S.C. Secretary of State Mark Hammond urged South Carolinians Wednesday to be knowledgeable about the charities they will donate to this holiday season, as he highlighted this year’s “scrooges and angels.“

Poor weather affects harvest; likely to be less pumpkin available this holiday

Are you thinking about what to do with your kids over the coming holidays? How about a visit to a national park?

To officially usher in the holiday season, Disney flips the switch on its annual Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights.

Beaufort Police say 24-year-old Natacia Laurant was arrested Thursday and charged with inflicting great bodily harm on a child.

Bluffton emerged from nearly 8 inches of rain Friday.

A Hilton Head Island councilman has asked other town leaders to consider softening the island’s tree-preservation policy to allow for selective tree-cutting that would open up views of the ocean.

After Governor Mark Sanford’s emotional confession in June that he lied about a secret tryst in Argentina, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security yanked the governor’s security clearance because of questions about his “lack of candor” and “trustworthiness” to protect classified information.

Patsy Boyle of Hilton Head has had so many surgical procedures, they call her the bionic woman. Now see how that fact is helping her compete in a golf tournament!

At most Beaufort County public schools, iPods and other portable music players are banned from classrooms and hallways. But at Hilton Head Island Middle School and others with high numbers of students with limited English skills, teachers use the devices to help students learn to read.

Boxed and stacked on a high shelf in a storage room of the Beaufort County Coroner’s Office are the creamated remains of 53 people. Each package of ashes has gone unclaimed.

Before the recession, booming growth helped Beaufort County’s fire districts generate enough tax revenues to fund their operations. That is no longer true.

During President Obama’s health care speech to Congress, South Carolina Congressm Joe Wilson shouted, “you lie”... igniting a new debate over political decorum and creating a fire storm of controversy that’s seemingly overshadowing the issues. News 3’s Kim Gusby tells us how an anti-Wilson rally in Beaufort today turned into a confrontation between both sides.

Beaufort High School linebacker Justin Parker is one of the nation’s top recruiting prospects. Every Wednesday, he’ll blog about his experiences throughout the process of choosing a college.

Before the first bridge to HHI was built in 1956, two native islanders helped connect the remote barrier island with the rest of the world. Now the town wants to honor the two ferry boat operators.

A man in his mid 30’s was bitten by a Copperhead snake at a Wal-Mart near Charleston in the Lawn and Garden Center.

Two men—both headed to Parris Island for Marine graduation—came to the aid of a heart attack victim on their flight last week.

Starting Saturdday, 1000 licensed alligator hunters will have a month to capture their single catch as the second South Carolina gator hunting season opens.

President Barack Obama’s back-to-school address to student next week is raising a furor in some districts around the state and country.

The Beaufort County Board of Education voted Wednesday to raise taxes on commercial property and non-owner occupied homes to make up for an anticipated $2.4 million budget shortfall.