A pair of FAST PLAY tickets delivered last week’s two biggest Maryland Lottery wins, with a $176,777 progressive jackpot in Willards and another progressive jackpot of $114,257 in Accokeek. FAST PLAY tickets are games that play like scratch-offs, but are printed on-demand by Lottery terminals and vending machines. Select FAST PLAY games have progressive...
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UPDATE 5/27/2026: D’Montre Montez Bush, 26, of Lexington ParkState’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that D’Montre Montez Bush, 26, of Lexington Park, Maryland, was convicted of armed robbery and related crimes following a three-day jury trial. On November 16, 2025, deputies responded to a reported robbery in Lexington Park, Maryland, where they located an...
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The Environmental Health Division of the St. Mary’s County Health Department (SMCHD) has begun its annual beach water monitoring program for the 2026 summer season. From Memorial Day through Labor Day, SMCHD routinely monitors water quality at public beaches throughout St. Mary’s County to help residents and visitors make informed decisions about safe recreational...
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St. Mary’s County Government’s Department of Emergency Services (DES) is advising residents that additional testing of the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant emergency warning sirens is scheduled to take place Wednesday, June 3 through Friday, June 5, 2026, at various intervals throughout the day. The additional testing follows the previously announced semi-annual full-volume siren test scheduled for Monday, June 1, 2026, at noon. The...
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State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced today that D’Montre Montez Bush, 26, of Lexington Park, Maryland, was convicted of armed robbery and related crimes following a three-day jury trial. On November 16, 2025, deputies responded to a reported robbery in Lexington Park, Maryland, where they located an adult male victim seeking medical aid at the...
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Chalon N. Miles, 22, of Great Mills, is charged with resisting or interfering with arrest and two counts of second-degree assault after St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a reported domestic disturbance on Oriole Drive in Great Mills on May 21, 2026, according to District Court documents. Court records list the charges...
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Joel Harold Notman, 32, of Lexington Park, is facing charges in two open St. Mary’s County District Court criminal cases, including one count of violating a protective order and separate misdemeanor counts of theft less than $100 and trespassing on private property, according to court documents. In the most recent case, Notman is charged...
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Benjamin James Gill, 41, of Dameron, has been charged in St. Mary’s County District Court with possession of a controlled dangerous substance that was not cannabis after a May 21, 2026 traffic stop in Lexington Park, according to court documents. The charge is listed as a misdemeanor under Maryland criminal law, with the statement...
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UPDATE 5/26/2026: Erin Neveal Stokes, 34, of Lexington Park, is facing a new drug case in St. Mary’s County District Court after being arrested again less than a week after an earlier case involving suspected fentanyl, crack cocaine, and drug paraphernalia. The latest case, filed May 20, 2026, charges Stokes with one count of...
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NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, MD.: Communities surrounding NAS Patuxent River are advised that noise-generating testing events are scheduled to take place May 26 –July 10, 2026 from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Mission Critical engines run events at the Open Air Engine Test Cell (OAETC) are required. Residents may notice increased noise levels...
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On Tuesday, May 26, 2026, at approximately 9:23 a.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services were dispatched to the area of the Bradfords Neighborhood Market located at 23860 Hollywood Road in Hollywood, for the reported house on fire. Multiple 911 callers reported smoke coming from the residence. Crews quickly arrived on the scene to find fire...
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The Board of Public Works approved more than $9.2 million in grants from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to local governments and a land trust for park pavilions, playgrounds, and land conservation in Allegany, Baltimore, Frederick, and Montgomery counties. More than $621,000 in Program Open Space – Local funding was approved for three projects: an...
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Aja Nicole Somerville, 35, of Lexington Park, is charged with second-degree assault following an alleged domestic incident on May 17, 2026, according to District Court records filed in St. Mary’s County. Somerville is accused of assaulting a minor female victim during an incident at a residence on Lexwood Court in Lexington Park. The charge...
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Governor Wes Moore announced that the Maryland Energy Administration took the first step toward launching the “Megawatts for Maryland” clean energy auction program and has released a Request for Information seeking stakeholder input. Governor Moore and leaders in the Maryland General Assembly worked together to create the new program, which will speed-up the deployment of large-scale...
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The Talons Robotics Team represented the College of Southern Maryland (CSM) at the VEX U Robotics World Championship in St. Louis in April, competing among the top college and university teams from around the world. The VEX U Robotics competitions test students’ ability to design, build, program, and operate robots to complete a series...
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On Sunday, May 24, 2026, at approximately 8:50 p.m., police responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Shady Mile Drive in California, for the reported assault involving a vehicle. The 911 caller reported his ex-wife was possibly impaired and purposely went around other vehicles in traffic to strike his vehicle multiple times...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office posted the following on Sunday, May 24th, 2026, at 3:38 a.m. “Missing Juvenile – 15 year old Chloe Short – Last seen getting into a red Nissan SUV.” The SMCSO Missing Person “alert” was not sent to the media, and was only posted to Facebook which gave no...
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Nathaniel Warren Shaklee, 19, of Hollywood, has been charged with 13 counts connected to an alleged burglary at Brudergarten in Leonardtown and a series of reported vehicle break-ins in the Leonardtown area, according to District Court documents filed in St. Mary’s County. Shaklee is charged with second-degree burglary, fourth-degree burglary of a store, eight...
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Ty-Kane Shi-Heim Briscoe, 30, of Lexington Park, pleaded guilty to second-degree assault in St. Mary’s County District Court after an arrest tied to a February 5, 2026 incident in Lexington Park. Court records show Briscoe was also charged with disorderly conduct, resisting or interfering with arrest, driving under the influence of alcohol, driving while...
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Jeremiah Robert Jameson, 19, of Avenue, has been charged in St. Mary’s County District Court with one misdemeanor count of obstructing and hindering after a deputy reported that he interfered with a hit-and-run investigation in Charlotte Hall, according to court documents. The charging document states that the alleged incident happened on May 20, 2026,...
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UPDATE 5/22/2026: A GoFundMe has been started to support the family of a 1-year-old girl who died after suffering a medical emergency in Mechanicsville. According to the fundraiser, Savi was born with congenital diaphragmatic hernia, also known as CDH, and spent her entire first year in the NICU at Children’s Hospital. During that time,...
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UPDATE 5/22/2026: Legend McKinley Carter, 30, of Lexington Park, pleaded guilty in St. Mary’s County District Court to failing to obey a reasonable and lawful order by law enforcement after an April 19, 2026, incident near Old Hewitt Road in Lexington Park, according to court documents. The case was filed on April 20, 2026,...
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On Thursday, May 21, 2026, the school resource officer assigned to Great Mills High School was notified by school administrators that a student had threatened to stab a teacher. Following the verbal threat, school administrators searched the student and located a pocketknife in the student’s pants pocket. The knife was immediately confiscated. The 15-year-old...
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John “Johnny” Oscar Gatton Sr., 83, of Hollywood, Maryland, passed away peacefully on May 19, 2026, surrounded by his family in the comfort of his home. Johnny was born on February 10, 1943, at his family home in Hollywood, Maryland, to William Raymond and Ruth Evelyn Gatton. He was one of six children and...
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The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County (CSMC) began their business meeting with an invocation and the pledge, followed by approval of the consent agenda. The CSMC then presented proclamations in recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, National Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week, National Public Works Week, and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Awareness Month. For their main agenda item, the Commissioners: Approved Resolution 2026-12...
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