• Coosa teachers bare their beans to rally around ill colleague
  Diagnosed with breast cancer in May, Karen Harris said her students at Coosa Elementary School have helped her stay strong and positive during the past several months.

• Ex-deputy clerk of court sues to get her job back under whistle-blower law
  Beaufort County officials knew as early as 2008 that former Clerk of Court Elizabeth Smith was mishandling public funds but did nothing to stop it, Smith's former deputy and friend claims in a wrongful termination lawsuit filed Friday.

• New USCB student center officially opens on south campus
  Pumpkin burgers, orange-glazed chicken, apple cider pork loin, roasted butternut squash and green bean amandine. Spaghetti and meatballs, pepperoni pizza, chicken tenders and a salad bar.

• Quintessentially Lowcountry: Someone has to tend to septic tanks -- Barry will do it
  Stately live oaks and salt marshes aside, the rural Lowcountry owes much of its outward charm to a dirty little secret underground.

• 2 Savannah men get life in prison for shooting brothers in Bluffton
  Two Savannah men were sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for shooting two brothers -- paralyzing one -- at a Bluffton apartment in July 2008.

• Teen pleads guilty in Bluffton beating case; will testify against co-defendants
  One of the Bluffton teens charged in the attack on two men as they grilled steaks in a Bluffton backyard in October 2008 pleaded guilty to burglary Friday and agreed to testify against his two co-defendants.

• Pigeon Point residents will soon get a walk in the park, thanks to trail grant
  Pigeon Point resident and Beaufort City Councilwoman Donnie Beer can remember when her community's park was in such decay that residents reported used syringe needles near the worn-out playground equipment.

• Motorcyclist killed Thursday in Beaufort crash
  A 42-year-old Beaufort motorcyclist was killed Thursday when he attempted to turn onto Bay Pines Road and was ejected from the bike, according to South Carolina Highway Patrol Trooper Bob Beres.

• Sneezes send deputy's cruiser crashing into another car
  A chain of apparently seismic sneezes by a Beaufort County sheriff's deputy while behind the wheel was enough to send the lawman's 2006 Ford Crown Victoria crashing into another vehicle last Friday along U.S. 278 in Bluffton, according to a report Thursday from the Sheriff's Office.

• Make the most of it -- the Farmers Market of Bluffton to stay open year-round
  Good news was in the air Thursday at the Farmers Market of Bluffton.