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On Oct. 12, gunfire erupted between two feuding groups at Willie’s Bar and Grill, a watering hole on rural St. Helena Island, with bullets striking 20 and killing four. The tragedy sparked emotional prayer vigils across Beaufort and the Sea...
For decades, Hilton Head Island residents have debated whether town and county officials are doing enough to prevent crime. Some argue the town should create its own police force, like most other municipalities in Beaufort County. Others...
A sixth person has been arrested and charged in connection to the Fourth of July shooting at Coligny Beach, and police allege he possessed a machine gun. The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office announced Friday the arrest of Amarion Jameer Riley,...
Countries should reject efforts by Iran to impose sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz and Tehran’s “unilateral decision” to create a body to control traffic through the waterway, the U.N. shipping agency’s governing council agreed on...
At a July 5 press conference following gunfire that injured eight on Coligny Beach on the Fourth of July, Beaufort County Sheriff P.J. Tanner said the incident was “not a mass shooting.” “This is not a mass shooting. This is not a mass...
Tanner said. HOW THE CURFEW WOULD WORK At a special Hilton Head Island Town Council Meeting Thursday, BCSO General Counsel Daniel Gourley asked the council to enact an 8 p.m. curfew to give law enforcement the “necessary tools” to detain,...
