UPDATE 2/15/2022: After an extensive search Gailliard Hunt Bland III, was located at approximately 11:50 a.m., on Tuesday, February 15, 2022, in the woods near Three Notch Trail and Whalen Road in Charlotte Hall. Calvert K-9 Search Team handler Jen Donaldson and her K-9 partner Butters, along with Corporal Brandon Foor from the St....
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With the state’s health metrics continuing to substantially decline, Governor Larry Hogan announced that the requirement for masks and face coverings to be worn in state buildings will end next week. In addition, the governor has called on the State Board of Education to rescind its school mask policy, and encourages parents who want to...
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Charles County Youth Orchestra, Osman Kivrak, Director with Encore Band, Takako Mato, Director; Encore Strings, Krisztina Noble, Director; and Prelude Strings, Teri Lazar, Director presents a Winter Concert on Sunday, February 20, 2022 at 3:30 p.m., and will be held at the Thomas Stone High School, 3785 Leonardtown Rd, Waldorf, MD. Conducted by Teri...
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Maryland’s First Lady Yumi Hogan joined members of the Maryland State Police Forensic Sciences Division today to celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Mrs. Hogan toured the Maryland State Police Forensic Sciences Division Laboratory in Pikesville before presenting Forensic Sciences Division Deputy Director Wanda Kuperus with a Governor’s proclamation to commemorate...
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The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) celebrated 92 graduates who became certified as Clinical Medical Assistants, Certified Medical Administrative Assistants, Certified Nursing and Geriatric Nursing Assistants, Dental Assistants, Phlebotomy Technicians, Certified Nutrition Coaches, and Personal Trainers during an Allied Health Career Recognition Ceremony Feb. 3. The recognition acknowledged the students who completed their programs...
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The La Plata Police Department Honors Local Community Difference Makers During BlackHistoryMonth: LPPD honors Mr. Mike Moses. Mr. Moses served in the U.S. Navy, USS John F. Kennedy CAV 67 during the Viet Nam and Med-East Crisis (Broken Arrow) epoch. Mr. Moses retired after (41years) of service (Computer/Microsoft Specialist) from the Federal Government and...
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The La Plata Police Department Honors Local Community Difference Makers During Black History Month: LPPD honors Sheriff Troy Berry. Sheriff Berry who, in 2014, was elected as the first African American to ever serve as Charles County sheriff in the agency’s 356-year history. He was re-elected Sheriff in 2018. In addition to being the...
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On Sunday, February 6, 2022, at 12:55 p.m., officers responded to a business in the 12000 block of Jefferson Farm Place for a shoplifting in progress. Officers arrived and observed the suspect in the parking lot with a cart filled with stolen merchandise. As offices approached the suspect, he fled on foot but was...
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On February 10, 2022, at approximately 11:00 p.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office initiated a traffic stop in the area of St. Ignatius Drive and St. Charles Parkway, in Waldorf, after a computer check revealed the registration plates on the vehicle were suspended. Upon approaching the vehicle, a strong odor of marijuana...
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On Tuesday, February 8, 2022, members of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) Narcotics Enforcement Section served two search warrants in Waldorf as part of an investigation into drug distribution. Investigators recovered approximately 7 pounds of suspected marijuana, 8 grams of mushrooms, 5 handguns, 6 extended loaded magazines, multiple boxes of ammunition, and manufacturing...
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Maryland Department of Natural Resources Wildlife and Heritage Service Public Comment Forum Welcome to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife and Heritage Services Proposed Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits online forum. We are accepting comments on both the Proposed Migratory Game Bird Seasons and Bag limits for the 2022-23 hunting season as well...
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At a State House press conference this week, Governor Larry Hogan announced that he will not be a candidate for the United States Senate in 2022: “Lastly today, I want to put to rest a question that some of you have been asking me. I want to let you know that I will not...
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On Wednesday, February 2, 2022, a Charles County resident reached out to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources when he received a package he didn’t order. An injured bald eagle had perched on the rocking chair on his front porch and activated his doorbell camera. When he arrived home later the eagle was still...
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Calvert County Public Schools (CCPS) students competed at the recent Southern Maryland SkillsUSA Regional competition winning 9 gold, 7 silver, and 7 bronze medals. The event was hosted by Career and Technology Academy on February 5, 2022, where Career and Technical Education (CTE) students from the Calvert Career and Technology Academy in Calvert County,...
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On Monday, February 7, 2022, administrators at St. Charles High School received an anonymous tip that a student, or students were possibly in possession of a controlled dangerous substance (CDS). The administrators, in conjunction with the School Resource Officer, initiated an investigation subsequently revealing three students in possession of over 250 pills believed to...
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UPDATE 2/8/2022: State’s Attorney Richard Fritz announces that Joseph Marvin Swann was sentenced to 19 years by the Circuit Court of St. Mary’s County, for manslaughter by motor vehicle. The State asked the court to sentence Swann to 55 years, the maximum sentence allowed by law. Judicial guidelines suggested a sentence of 22 years....
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On Friday February 4, 2022, at 11:50 p.m., officers responded to the 4100 block of Falcon Place in Waldorf for the report of an assault with a weapon. Upon arrival officers located the suspect, Kijuan Aaron Dorsey, 27 of Waldorf, standing outside of the apartment with a butcher knife in his hand. Officers ordered...
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On January 28, 2022, officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to a gas station located in the 6900 block of Indian Head Highway in Bryans Road for the report of a subject who pointed a gun at two employees before fleeing the store. Detectives from the Criminal Investigations Division investigated and on...
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On February 6, 2022, at approximately 7:40 a.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 3100 block of Esser Place in Waldorf for the report of an occupied suspicious vehicle. Upon making contact with the sole occupant of the vehicle, officers detected a strong odor of marijuana and subsequently recovered suspected...
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On Monday, February 7, 2022, Maryland United States Attorney Erek L. Barron announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland has entered into a memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with Special Inspector General Brian D. Miller of the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery (SIGPR) and Deputy Inspector General James D. Powell...
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Gov. Hogan announced that $9.6 million has been awarded to the Maryland Department of Commerce Office of Tourism to support tourism marketing, promotion, and development throughout the state. The funding is through the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) $750 million American Rescue Plan: Travel, Tourism & Outdoor Recreation program. The program...
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Two College of Southern Maryland (CSM) nursing faculty recently earned crucial support from the Maryland Nurse Support Program (NSP) that will help them, and CSM, better prepare CSM students to meet any challenge. CSM Associate Professor of Nursing Robin Madera and Acting Chair of Nursing Sara Cano each received a Nurse Educator Doctoral Grant...
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How many times is the computer whiz kid in movies and television shows a woman? In recent memory, there’s Shuri in “Black Panther,” there’s a girl with a dragon tattoo and a couple who halted and caught fire in a period drama set in the 1980s depicting the early days of the Silicon Prairie...
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On Wednesday, February 2, 2022, at approximately 10:57 p.m., officers responded to a fast food restaurant located in the 2000 block of Crain Highway in Waldorf, for the report of an armed robbery. Investigation revealed that an unknown suspect wearing all black clothing entered the restaurant, displayed a handgun, stole money, and fled in...
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The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Wildlife and Heritage Service recently received a $1.7 million gift from the estate of longtime employee Marilyn Mause specifically for wildlife education and upland habitat projects. Mause, who worked 34 years for the department’s wildlife unit primarily within the state’s central region, passed away in 2018. “Marilyn’s...
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