BEAUFORT COUNTY, SC (WCSC)- Authorities are looking for a 23-year-old man accused of firing several gun shots following a domestic dispute on St. Helena.

The Beaufort County Sheriff's Office had set up a perimeter earlier on Thursday in the area of Folly Rd, Seaside Road and Simmons Road searching for Trehon Boone.

Investigators say they were not able to locate Boone during that time and warrants are now out for his arrest.

Deputies responded to the area of Folly Road and Seaside Road at 11:30 am in reference to a reported domestic dispute between Boone and his girlfriend.

The victim said that during the altercation, Boone fired a gun into the ground in her direction. An incident report states that as deputies approached, Boone fired several more shots into the air as he fled into the nearby woods.

BEAUFORT CO., SC (WTOC)- Taxes could soon be increasing in Beaufort County. Council members are looking at ways to increase county workers pay but that could mean a tax hike for residents. A first draft for next year's budget would not increase taxes and would give employees a one percent pay increase but council has set a goal of a two percent increase. County workers have gone four years..... Read More

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - The shrimping season has begun in South Carolina.

Wildlife officials say shrimp turned up in the state's waters earlier than usual this spring, prompting the decision to open the season Monday.

The shrimping season usually begins in mid- to late-May.

Natural Resources Department biologist Larry DeLancey says he expects a standard shrimping season this year.

Cold that killed shrimp in the winter of 2011 prevented the commercial season from opening until late June. Biologists had been worried that those losses would deplete this year's crop.

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