 1999
Curfew starts on 5 islands included in South Carolina evacuation order ... Baxley says Hunting Island State Park is already partially under waterÃÂ ...
Island Packet
March 24, 2017
FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2010 file photo, Capt. Robert Johnson is photographed outside of the guard house at the Lee Correctional Institution, in Bishopville, S.C.
Island Packet
March 24, 2017
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and his wife's reported earnings have risen from a nearly $122,000 loss in 2000 to an almost $426,000 profit in 2015, his first year as lieutenant governor.
Island Packet
March 24, 2017
NASA's South Carolina map of the 2017 total solar eclipse, which is forecast to end in Charleston at 2:48 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 21.
Island Packet
March 24, 2017
News media outlets report the company is moving production of F-16s to Greenville, South Carolina, to make room for expanded production of the newer F-35 jet fighters in Fort Worth, Texas.
Myrtle Beach Sun News
March 24, 2017
The winner has not yet claimed the prize. The odds of winning the $1 million are one chance in 11,688,054 and the winner has 180 days to claim the prize.
Island Packet
March 24, 2017
The U.S. Census Bureau released population estimates for 2016. The state of South Carolina and Beaufort County continue to show population growth, although the growth is not quite as rapid as it has been in past years.
