Maryland State Police beginning Friday will increase patrols and enforcement efforts on impaired, aggressive and distracted driving through St. Patrick’s Day weekend. State troopers from all 23 barracks will conduct saturation patrols on roads with high DUI incidents from Friday through Sunday. Enforcement efforts are bolstered by funds from the Maryland Department of Transportation...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office (SMCSO) will conduct a roadside sobriety checkpoint on Friday evening, March 15, 2024, along Route 235 near Tom Hodges Drive in Hollywood, MD. Deputies will evaluate drivers for signs of alcohol or drug impairment. SMCSO recognizes that roadside sobriety checkpoints are highly visible and effective tools to combat...
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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 for National Social Work Month and Equal Pay Day. The Commissioners then held a recognition ceremony for volunteer members of our local Boards, Committees, and...
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On Wednesday, March 13, 2024, around 2:30 a.m., multiple 911 callers reported shots fired in the area of Midway Drive and Weeping Willow Lane in Lexington Park. An additional 911 caller reported several shots were fired into a residence located in the 21000 block of Weeping Willow Lane. No injuries were reported. Detectives from...
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On Tuesday, March 12, 2024, at approximately 2:30 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Point Lookout Road and Mom and Pop Lane in Callaway, for the motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian. Crews arrived on the scene to find a Ford Mustang struck a male pedestrian with the pedestrian...
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On Tuesday, March 12, 2024, at approximately 11:25 a.m., emergency medical personnel responded to the St. Mary’s County Detention Center located at on Baldridge Street in Leonardtown, for the reported injuries from an old gunshot wound. The patient, a 19-year-old male, was reportedly bleeding from an old gunshot wound which occurred approximately one week...
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On Saturday, March 9, 2024, police responded to Southampton Drive in Lexington Park, for a reported assault in progress. Upon arrival, contact was made with the female caller, as well as a second female victim. Victim 2 was bleeding from her left hand. She stated that herself, Victim 1, and John Wilson were having...
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The St. Clement’s Island Museum water taxi will resume seasonal operations on Maryland Day, March 25, 2023. The water taxi, which provides rides for visitors from St. Clement’s Island Museum to St. Clements Island State Park, will be cruising daily through October 31, 2024. Interested guests should always call the museum at (301) 769-2222...
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With record catches around the country tipping the scales at more than a hundred pounds, blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) have become quite the draw for anglers in the Chesapeake Bay. Introduced in the 1970s as a recreational fishing target species in Virginia, invasive blue catfish populations have grown rapidly in Maryland waters. As commercial...
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Jackpot rolls to $559 million for March 13 drawing Two lucky Powerball players are $50,000 richer after buying tickets for the Monday, March 11 drawing. Although no one hit the jackpot, there were plenty of winners statewide. The numbers to match were 1, 3, 7, 16 and 66; the Powerball was 5 and the...
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At first, oyster biologists were concerned. Monitoring efforts at some restoration sanctuary reefs in 2022 weren’t pulling up many oysters, even though the sites had previously been performing well. So divers with the Oyster Recovery Partnership went into the water to investigate. What they found there wasn’t a shortage of oysters, but such a...
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On Monday, March 11, 2024, at approximately 10:40 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Great Mills Road and North Shangri-La Drive in Lexington Park, for the motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian. Police and firefighters arrived on the scene within seconds of dispatch to find a female victim laying...
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On Sunday, March 10, 2024, at approximately 8:15 p.m., police responded to Schooner Court, in Great Mills for the report of a subject threatening to kill his child, the child’s mother, and himself. The Emergency Communications Center relayed information from a 911 caller that Sean Michael Rice was on Facetime with her when he...
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On Sunday, March 10, 2024, at approximately 6:40 p.m., police responded to the area of the Chesapeake Charter School located at 20945 Great Mills Road in Lexington Park, for the reported hit and run motor vehicle collision. 911 callers reported an SUV struck a pole in the area of the school with the white male...
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On Friday, March 8, 2024, at approximately 8:15 p.m., firefighters from Bay District, NAS Patuxent River, Ridge and Hollywood responded to the 21000 block of Jenna Court in Lexington Park, for the reported structure fire. 6 firefighters from the Bay District Volunteer Fire Department responded and arrived in under 5 minutes to find a...
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On Saturday, March 9, 2024, at approximately 8:00 p.m., firefighters from Anne Arundel County Fire Department and Annapolis Fire Department responded to the 400 block of Central Ave W for a reported structure on fire. First arriving units reported fire through the roof. A subsequent tanker task force and second alarm was requested which...
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Governor Wes Moore announced that the Maryland Department of Health awarded $13.5 million in grants to 19 jurisdictions across the state to help promote health equity and improve access to behavioral health crisis services for Marylanders. The grants will fund pilot programs to expand and improve mobile crisis team services and establish behavioral health...
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Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement after he helped pass the 2024 Fiscal Year legislation, announcing over $11,304,279 in Community Project Funding for Fifth District priorities. This total is in addition to the more than $16,000,000 that Congressman Hoyer secured for projects in the Fifth District in the FY23 Omnibus. The Senate...
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On Saturday, March 9, 2024, at approximately 11:31 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of the Route 5 and Route 4 intersection in Leonardtown, for a serious motor vehicle collision with one vehicle overturned and one trapped. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single pickup truck on its...
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On Saturday, March 9, 2024, at approximately 12:13 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of the Hollywood Plaza located at 24502 Three Notch Road in Hollywood, for the reported shooting. Crews arrived on the scene to find an unknown aged male with a gunshot wound to the neck. He was...
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On Friday, March 8, 2024, at approximately 3:00 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Great Mills Road and Midway Drive in Lexington Park, for the serious motor vehicle collision with one possibly trapped. Crews arrived on the scene to find two vehicles involved in a T-bone style collision with...
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Get ready for a fun-filled day at the museum on Saturday March 9th from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. This is a great opportunity for students to explore the world of science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics! We will have many exhibitors with interactive, hands on activities for all ages to enjoy! Kids get...
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Capt. Duane Whitmer relieved Capt. Holly Shoger as the Naval Undergraduate Flight Training Systems Program Office (PMA-273) program manager during a change of command ceremony in California, Maryland, on Thursday, March 7. PMA-273 develops and oversees diverse and carrier-capable naval flight training systems for student pilots and undergraduate military flight officers to acquire mission-critical...
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Naval Air System, PAX River – Effective March 8, 2024 at 7 a.m. EST, Naval Air Systems Command is issuing a flight clearance for the V-22 Osprey thereby lifting the grounding. This decision follows a meticulous and data-driven approach prioritizing the safety of our aircrews. A U.S. Air Force investigation began following the tragic...
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UPDATE: Beall has been located safe and unharmed. BOLO for missing person Robert Mitchell Beall 3rd (W-M-12 YOA) If seen please call 301-475-8008. He was last seen in Lexington Park wearing a gray hoodie and gray pants on a blue huffy bike in the area of the Family Dollar
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