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Beaufort film festival honors directors, actors, writers

In this February file photo, Hollywood producer and director Mike Tollin, left, accepts the Beaufort International Film Festival's Jean Ribaut Award for Excellence in Filmmaking from Carissa Lamb at University of South Carolina Beaufort Center for the Arts.

Moviegoers and directors mingled on the red carpet Saturday with Humphrey Bogart, Elizabeth Taylor and a host of other volunteers dressed as movies stars before an awards ceremony for the seventh annual Beaufort International Film Festival.

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BEAUFORT NEWS

Neighbors: Family of Beaufort woman charged with attempted murder 'very private'

Francis Marion Circle cuts a mile-long loop around the Royal Pines neighborhood on Lady's Island and is ringed by tidy homes and the longleaf and slash pines from which the subdivision takes its name.
BEAUFORT NEWS

Beaufort woman accused of attempted murder won't face federal gun charge

As a teenager, Alice Boland sometimes wandered several miles from her home without realizing where she had gone. At times, she was depressed and unable to feed herself; at other times, her appetite was voracious and her mood defiant, her parents allege in a lawsuit.
BEAUFORT NEWS

VIDEO: Lady's Island attempted murder suspect could face federal firearm charges

The Beaufort woman accused of attempting to shoot two employees of a private school in downtown Charleston on Monday also faced serious legal trouble in 2005, when she threatened to kill President George W. Bush while waiting in a slow-moving Customs line at the Montreal airport.
BEAUFORT NEWS

Marines, sailors to 'invade' Jasper County for training mission

About 150 Marines and sailors will hold "realistic urban training" in Jasper County later this week as part of pre-deployment training.
BEAUFORT NEWS

DHEC provides flu vaccines for insured children to ease shortage

South Carolina health officials reacted quickly last week to a shortage of flu vaccines for infants and young children, changing guidelines "just in time" for some Beaufort County clinics, according to area health care providers.
BEAUFORT NEWS

Solicitor, Attorney General eager to crack down on human trafficking in SC.

A new state law can help authorities crack down on those who exploit others for sex or labor -- a problem that is more prevalent than most think, according to several elected officials who spoke at a meeting Friday of the Lowcountry Coalition Against Human Trafficking.
EDUCATION

Student with ammo, burglary manhunt lead to separate Beaufort County school lockdowns

Three northern Beaufort County schools were locked down for about an hour Friday morning for two unrelated incidents -- a student who brought ammunition to school and a manhunt for a burglary suspect.
BEAUFORT NEWS

Magistrate to hold office hours at St. Helena Library

A longtime Beaufort County magistrate will begin holding office hours at the St. Helena Branch Library starting Monday.
BEAUFORT NEWS

Historic Review Board: Dilapidated Beaufort house can be demolished

A Beaufort committee and historic foundation have relented and given a property owner permission to tear down a decaying home on the corner of Monson and Duke streets.
BEAUFORT NEWS

Subpoenas issued to witnesses of nightclub shooting under 'mob law'

Beaufort County's solicitor and sheriff have been using a little-known state law to compel witnesses to testify about a deadly St. Helena Island nightclub shooting.