The application deadline for the Beaufort County Senior Games is Monday. (More)

A 51-year-old Beaufort man faces a litany of charges after threatening his girlfriend with a butcher knife and scuffling with police. (More)

The 8th & 1 Battle Colors Detachment, a silent drill platoon, the Marine Corps Color Guard and the Marine Corps Drum and Bugle Corps will have a special performance at 6 p.m. today at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort. The performance will be repeated at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. (More)

More than 200 Marines and sailors from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115 and Marine Aviation Logisitics Squadron 31 will return to Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort today following a seven-month deployment to Al Asad, Iraq. (More)

The S.C. Sea Grant Consortium and state Department of Natural Resources are seeking volunteers for their annual Beach Sweep/River Sweep cleanup scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. (More)

A Marine was charged with resisting arrest and public disorderly conduct as officers tried to break up a fight outside a south Hilton Head Island bar, according to a Beaufort County Sheriff's report released Sunday. (More)

The S.C. Sea Grant Consortium and state Department of Natural Resources are seeking volunteers for their annual Beach Sweep/River Sweep cleanup scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. (More)

State Sen. Danny Verdin, R-Laurens, chairman of the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, has arranged three public meetings around the state this month to solicit citizens' input on water and energy resources. (More)

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A ribbon-cutting ceremony at noon today will open the doors for the latest LowCountry Habitat for Humanity house at 1306 Congress St. in Beaufort. (More)

Beaufort Police arrested a 50-year-old Port Royal man for a "continued pattern of illegal and intimidating conduct toward a Beaufort woman," police said. (More)

Applications and tentative schedules for the 2009 Beaufort Water Festival Pirettes are now available through the official Water Festival Web Site at www.bftwaterfestival.com. (More)

A Port Royal police officer graduated at the head of his class at the state law enforcement academy. (More)

The following reports were on file with the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office and the Beaufort Police Department: (More)

The S.C. Department of Transportation will close a section of Interstate 95 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday. (More)

The Beaufort Fire Department responded to two separate calls at local restaurants Thursday. No injuries were reported at the incidents. (More)

The Lady's Island Business and Professional Association will host the candidates for state Senate District 46 as guest speakers at its Sept. 9 meeting. (More)

The following places will be closed Monday for Labor Day: (More)

To make sure the Lowcountry Community Blood Center has enough blood to make it through the Labor Day weekend, it will hold several blood drives this week. Blood supplies generally are in high demand but in low supply during the holiday weekend, said Alyson Barber, spokeswoman for Lowcountry Community Blood Center. She said the shortage is caused by the lapse between the 42-day shelf life for blood and the 56 days before a blood donor can donate again. (More)

Beaufort Memorial Hospital announced Wednesday that Edward Ricks will be the new vice president and chief information officer. He will oversee a team of information technologists and be responsible for information services and telecommunication at the hospital. He will join Beaufort Memorial's staff from Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown, N.Y., and has more than eight years of experience, according to a news release. (More)

A New York Times article Sunday on problems related to prescribed methadone for pain relief will feature Robby Garvin. Garvin, 24, of Beaufort died in 2006, just days after being prescribed methadone. (More)

The Beaufort County Sheriff's Office made two arrests for prostitution on Saturday, according to police records. (More)

Beaufort police have yet to identify a suspect in an early-morning shooting outside a Beaufort nightclub. (More)

A Beaufort man was jailed Saturday after police say he smashed the windshield of his girlfriend's car with a shovel during an argument. (More)

The Port Royal Police Department has scheduled license and safety checkpoints for 7 p.m. Friday through 3 a.m. Saturday on the following roads: S.C. 802, S.C. 280, S.C. 170, Drayton Drive, Lenora Drive and Westvine Drive. (More)