• Think the Sanford affair was odd? S.C. has a long history of political weirdness
  Welcome to South Carolina, where we never have to make up anything peculiar because our peculiarities are way too peculiar.

• Transplant Angus Cotton lends his leadership to TCL for 17 years
  Angus Cotton may have the best Southern name since Rhett Butler.

• For Gov. Sanford, forgiveness will only come when the sinner repents
  Sunday school this week was not supposed to be about Gov. Mark Sanford.

• Are Mark Sanford's principles only skin deep?
  Gov. Mark Sanford's father used Beaufort County land to teach him principles to live by.

• Federal government has to get with -- and behind -- the hospice program
  Hospice care needs greater respect in the national debate on health care.

• When you're a resort resident, vacation spots are all around you
  When you live in a resort area, where do you go for vacation, everyone asks. Try nowhere.

• How one man is working to help many find a home, sweet, home
  In the early 1970s, Ron Terwilliger was part of Charles Fraser's leadership team at Sea Pines, which sold exclusive housing in exclusive neighborhoods on Hilton Head Island and beyond.

• Benefactor won't let his health keep him from his cause -- the Children's Center
  Jerry Reeves is beginning to feel a harsh side to what has been a blessed life.

• Artistry in Rice family spans at least three generations
  Clay Rice will bring his furious fingers to Beaufort this week.

• River man honored by state for preserving seaside traditions
  Joseph Legree Jr. of St. Helena Island is called "Crip" because he broke his leg as a child and still walks with a slight limp.

• Remember where our community's bread and butter comes from: local shopkeepers
  Forty years ago this week, Gene Martin took over the Piggly Wiggly at Coligny Plaza. He celebrated by having outpatient surgery Wednesday.

• Korean War veterans get a tiny bit of the respect they deserve
  "The Chosin Few" can finally have their day in the sun in South Carolina.

• How the Cold War froze the heart of a South Carolina town
  One of the earliest sacrifices Americans made in the Cold War took place near here, in little hamlets the residents called a piece of heaven dropped out of the sky.

• That old black magic has long cast a spell on the Lowcountry
  Voodoo roots run deep in the Beaufort County mud, but they seem to be sliding away.

• Beaufort Tree Walk gives preservation efforts deep roots
  Tuesday afternoon's Beaufort Tree Walk through The Point neighborhood was by no means a march of protest.

• Golfers in Fred Hart Open continue to play through time, illness
  You're never going to see the Fred Hart Open on a local economic impact statement.

• Swat team: A look at the Lowcountry figures who have tried to keep the mosquitoes at bay
  Are mosquitoes extra thick in the Lowcountry this year, or is the sky always this dark?

• Gullah goes mainstream, as Cohen's performance demonstrates
  Louise Miller Cohen's performance next Monday night at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina shows how mainstream the Gullah culture has become.

• Penn Center honors three who made the 'jewel shine'
  Think of the Penn Center 1862 Circle as a pebble dropped in a creek.

• Hilton Head resident becomes a miracle man, plans to walk in Relay for Life
  Exactly six months ago, Steve Colburn was planning his funeral -- who would be the pastor, where it would be, what would be done with his ashes.

• Heritage Library continues its geometric growth, this time into 2,700 square feet
  History just got a new wrinkle in Beaufort County.

• Family takes personally push for MS cure
  Josh Aragon was known for living life at full tilt from the moment his family moved to Hilton Head Island from Florida in 1989.

• Osprey family puts on a full-scale, multi media show at Palmetto Electric
  We have triplets.

• Adults remember their 'angels' at the haven that is CAPA
  Henry Tariel Williams of Seabrook has to work Saturday when he'd rather be at the Child Abuse Prevention Association's first Angel Walk fundraiser. But he doesn't mind. At least he's alive.

• Georgia man strides into another season of hope
  When we last saw D.J. Gregory of Savannah, he was twisting and spinning his way up the 8th fairway of the Harbour Town Golf Links. Cerebral palsy forced a painful-looking pirouette around his metal cane with every jerking step.