When Curtis Brantley defeated incumbent Thayer Rivers for the House district 122 Democratic nomination in 2006, Rivers claimed Brantley ousted him because he had financial help from supporters of private schools. Last week, Rivers again brought up the private school issue, saying Brantley's actions in the legislature showed he was willing to repay the favor. (More)

Three Republican candidates, Bill Bootle, Brian Flewellingand Tommy O'Brien will vie in Tuesday's primary for outgoing Skeet Von Harten's Beaufort County Council District 9 seat. (More)

Name/hometown: W. Warren Alston/Charleston area (More)

Beaufort County Board of Education member Jim Bequette says he is the subject of political harassment by Sen. Catherine Ceips' re-election campaign. (More)

Sen. Catherine Ceips came out swinging at a candidate forum Thursday,criticizing her opponent for a "negative, nasty mudslinging campaign" then quoted a black state Supreme Court justice's likening political nonprofits to "the new face of the Klan." (More)

As the county continues to grow there needs to be a conservative voice on the County Council when it comes to how money is spent, according to the three Republican candidates vying for Beaufort County Council's District 9. (More)

Since the prototype edition of The Beaufort County News appeared two weeks ago, the newspaper's origins have been a mystery. (More)

Republican party infighting between Sen. Catherine Ceips and former governor's chief of staff Tom Davis should be over come Tuesday, when Beaufort County voters choose a Republican nominee in the Senate District 46 race. (More)

State Sen. Catherine Ceips, R-Beaufort, has been endorsed by the Sixteenth Lodge of the South Carolina Fraternal Order of Police. (More)

COLUMBIA -- A newly elected Clemson University trustee gave at least $5,100 in campaign donations to lawmakers, including state Sen. Catherine Ceips, in the weeks running up to his close victory in the General Assembly last week. (More)

A recent mailer from Sen. Catherine Ceips' re-election campaign lists hundreds of locals' names along with the message, "We Proudly Support Catherine Ceips," though several on the list have come forward to say they don't. (More)

State Sen. Catherine Ceips and former governor's chief of staff Tom Davis have been busying themselves with a drawn out game of he said-she said in the lead up to the June 10 Republican primary for the Senate District 46 seat representing Beaufort County. (More)

There's no mistaking Lindsey Graham's loyalties or liabilities as he seeks a second term in the U.S. Senate. (More)

State Sen. Catherine Ceips and former governor's chief of staff Tom Davis have been busying themselves with a drawn out game of he said-she said in the lead up to the June 10 Republican primary for the Senate District 46 seat representing Beaufort County. (More)

The Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with The Beaufort Gazette, the Lady's Island Business and Professional Association and the Lowcountry Young Professionals, will host primary forums on Thursday. (More)

BLUFFTON -- A candidate for Beaufort County clerk of court might have perjured himself during a child custody hearing in 1999, a judge wrote in his court order on the case. (More)

State Sen. Catherine Ceips filed a freedom of information act request with Gov. Mark Sanford's office requesting the names of the journalists who received a May 14 press release criticizing the senator for abstaining from a committee vote. (More)

A clerk of court candidate is questioning why the incumbent, Elizabeth M. Smith, knowingly hired a temporary, part-time employee who has pending drug charges. (More)

The South Carolina Federation of Republican Women elected Sen. Catherine Ceips as the winner of the 2008 Strom Thurmond Award for Excellence in Public Service and Government at its recent quarterly meeting. (More)

State Senate candidate Tom Davis is outspending his opponent by 3-to-1, according to documents filed with the S.C. Ethics Commission this week. But that doesn't include thousands of dollars that the S.C. Senate Republican Caucus is funneling into Sen. Catherine Ceips' campaign to pay for television spots and a Web site. (More)

The Lady's Island Business and Professional Association, along with the Beaufort Regional Chamber, will sponsor a "Meet the Candidate" social event at the Sheriff's Camp on Chowan Creek Bluff from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday. (More)

The Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with The Beaufort Gazette, the Lady's Island Business and Professional Association and the Lowcountry Young Professionals, will host a primary candidates' forum on Thursday, June 5 at 6 p.m. at the Technical College of the Lowcountry's building 12. (More)

Residents who wish to vote by absentee ballot in the June 10 local and state primaries have two weeks to cast their ballots. (More)

The board of directors of the Beaufort County Association of Realtors last week decided it would endorse Tom Davis in the race for Senate District 46. (More)

When only 30 or so people showed up to $5 Lowcountry boil in Beaufort on Friday sponsored at cost by Sen. Lindsey Graham's campaign, attendees chalked it up to the weather. (More)