Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative (SMECO) marked 30 years of supporting technical education by sponsoring its annual Southern Maryland High School Computer Bowl on March 2, 2019. The competition underscores the importance of computer skills for students who plan to become proficient in technical and industrial fields. With information technology firmly embedded in daily life,...
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UPDATE 3/5/2019 @ 6:00 p.m.: Additional testing and evaluation of the suspected measles case currently under investigation by the St. Mary’s County Health Department has found that the individual in question does not have measles. The Maryland Department of Health initially reported the case as positive to the St. Mary’s County Health Department. Due...
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Believing in your shipmates and co-workers was the theme of a town hall conducted by Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson here March 4. “We’re most effective if a small team is firing on all cylinders,” he said. “Building trust and confidence leads to warfighting effectiveness. Let’s be the most effective partner to...
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On Tuesday, March 5, 2019, at approximately 12:30 a.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 2100 block of Fairchild Court in Waldorf for the report of a shooting. When officers arrived, they found the victim on a bike path located off of Freemantle Court. Walter Eugene Thomas, 18, of Waldorf,...
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On Sunday, March 3, 2019, at approximately 7:15 p.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of Amber Leaf Place in Waldorf for the report of a shooting. When officers arrived, they found a 23-year-old male with gunshot wounds to the upper body. He was transported to a hospital where...
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On Friday, February 22, 2019, Deputy Forbes of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to Shannon Court, in Mechanicsville, for the report of an assault. Upon his arrival, he made contact with Michelle Bettine Bowie, 61, of Mechanicsville, who was inside of her residence. She advised while walking her dog she was in...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the whereabouts of Timothy Patrick Hogan, 27 of Great Mills. Hogan is currently wanted for the charge of Sexual Abuse of a Minor. Hogan is 5’7” in height, weighs 165 pounds; he has black hair and green eyes. Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Timothy...
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Sheriff Mike Evans and the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office is proud to announce the graduation of 8 new deputies from the Southern Maryland Criminal Justice Academy. The deputies attended the academy for 28 weeks, receiving over 1,000 hours of instruction. The training culminated with a graduation ceremony at La Plata High School on Friday,...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the identity of the person pictured. On Sunday, February 24, 2019, at approximately 6:30 a.m., the suspect entered the victim’s unlocked car in the 41800 block of Tomey Court in the Academy Hills neighborhood in Leonardtown. The suspect appears to be wearing leopard-print pajama pants. Anyone...
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Sheriff Tim Cameron and the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office welcome 12 new deputies to the ranks of law enforcement in the agency. The group took the oath of office and graduated from the Southern Maryland Criminal Justice Academy Police Entrance Level Training Program 46 on Friday. With the addition of the new deputies,...
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The new driver’s license requirements demanded by federal law are not only producing long lines at Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration offices, but anger and frustration for many who are having their documents rejected to get a compliant REAL ID. The process seems to be worse for older citizens who are having their original birth...
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Wendell Holmes, of Bowie, turned a $5 wager into a $686,142 win at the casino on Feb. 15, 2019, after hitting the Super 4 Blackjack Progressive jackpot. This month, Live! Casino & Hotel announced it’s giving table games players more ways to hit the Jackpot. They introduced two new games: Stax Super 4 Progressive Blackjack and...
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UPDATE: The following statement was released by a Navy Federal Credit Union spokesman: “This morning, members were unable to see deposits in their accounts. The issue has been resolved, and members can now use our mobile app or go online to access their accounts and services. We know this was a frustrating experience, and we apologize...
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Maryland voters in November re-elected a Republican governor for only a second time in history, but they also elected a Democratic legislature that has moved further to the left. A new Goucher College poll taken earlier this month found broad support among Maryland adults for some of the top policy initiatives by Democrats that...
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UPDATE: Missing Person juvenile Elisabeth Marie Yauch Stratton has been located. MISSING PERSON: Elizabeth Marie Yauch Stratton, white, female, age 15 last seen on Thursday, February 21, 2019, at Hills Drive & Sycamore Drive, in Mechanicsville. If located contact St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office.
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the whereabouts of James Mark Kimble, 33 of California, Maryland. Kimble was on pretrial release for the charge of burglary, and removed his GPS tracking device. Kimble is 6’4” in height and weighs 175 pounds; he has brown hair and brown eyes. Kimble is currently wanted...
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A group of 72 chief petty officers (CPOs) from across Naval Air Station Patuxent River gathered, Feb. 5, for Fleet CPO Training, a one-day seminar designed to re-energize individual Chiefs Messes to become more effective leaders. Conducted by two facilitators from U.S. Fleet Forces Command, the training – which is interactive and geared toward group...
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Maryland drivers are facing longer lines and frustrating revisits to state offices over the next year when they renew their licenses due to tougher requirements for licenses that comply with the federal REAL ID law, legislators heard last week. Sixty percent of Maryland’s almost 3 million licensed drivers must submit new documentation to prove...
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The CDC, NCI, and FDA released findings from the 2018 National Youth Tobacco Survey. The findings include current use of seven tobacco products, including cigarettes, cigars, e-cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, pipe tobacco, hookah tobacco, and bidi, as well as findings on use of multiple products and frequency of use. The results show that there were...
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Operators at Exelon Generation’s Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant removed Unit 2 from service just after midnight Sunday, February 17, 2019, to begin a planned refueling outage, capping a best-ever run of 715 consecutive days of power generation. Work completed during the refueling outage will help the unit deliver zero-emission, reliable power to almost...
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A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect from 1 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, February 20, 2019. Two to four inches of snow expected to overspread the area early Wednesday morning and mix and change to freezing rain and sleet during the late morning hours on Wednesday. Precipitation will change to plain rain...
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The Maryland Department of Natural Resources reported today that deer hunters harvested 77,382 deer during the combined archery, firearms and muzzleloader seasons, from Sept. 7, 2018, through Jan. 31, 2019. The statewide harvest included 29,699 antlered and 44,249 antlerless white-tailed deer; and 1,609 antlered and 1,825 antlerless sika deer. The harvest was 11 percent lower than...
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Striped bass or rockfish, one of the most prized species in the Chesapeake Bay and along the Atlantic Coast, are being overfished according to a new assessment of the stock’s health — a finding that will likely trigger catch reductions for a species long touted as a fisheries management success. The bleak preliminary findings...
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Please join us as we congratulate Trooper First Class Marcus Manning as the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack’s Trooper of the Month for January 2019. Trooper First Class Manning demonstrates a high level of professionalism in his job as a Trooper. He continuously applies himself and is consistently conscientious in the performance of his...
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The stars of the Port Tobacco Bald Eagle Cam officially have names! Say hello to Chandler and Hope – named by Leslie Davies-Hilliard. Leslie proposed the names Chandler and Hope after the well-known estate in Port Tobacco, Chandler’s Hope. This estate was owned by the Chandler family, a distinguished first family in the Port...
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