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BEFORE: Bland laminate flooring, white walls and a cabinet vanity didn't make for an appealing powder room.

Weekend bathroom project makes small space twice as nice

A botched washing machine install isn't all that bad when you get a new bathroom out of it.

<span>Debbie Petitpain</span>

Professional Opinion: Is it OK to eat while standing?

This week, Debbie Petitpain, a registered dietitian with Sodexo working in the Medical University...

Entertainment

Director of Oscar-winning Polish movie &#x201C;Ida,&#x201D; Piotr Pawlikowski, center, actress Agata Trzebuchowska, right, and producer Ewa Puszczynska, left, with the award for the best foreign language movie pose for photographers before meeting Poland&#x2019;s President Bronislaw Komorowski at the Belvedere Palace in Warsaw, Poland on Monday, March 2, 2015.

Oscar-winning director: Poles should see 'Ida" not debate it

The director of "Ida," the Polish movie that won this year's Oscar for best foreign film, said Monday that Poles should see it before calling it anti-Polish.

Local

Christopher King-Ponce, 9, left, and William Allen Brock, 56, also known as William Stanley King

Updated with photos: Missing Tennessee child abducted from school has Bluffton ties

A missing boy in Tennessee, who police say was taken from school by a man who lost a custody hearing, has local ties, according to an attorney for the boy's mother.

Crime & Public Safety

Deficient bridge in Jasper County to be replaced

The S.C. Department of Transportation plans to remove the bridge over CSX Railroad on Speedway Boulevard just north of South Okatie Highway in Jasper County.

Sports

Shameik Blackshear

Bluffton's Blackshear won't appear in court Tuesday; headed for trial on petit larceny charge, attorney says

Bluffton High School star defensive end and University of South Carolina recruit Shameik Blackshear will not appear in court Tuesday for a pending petit larceny charge, his attorney said Monday.

Living

From left, Hilton Head Hospital Auxiliary President marty Eidemiller, Director of Volunteer Services Jody MacLeod and Millie Timmerman.

Millie Timmerman honored for volunteering 17,000 hours at Hilton Head Hospital

Shortly after her husband died, Millie Timmerman received a phone call from Hilton Head Hospital asking if she would like to volunteer in the emergency room.

Opinion/Letters

<span>Feelings of envy as you scroll through your Facebook news feed can lead to depression.</span>

Column: Facebook: The root of all envy

Facebook is a breeding ground for jealousy. It's a collection of polished existences where, for some people, a profile is the equivalent of a perfectly trimmed front lawn in front of a tidy house with freshly painted shutters.

Nation/World

Retired Cincinnati Police Chief Tom Streicher, discusses the benefits of body cameras during a conference hosted by Taser International at the California Highway Patrol headquarters in Sacramento, Calif., on Feb. 19.

Body-camera maker has financial ties to police chiefs

Taser International, the stun-gun maker emerging as a leading supplier of body cameras for police, has cultivated financial ties to police chiefs whose departments have bought the recording devices, raising a host of conflict-of-interest questions...

State

Thousands of Chickens Killed in S.C. Farms

Hundreds of thousands of chickens were reported killed on S.C. farms around Clarendon County in the past two weeks.