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HAMPTON COUNTY, S.C. (WTOC) - Hampton County School District announced the passing of Angela Heape, a former teacher in the district, in a Facebook post. “It is with great sadness that Hampton County School District mourns the passing of Angela Heape, a former teacher in our district,” the post said.
EFFINGHAM COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC) - An unattended outdoor fire spread across a property and to a home Thursday afternoon off Highway 119 South, according to Effingham County Fire Rescue. The fire was reported around 3:30 p.m. Fire crews from stations 13 in Guyton, 12 in Springfield and 4 in Central...
Jasper County is advancing plans to widen a 4-mile stretch of U.S. 278 to six lanes between the Beaufort County line and John Smith Road. The $80 million project is funded by a 2024 voter-approved penny sales tax, with construction expected to begin in 2033. FULL STORY: Road between Hilton Head and I-95 is widening. What to expect Here are key takeaways: Two options on the table: Alternative 1 widens U.S. 278 to the outside, keeping the 48-foot-wide grassy median. Alternative 2 widens into the existing median, requiring a concrete barrier at intersections and crossovers. Project manager’s view: Jeff Buckalew of Infrastructure Consulting & Engineering said widening to the outside is preferable, “but we’ll see what the public says.” Where things stand: The public comment period has closed, but Jasper County officials said no decisions have been made. They are using public input and other information to determine a preferred alternative that will guide the design work ahead. Timeline and cost: The $80 million project will be built in two phases, with right-of-way acquisition starting in 2029, construction in 2033 and roughly three years to complete. How it’s funded: Voters approved a 1% sales tax in 2024 expected to raise
Members with the Clementa Pinckney Foundation, Jasper County Parks & Recreation and Lowcountry Crew will help to hand out the ham and turkey to the community.
Georgia and South Carolina have halted work on the long-planned Jasper Ocean Terminal, setting aside a binational port project once envisioned as one of North America’s largest container facilities. The Georgia Ports Authority and South Carolina Ports agreed in a May 19 letter to “stand down” all work on...
Effingham County residents sued OpenAI affiliates and local officials under Georgia's civil RICO statute over a secret $20 billion data center campus.
HARDEEVILLE, S.C. (WTOC) - Hardeeville broke ground on a new fire station that is expected to open in 2027. The more than 12,000-square-foot facility on Village Drive in Ridgeland will have three vehicle bays and 10 private bunks for firefighters. Emergency response. City Manager Josh Gruber spoke about what the...
YEMASSEE, S.C. (WTOC) - The U.S. Postal Service will host a job fair Nov. 17 at the Yemassee Community Center. The agency said it has immediate openings for rural carrier associates and assistant rural carriers. Job fair details. When: Nov. 17, 2026. Where: Yemassee Community Center, 10 Mixson St., Yemassee,...
RIDGELAND, S.C. (WCBD) – Volunteers with the Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network rescued a young bottlenose dolphin stranded on a sandbar in a tidal creek near Ridgeland on Sunday, November 8. The rescue marked the organization’s fourth marine mammal stranding response within the past 10 days. LMMN was notified by a resident that the dolphin was […]
Three Effingham County residents filed a civil racketeering complaint against OpenAI and local officials on November 6, 2026 — the third lawsuit to challenge the company's $20 billion Project Camellia data center campus since it was publicly announced in July. Plaintiffs invoke Georgia's civil RICO statute, seeking compensatory, punitive,...
HARDEEVILLE, S.C. (WTOC) - The Hardeeville Community Transformation Foundation, in partnership with the City of Hardeeville, announced $106,567 in 2026 Discretionary Grant awards to six nonprofit organizations that provide direct programs and services to Hardeeville residents. The foundation said that it received 14 applications requesting a combined $308,688. The number...
CHATHAM COUNTY, Ga. (WSAV) — A major expansion could be coming to one of the busiest travel corridors connecting Chatham and Effingham counties. The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) is proposing to widen more than four miles of State Route 21 from four lanes to six in an effort to address traffic congestion, improve safety […]
Brothers senior Luke Sobey and sophomore Kai Sobey lead Patriots on offense and defense. Estill – After two seasons in which it went 4-7 and 2-9, the Patrick Henry Academy football team rebounded this season. The Patriots finished with a 6-4 record for their first winning season since 2023 when they were 11-2 and won the SCISA Class A state title.
A mobile healthcare unit will now be serving the rural Yemassee area of Hampton and Beaufort counties. The Town of Yemassee announced last week that Genesis Healthcare Inc and its Mobile Health Unit will begin serving that community and surrounding areas beginning the week of Nov. 9. This mobile healthcare...
