https://www.islandpacket.com/living/food-drink/article316533713.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/7fb4e60e-2eb9-463a-a0ba-622dd19b007b/1_th.jpg Tips on washing fruits and vegetables to reduce food-borne viruses Correctly washing fruits and vegetables can help reduce food-borne viruses and limit bacterial contaminants and pesticides. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says not to use soap or bleach because produce is porous. https://www.islandpacket.com/living/food-drink/article316533713.html/video-embed 56 2026-07-16T13:28:40Z no https://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/community/beaufort-news/article316549330.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/3ab2d250-afda-4111-972b-139a9004925d/1_th.jpg SC man greets passing motorists with a wave. Here's why Three-days a week since 2009, Thomas Allen Sr. sits on the side of Hwy. 21 in Beaufort County, S.C. greeting passing motorists with a wave. In this recording made on July 17, 2026, would make his 17th year of waving. https://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/community/beaufort-news/article316549330.html/video-embed 54 2026-07-17T14:39:39Z no https://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/crime/article316551610.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/28d230c5-79ea-44bd-a8ed-84c5c4ec2999/2_th.jpg Charges changed for Hilton Head July 4 beach shooters. Here's why Duffie Stone, solicitor for the 14th Circuit, explains on July 17, 2026, why attempted murder charges were changed to assault and battery of high and aggravated for the Fourth of July beach shooters on Hilton Head Island. https://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/crime/article316551610.html/video-embed 38 2026-07-17T16:46:13Z no https://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/article316524143.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/d0b88b3c-9340-43cb-83b0-b2bcc5955e9b/1_th.jpg Photos, drone footage shows waterline break in Old Town Bluffton Water gushed into the street on July 14, 2026, after a contractor cut through a waterline according to Beaufort-Jasper Water & Sewer Authority in Old Town Bluffton. Video shows repairs were made later that day. https://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/article316524143.html/video-embed 46 2026-07-15T19:08:49Z no