Maryland’s six casinos combined to generate $160,668,545 in revenue from slot machines and table games during June 2025. The statewide total was down $2,245,887 (-1.4%) compared to June 2024. Casino gaming contributions to the state during June 2025 totaled $68,544,763, a decrease of $1,297,932 (-1.9%) compared to June 2024. The June 2025 contributions included...
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On Tuesday, August 5, 2025, Maryland will host an open house in Annapolis to provide information for the public about the recently released draft revisions to the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement. The Agreement is the voluntary plan – signed by Maryland, New York, Delaware, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., the Chesapeake Bay Commission, and the...
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On Sunday, July 27, 2025, at approximately 11:40 a.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of Ponds Wood Drive and Bayside Road in Chesapeake Beach, for the motor vehicle collision reported serious with entrapment. Crews arrived on the scene to find a two vehicle collision and confirmed one patient still...
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On Friday, July 25, 2025, at approximately 10:48 a.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of Solomons Island Road (Route 4) and Dowell Road in Lusby, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving multiple motorcycles. As First Responders were enroute to the scene, multiple 911 callers were advising multiple motorcycles...
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The Southern Maryland National Heritage Area is pleased to announce that the region’s heritage tourism organizations recently received seven heritage grants through the state government’s Maryland Heritage Areas Authority, totaling $368,675. These grants will aid in revitalizing and expanding Southern Maryland’s distinctive historic sites, contributing to economic development and job growth. The grants will...
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Halloween fans in the Southern Maryland area have cause to celebrate: Spirit Halloween is set to open its seasonal pop-up at the old Joann Fabrics spot, located at 22576 MacArthur Blvd, Suite 300, in California, MD 20619, in mid‑August! As part of its annual nationwide rollout, Spirit Halloween plans to launch over 1,500 stores...
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Communities surrounding Webster Outlying Field and Naval Air Station Patuxent River are advised that there will be an increase in aircraft flight activities associated with the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School training from July 23 through Aug. 31, 2025. As with all operations, NAS Patuxent River takes precautions to lessen the impact of testing...
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Gary Orlando Harrod, 61, of no fixed address, was arrested on the night of July 11, 2025, following a foot pursuit involving deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office and K9 Atlas. Harrod is facing charges of Resisting/Interfering with Arrest and Obstructing and Hindering. He was also served with an active arrest warrant at...
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Photographers and nature enthusiasts have until August 1st, 2025, to submit their most beautiful images of the state’s flora and fauna to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources 2025 Photo Contest. As in past years, winning entries will be featured on the next Maryland DNR nature calendar to be published in late fall, and...
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“President Trump directed the Department of Justice to address the ongoing infringements of the Second Amendment rights of our citizens—all of them. Federal law disables the firearms rights of many citizens who have been convicted of crimes without regard to whether they actually pose a threat of violence. But federal law also empowers the...
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Brandon Ross Holbrook, 49, of Reedsville, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the premeditated murder of Calvert County resident Joseph Shymanski. The sentencing, held in the Circuit Court for Calvert County, followed a jury conviction earlier this year for first-degree murder, use of a firearm in a...
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The Calvert County Department of Public Works advises motorists of an upcoming speed limit change on Cox Road near Tidewater School in Huntingtown. Effective Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, the posted speed limit on Cox Road will be reduced from 30 mph to 25 mph to enhance pedestrian safety. The school zone speed limit will...
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UPDATE 7/20/2025: State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that Terek Demaury Ross, 29, of Lexington Park, Maryland, has been sentenced to life in prison, with 50 years of active incarceration for two counts of attempted first-degree murder. On August 3, 2024, Ross forcibly broke into his ex-girlfriend’s residence and attacked her and her houseguest with...
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On Saturday, July 19, 2025, at approximately 11:27 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of Prince Frederick Road and Orchard View Lane in Hughesville, for the motor vehicle collision with unknown injuries. Hughesville Squad 2 was returning to the firehouse from another call when this incident was dispatched. Squad...
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On Saturday, July 19, 2025, at approximately 4:54 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to 20000 block of Far Cry Road in Lexington Park, for the reported open water rescue with an overturned boat. 911 callers reported a jon boat had overturned with three subjects currently in the water clinging to fishing...
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On Saturday, July 19, 2025, at approximately 2:35 p.m., deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office came across a motor vehicle collision on Route 4 in the area of the Walmart in Prince Frederick. Deputies located one trapped and reported multiple children in the vehicle. Firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the scene...
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Data collected by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and Old Dominion University show an increasing volume of hypoxia—waters with less than 2 mg/l of oxygen—in the Chesapeake Bay mainstem of Maryland and Virginia from early to late June. No hypoxia was observed in May, marking a later start to low dissolved oxygen conditions...
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The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration is committed to improve safety for vulnerable road users – defined as those walking, cycling or rolling – and is conducting an online survey and virtual meeting series to gather public feedback to help update the agency’s Vulnerable Road User (VRU) Assessment. Vulnerable road users are...
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The Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Commission (the Commission) today approved the recommendation of an award for a new Lottery Central Monitoring and Control System (LCMCS) contract to Intralot, Inc., of Duluth, Ga. The vendor that is awarded the contract manufactures the counter terminals and self-service vending machines that sell tickets at 4,300 Maryland...
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The Department of Natural Resources reminds Maryland recreational anglers that targeting striped bass in the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries is prohibited from July 16 through July 31. This closure, now in its sixth season, is necessary to protect the species, because when water and air temperatures rise in the hottest part of...
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On Wednesday, July 16, 2025, at approximately 1:35 p.m., firefighters from Bay District, NAS Patuxent River, Second District, Hollywood and Solomons responded to the Lexington Park Senior Apartments at 21895 Pegg Road in Lexington Park, for the reported structure fire in a commercial building with entrapment/injuries. Dispatchers advised the 911 caller, calling from the...
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Francis Timothy Wilkinson Jr., 44, of Prince Frederick, has been formally charged following an incident in which a minor allegedly gained access to an unsecured, loaded handgun and discharged it inside his residence, according to court documents filed in Calvert County District Court. Wilkinson is facing two misdemeanor charges: Firearms-Access by Minors and Reckless...
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On Tuesday, July 15, 2025, Animal Control received a call about a senior Anatolian shepherd named Layla who had gone missing the night before — only to be found the next morning at the bottom of a steep ravine. Her owners had searched high and low, not realizing their beloved 140-pound girl had taken...
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The Calvert County Board of County Commissioners is pleased to announce the appointment of Stephen McGibbon as deputy county administrator, effective Aug. 4, 2025. McGibbon brings more than 30 years of experience in financial oversight, risk management and government operations. Most recently, he served as director of finance for Prince George’s County Government, where he...
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Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a coalition of 25 states in suing the Trump administration over its unconstitutional, unlawful, and arbitrary decision to freeze funding for six longstanding programs administered by the U.S. Department of Education just weeks before the school year is set to start. Without this funding, many educational programs will...
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