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Tuesday, May 14, 2013  A South Carolina Republican group is putting on hold plans its plans to raffle off an AR-15 rifle amid concerns the event is an illegal lottery.

Friday, May 10, 2013  The Greater Bluffton Republican Club is looking for more members and money.

Friday, May 03, 2013  Authorities have charged a Hilton Head Island man with robbing two banks in two days after allegedly warning tellers he had a bomb.

Wednesday, May 01, 2013  Police say no one has been hurt after a 17-year-old Bluffton High School student came to school with knives, a loaded gun, gasoline and a lighter.

Monday, March 25, 2013  Residents of Beaufort, Bluffton and Hilton Head Island may be able to hear members of the Marine Corps as they conduct helicopter training.

Monday, March 11, 2013  Students at a Bluffton middle school want to make sure the world knows about Daufuskie Island.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013  Beaufort County deputies say a woman's body was found in a burning car near Bluffton and there was no sign the vehicle had been in a wreck.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013  A man's body has been recovered from a camper that caught fire and burned in Bluffton.

Thursday, November 29, 2012  Prosecutors say a retired South Carolina trooper used justified force when he killed a man who attacked him and forced his way into his home.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012  A judge has ordered electronic monitoring for a man accused of manslaughter in the shooting death of a tow truck driver in Beaufort County nearly two years ago.

Thursday, November 15, 2012  Investigators say a retired South Carolina trooper shot and killed a man who attacked him and forced his way into his home.

Tuesday, August 14, 2012  A man has died after diving into a pond in Bluffton trying to save a friend.

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Wednesday, May 16, 2012  The 250-pound mascot of the Bluffton High football team has been swiped and it apparently took determined thieves to do so.

Thursday, May 10, 2012  The police chief in Bluffton says they don't teach goat wrangling at the police academy.