Spend five minutes with Connie Kling and Meg Godley, as they talk back and forth in their friend short-hand, with their Irish brogues and winning smiles, and it's hard not to feel that, as stereotypes go, being known as a nation of friendly people is not the worst thing in the world.
Photo: Workmen try to salvage some of the leaking diesel fuel from a ruptured tank after the truck collided with another Monday on the Broad River bridge. Holding tanks built into the bridge with oil and water separation systems prevented any of the fuel from getting into the Broad River. BOB SOFALY | The Beaufort Gazette
A tow truck overturned in the southbound lane of the Broad River Bridge after it struck a construction truck about 11:30 a.m. Monday, snarling S.C. 170 traffic in both directions, said S.C. Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. Bob Beres. (full story)
Photo: A small group watches as nursing faculty member Pat Miller runs through a birth simulation Jan. 29 inside the Science and technology building at the University of South Carolina Beaufort South Campus.