Shellie Murdaugh

Jasper County Council is working to ensure that the appropriate steps are being taken before it would even consider accepting any future requests from data centers that seek to locate in the unincorporated areas of the county.

A group of Hardeeville residents who met a few years ago to discuss forming a group supporting the Hardeeville Community Library is now preparing for its third book sale.

An Illinois man was arrested Sept. 27 after a shooting at a Bluffton hotel which left another man injured, a Beaufort County Sheriff's Office spokesperson said.

A Jasper County plantation which had once been the topic of numerous conversations concerning its future will now become a state forest, according to the Nature Conservancy of South Carolina.

Chase recently held a ribbon cutting ceremony for its newest branch, located at 15 Towne Drive in Bluffton, with plans to open three more in the market this year, a company spokesperson said.

The South Carolina Department of Transportation recently provided an update concerning several improvements to some lowcountry roads.

Jasper County and Hardeeville fire crews teamed up to install free smoke alarms for residents in local neighborhoods.

A lowcountry native who served his country and retired as the 26th Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Army will be honored during an Oct. 10 ceremony on Hilton Head Island.

The 37 annual Beach Sweep/River Sweep in Bluffton Sept. 19 allowed volunteers a chance to remove a variety of litter from the waterways and surrounding areas.

Chelsea Plantation was recently acquired by the S.C. Forestry Commission and will become a state forest