Today's Local News

• Photo: Ron Taylor carries an armload of flags in Six Oaks Cemetery while decorating veterans' graves on Friday morning in honor of Veterans Day. Taylor was one of several members of the Military Officers Association of America who came out to place a flag at the gravesite of each of the 300 veterans buried in the cemetery.
  JAY KARR | The Island Packet

Preparing for Veterans Day

The 11th hour of the 11th day, the 11th month and World War I came to an end in 1918. The county will mark the occasion, and Veterans Day on Wednesday, with a variety of events, from a parade in Beaufort to more at area schools, cemeteries and parks. (full story)

• Hilton Head Town Council member suffers heart attack, in intensive care
• Rep. Chalk makes paying off toll road a priority, suggests ways to do it
• Bluffton caretaker accused of stealing from paraplegic woman
• Deputies looking for two men accused of robbing taxi driver on Hilton Head
• St. Helena goat standoff leads to hourlong traffic standstill
• IRS is looking for residents -- to give them money
• Waldenbooks in Shelter Cove to close in January, Borders announces
• Real estate businesses welcome tax credit for homeowners and first-time buyers
• Quintessentially Lowcountry: Belamy Curve is a breath-taker for all who near
• Crime reports
• Sheriff says latest charges might help solve 1987 case of missing toddler
• The characters in the two missing child cases, one this week, one in Beaufort in 1987
• Coast Guard searching for missing sailor with ties to Hilton Head Island
• Students run through earthquake drill that S.C. experts say is necessary
• Life in the Lowcountry requires a sense of everyday awe
• Couple sues Palmetto Bluff security firm for hiring suspected arsonist
• Incumbent Bluffton town council member blames defeat on low turnout
• Alzheimer support group opens its first home on Hilton Head Island
• Pete Yorn cancels show slated for Saturday at Shoreline Ballroom

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