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Evan McKenna

Beaufort

Breaking News Reporter at The Island Packet

Breaking news reporter @islandpacket. Formerly @NDSMCObserver. TN native. Send me tips: [email protected] 🦩🌻

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  • Cloud of smoke over Bluffton came from nearby Jasper County, fire officials say

    1 week ago | islandpacket.com | Evan McKenna

    Led by an eastern wind, a cloud of hazy, sometimes smelly smoke wafted over parts of the Bluffton area on Monday. It originated from three controlled burns in the neighboring Jasper County, local fire officials said. Residents reported the presence and smell of smoke in the areas of Palmetto Bluff, New Riverside and S.C. 170 (Okatie Highway), according to the Bluffton Township Fire District.

  • Heroic wife with tomato stake saves man from alligator’s grasp in Sun City

    2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Evan McKenna

    A wife’s quick thinking and a tomato stake saved an 84-year-old Sun City man from the jaws of an 8 1/2-foot alligator during an attack Wednesday morning. Police say the gator bit down on the man’s leg around 10 a.m. Wednesday as he was spreading mulch in his backyard with his back to a nearby pond.

  • Turning the tables: Vinyl lover brings old tech, new music to Hilton Head Island

    2 weeks ago | islandpacket.com | Evan McKenna

    There’s always something to listen to inside Hilton Head Island’s small but esteemed record store. If it’s not 80s rock-and-roll emanating from a turntable on the back wall, it’s a spirited conversation about the tunes themselves. Talking shop comes naturally for Tennessee native Josh Duvall, 53, who opened MoJo’s Island Records in late 2022 with his wife. He got his love of music and vinyl technology from his mom, a “music aficionado” who owned stacks of records and a hulking cabinet stereo.

  • Wife with tomato stake saves man from alligator’s grasp in Sun City Hilton Head

    2 weeks ago | islandpacket.com | Evan McKenna

    A wife’s quick thinking and a tomato stake saved a Sun City man from the jaws of an 8 1/2-foot alligator during an attack Wednesday morning. Police say the gator bit down on the man’s leg around 10 a.m. Wednesday as he was spreading mulch with his back to a nearby pond. Hearing him yell out, the man’s wife grabbed a tomato stake from the garden and poked the attacker several times in the eyes and head, according to an incident report from the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office.

  • SC record store owner explains why this Bob Marley album was recalled

    2 weeks ago | islandpacket.com | Drew Martin |Evan McKenna

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