STORY 1 Civil War hero Robert Smalls could one day stand just outside the Statehouse visitors’ entrance, clad in the three-piece tuxedo he would have worn while serving in Congress, a legislative panel decided Wednesday, Jan. 8. Smalls, who escaped slavery on a Confederate steamship and later served in the Statehouse and Congress, will be the first…

STORY 1 Watching the comings and goings of tiny horses that looked right at home grazing on marsh grass or galloping on the beach was “magical,” according to residents of Horse and Little Horse islands who witnessed the unlikely scene over the decades. But those days are gone after a November roundup corralled the last members of the semi-wild herd…

STORY 1 It’s safe to say Irv Mulligan is already a star at home in Seabrook, but now his name is etched where an all-time legend’s used to reside. The former Whale Branch star had another big game for Jackson State in Saturday’s 41-13 rout of Southern University for the SWAC title, and in the process surpassed the great Walter Payton’s top single-s…

STORY 1 State Rep. Bill Herbkersman, R-Beaufort, will lead the House Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee, putting him in the forefront of guiding through a potential energy bill when it comes from the state Senate. Herbkersman, who has been in the House since 2003, most recently served as second vice chair of the Ways and Means Committee, tasked…

STORY 1 From Bluffton Today Beaver nuggets, brisket and a host of other souvenirs and snacks are tentatively scheduled to be arriving in Hardeeville in about four years as Buc-ee's plans to locate a store in the city. The Hardeeville City Council, during its Nov. 7 regular meeting, approved first reading of an ordinance to approve the planned devel…

STORY 1 From The Island Packet May River repeated as Class 4A girls golf state champions on Tuesday. The Sharks fired a two-day total of 628 to win the tournament at the Rose Hill Golf Club. Hilton Head Island was second at 648. The title was the Sharks’ fourth in program history and second straight. May River’s other titles came in 2020 and 2021. …

STORY 1 From The SC DAILY GAZETTE Early voting in South Carolina is already smashing records. About 125,900 people voted Monday, the opening day of early voting for the general election, according to a news release from the State Election Commission. That’s a huge leap from the one-day high set on Nov. 4, 2022, when 70,100 people voted. That was th…

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