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• Photo: Kuwan Fields places his hand on the Bible. He pleaded guilty at the Beaufort County Courthouse on Friday afternoon.
  JONATHAN DYER | The Beaufort Gazette

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. (full story)

• Quintessentially Lowcountry: Someone has to tend to septic tanks -- Barry will do it
• Workshop focuses on diversifying Hilton Head's economy
• Ex-deputy clerk of court sues to get her job back under whistle-blower law
• New USCB student center officially opens on south campus
• 2 Savannah men get life in prison for shooting brothers in Bluffton
• Bluffton woman to serve 5 years in prison for stealing from employer
• Thieves take homeless agency's trailer, leaving roving shelter stranded
• Restaurant can keep its pier into Mackays Creek, state panel rules
• Sneezes send deputy's cruiser crashing into another car
• Man recovering from injuries suffered in 2-car crash on Hilton Head Island
• At workshop, Hilton Head envisions a new future
• Make the most of it -- the Farmers Market of Bluffton to stay open year-round
• Cross Island gets an asphalt touch-up -- before problems appear
• Renourishment policy proposal worries Hilton Head officials
• Ethics panel: Sanford may have broken state law
• Man robbed at gunpoint at Hilton Head apartment complex
• Bluffton teen charged with carrying a gun without permit on night of shooting
• No arrests in Dale double homicide
• Keeping our kids safe online: School targets cyberbullying

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