Lady’s Island St Helena Fire Department responds to early morning structure fire on Polowana Road

The Lady’s Island St. Helena Fire Department (LISHFD) is currently responding to a structure fire on Polowana Road on St.

‘The way we love them in life is the way we love them in death’: a Gullah Geechee community fights for their cemetery

In a win for the Gullah Geechee people on St Helena Island in South Carolina, access to a long-used cemetery has been restored ...

S.C. Court Victory Grants Gullah Geechee Temporary Access to Blocked Cemetery

Julia Scott is disappointed. Despite a judge granting her and other Gullah Geechee residents in St. Helena Island, South Carolina, access to the centuries-old Big House Cemetery, they must give the ...

Beaufort County judge grants limited cemetery access to St. Helena Island Gullah community

The ruling comes as a significant but partial victory for members of the St. Helena Island community who have been locked out ...

Court dismisses Pine Island developer’s challenge to St. Helena cultural zoning

A federal court dismissed a developer's lawsuit challenging St. Helena Island's Cultural Protection Overlay, finding the case ...
WGRZ

Investigators search for answers after Saint Helena Island bar shooting leaves four dead, several hurt

SAINT HELENA ISLAND, S.C. — Authorities say four people are dead and several are hurt following a shooting at a restaurant and bar in South Carolina's Lowcountry early Sunday morning. The Beaufort ...
The Island Packet

Judge restores access to old St. Helena cemetery, for now. ‘This order means a lot to me’

Big House Cemetery off of Seaside Road on St. Helena Island is at the center of a case pitting longtime residents against ...
Post and Courier

Still Here: Honoring our history on Saint Helena Island in SC's Lowcountry

I’m not usually pushy. Really, I’m not. But when my friend Shirley told me she was coming to visit my wife and me from Vancouver Island, Canada, I knew where I wanted to take her: Saint Helena Island.