Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A witness tree in front of the Pat Conroy Literary Center in Beaufort has fully collapsed, more than likely under the weight of ...

BEAUFORT — Hurricanes have whipped through its branches. Children have written poems beneath it. Even Civil War-era soldiers called to muster once stood at attention in the shadow of its great canopy.

One of Beaufort’s most famous and historic trees split in two over the weekend, with half of it falling to the ground with a crash heard around the Lowcountry. The towering live oak is located in a ...

BEAUFORT — A treasured live oak that stood witness throughout much of the city’s storied history finally collapsed after suffering an earlier blow in July. The tree, which stood in front of the Pat ...