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Popular Beaufort restaurant damaged by early morning fire, gas line explosion averted

0 / May 21, 2013 5:28 pm

By John Williams Flames ripped through the Beaufort restaurant La Nopalera early Tuesday morning and investigators suspect electrical wiring failure may have started the blaze. The fire apparently started about 2:30 a.m. in a shed behind the main restaurant building [...]

Port Royal man sentenced for home invasion and attempted rape

Port Royal man sentenced for home invasion and attempted rape

0 / May 21, 2013 5:21 pm

 A 37-year-old Port Royal man was sentenced to 20 years in prison on May 21, 2013 for the home invasion and attempted rape of his downstairs neighbor. At the conclusion of a two-day trial, jurors convicted Frederick Mcleod of first-degree [...]

Emergency agencies work together to save a life

0 / December 18, 2012 4:28 pm

A call came in just before 2 pm this afternoon, Tuesday, Dec. 18, of a person in the water below the McTeer Bridge. Emergency responders motivated from a number of local agencies to include Lady’s Island-St. Helena Fire District, City [...]

Wal-Mart Shooting

Wal-Mart Shooting

0 / December 18, 2012 9:22 am

Shortly after midnight this morning, December 18, 2012, Beaufort Police Officers were called to Beaufort Memorial Hospital in reference to a gunshot victim. Officers met with a 24 year old man who had what appeared to be a small caliber bullet wound [...]

Sheriff’s Office Investigating St Helena Island Shooting

Sheriff’s Office Investigating St Helena Island Shooting

0 / November 13, 2012 5:35 pm

ST HELENA ISLAND, SC (November 12, 2012) – The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting incident last night ( Monday) that left a St Helena man injured. Just after 8 pm last night, Sheriff’s deputies responded to a [...]

Suspect Arrested for Assaulting Deputy

0 / October 9, 2012 5:02 pm

A Beaufort man wanted for assaulting a Beaufort County Sheriff’s deputy was arrested yesterday afternoon. Twenty-one year old Jovon Nakia Donaldson was arrested on one count of 3rd degree Assault and Battery and one count of Resisting Arrest with Bodily [...]

EMILY’S RESTAURANT ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECT ARRESTED

EMILY’S RESTAURANT ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECT ARRESTED

0 / September 26, 2012 9:22 am

Beaufort Police Department investigators have charged a suspect with Armed Robbery in connection with the September 16th Robbery of Emily’s restaurant on Port Republic Street. 18 year old Dallas Andrew O’Hara also known as Dallas Tiger is accused of entering [...]

PHOTO OF WANTED ROBBERY SUSPECT

PHOTO OF WANTED ROBBERY SUSPECT

0 / September 18, 2012 11:09 am

PHOTO OF WANTED ROBBERY SUSPECT The suspect wanted for the September 16th robbery of Emily’sRestaurant on Port Republic Street was caught on the camera of a nearby business. The suspect is a white male with long “dirty blond” hair and [...]

Emily’s Restaurant Robbed at Gunpoint

Emily’s Restaurant Robbed at Gunpoint

0 / September 17, 2012 7:52 am

At approximately 12:30 p.m. on September 16th 2012 officers responded to a report of an armed robbery at Emily’s Restaurant at 906 Port Republic Street. An employee reported that he and another employee were preparing for opening when a lone [...]

Man escapes injury after truck flips in two-vehicle Sunday morning wreck in Beaufort

Man escapes injury after truck flips in two-vehicle Sunday morning wreck in Beaufort

0 / September 16, 2012 2:15 pm

By John Williams  A two-vehicle wreck in downtown Beaufort flipped a truck on its roof, trapping the driver inside Sunday morning. Quick action by Beaufort firefighters, police and Beaufort County EMS helped remove the driver, who walked away without injury, [...]