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No Injuries and Minimal Damage Reported After Structure Fire in Ridge

No Injuries and Minimal Damage Reported After Structure Fire in Ridge

On Thursday, July 24, 2025, at approximately 2:50 p.m., firefighters from Ridge, NAS Webster Field, NAS Patuxent River, Bay District, Leonardtown, Second District, Seventh District, and Hollywood responded to the 48600 block of Fox Harbor Road in Ridge, for the reported house on fire. Captain 4 quickly arrived on scene within 2 minutes of...
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Mechanicsville Man Arrested After Striking Multiple Victims With Vehicle, Fleeing Police at High Speed

Mechanicsville Man Arrested After Striking Multiple Victims With Vehicle, Fleeing Police at High Speed

On Tuesday, July 22, 2025, police responded to the 29000 block of Queens Landing Lane in Mechanicsville, for the report of an assault. Upon arrival, deputies made contact with two victims who reported that a verbal altercation had taken place inside the residence. The confrontation escalated outside, where a male suspect entered his vehicle...
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Spirit Halloween Coming Soon to Old Joann Fabrics Building in California

Spirit Halloween Coming Soon to Old Joann Fabrics Building in California

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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St. Mary’s State’s Attorney’s Office’s Kelsey Perkins Honored with Prestigious Maryland State’s Attorneys’ Association Award for Distinguished Service

St. Mary’s State’s Attorney’s Office’s Kelsey Perkins Honored with Prestigious Maryland State’s Attorneys’ Association Award for Distinguished Service

State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling is proud to announce that Kelsey Perkins, Director of Legal Administration with the St. Mary’s County State’s Attorney’s Office, was awarded the Maryland State’s Attorneys’ Association’s Distinguished Service Award – the highest honor given to a single employee from any State’s Attorney’s Office across the State of Maryland – at...
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From the Farm to Your Table: Farmers Feeding St. Mary’s Announced

From the Farm to Your Table: Farmers Feeding St. Mary’s Announced

From local farmers to your plate! The annual Farmers Feeding St. Mary’s program will offer farm fresh produce free to the community. There will be two food distribution dates and locations for this program: Thursday, August 14, 2025 at Bay District Volunteer Fire Department, 46900 S. Shangri-La Dr, Lexington Park, MD held from 2 p.m. – 6...
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St. Mary’s County Museums Announce Special Activities on Second Saturdays

St. Mary’s County Museums Announce Special Activities on Second Saturdays

All ages are invited to enjoy new educational activities while visiting the St. Clement’s Island Museum or the Piney Point Lighthouse Museum on the second Saturday of the month throughout the year. These activities encourage visitors to explore nature and the outdoors through curiosity and play. Modeled loosely after “Forest School” learning styles in...
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Noise Advisory – NAS Patuxent River Sets Noise Advisory July 23 Through August 31, 2025 for NAS Patuxent River and Webster Field

Noise Advisory – NAS Patuxent River Sets Noise Advisory July 23 Through August 31, 2025 for NAS Patuxent River and Webster Field

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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Wanted Calvert County Man Arrested After Foot Pursuit and K9 Deployment Near Prince Frederick Businesses

Wanted Calvert County Man Arrested After Foot Pursuit and K9 Deployment Near Prince Frederick Businesses

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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Mechanicsville Man Arrested on Nine Criminal Charges Including Crack Cocaine Possession, Paraphernalia, and Evidence Tampering

Mechanicsville Man Arrested on Nine Criminal Charges Including Crack Cocaine Possession, Paraphernalia, and Evidence Tampering

Richard Lester Maples, 62, of Mechanicsville, was formally charged with nine criminal offenses following a traffic stop and drug investigation conducted on July 18, 2025, according to court documents filed in the District Court for St. Mary’s County. Maples is charged with four counts of possession of a controlled dangerous substance not cannabis, specifically...
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Great Mills Man Faces Eight Charges After Domestic Assault and Allegedly Pointing Gun at Victim’s Head

Great Mills Man Faces Eight Charges After Domestic Assault and Allegedly Pointing Gun at Victim’s Head

Tyrone Edward Proctor, 40, of Great Mills, was arrested on July 19, 2025, following an alleged domestic incident that escalated into a violent confrontation involving a firearm. According to charging documents filed in the District Court for St. Mary’s County, Proctor faces eight criminal charges and is currently being held without bond. Proctor is...
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The Week in Winners: Six Win $50,000 Maryland Lottery Prizes, Including Powerball Player in Elkridge

The Week in Winners: Six Win $50,000 Maryland Lottery Prizes, Including Powerball Player in Elkridge

A third-tier Powerball win on a ticket sold in Elkridge was one of six $50,000 Maryland Lottery prizes won in the past week as the multi-state jackpot game inched toward a third of a billion dollars. For the Powerball drawing tonight (July 21), the estimated annuity jackpot is $308 million. The other $50,000 prizes...
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Deadline for Maryland DNR 2025 Photo Contest Approaching

Deadline for Maryland DNR 2025 Photo Contest Approaching

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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Justice Department Publishes Proposed Rule to Grant Relief to Certain Individuals Precluded from Possessing Firearms

Justice Department Publishes Proposed Rule to Grant Relief to Certain Individuals Precluded from Possessing Firearms

“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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Board of Public Works Approves $1.4 Million for Outdoor Recreation and Land Conservation in Southern Maryland and Other Counties

Board of Public Works Approves $1.4 Million for Outdoor Recreation and Land Conservation in Southern Maryland and Other Counties

The Board of Public Works today approved more than $1.4 million in grants to local governments and land trusts from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. The funding will be used for a new trail, playground equipment, and the conservation of land in Charles, Frederick, Prince George’s, Queen Anne’s, St. Mary’s, and Worcester Counties....
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Wanted Lexington Park Man Charged After Allegedly Concealing Stolen Handgun and Assuming False Identity

Wanted Lexington Park Man Charged After Allegedly Concealing Stolen Handgun and Assuming False Identity

Kaevon Jefferson, 28, of Lexington Park, is facing multiple charges after a July 18, 2025, arrest during a search warrant operation in Clements. The charges stem from allegations that Jefferson was found with a loaded, stolen handgun and provided a false name to avoid arrest, according to court documents from the St. Mary’s County...
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17-Year-Old Dead, Adult Injured, Police Seeking Any Information Into Double Shooting

17-Year-Old Dead, Adult Injured, Police Seeking Any Information Into Double Shooting

The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred Sunday morning in Clinton. The victim is 17-year-old Camron Anthony Adams of Clinton. A reward of up to $25,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest and indictment in this case. On July 20, 2025, at approximately...
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Speed Limit on Cox Road in Huntingtown to be Reduced to 25 and 20 MPH in August

Speed Limit on Cox Road in Huntingtown to be Reduced to 25 and 20 MPH in August

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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Lexington Park Man Charged with Armed Robbery and Assault After Motel Incident

Lexington Park Man Charged with Armed Robbery and Assault After Motel Incident

Osirus Osirus Holmes, 27, of Lexington Park, is facing multiple felony and misdemeanor charges in connection with a March 2025 armed robbery incident at a motel in California, Maryland. According to court documents, Holmes has been charged with armed robbery, conspiracy to commit armed robbery, robbery, first- and second-degree assault, conspiracy to commit first-degree...
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UPDATE: Man Sentenced to 50-Years for Home Invasion and Double Stabbing in St. Mary’s County

UPDATE: Man Sentenced to 50-Years for Home Invasion and Double Stabbing in St. Mary’s County

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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Three Transported to Trauma Center After Two Vehicle Collision in Hughesville

Three Transported to Trauma Center After Two Vehicle Collision in Hughesville

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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Driver Located by Police After Fatally Striking Bicyclist and Leaving Scene

Driver Located by Police After Fatally Striking Bicyclist and Leaving Scene

The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal collision involving a bicyclist that occurred Thursday evening in the city of New Carrollton. The deceased bicyclist is 55-year-old Tara Carter of Lanham. On July 17, 2025, at approximately 7:55 pm, City of New Carrollton police officers responded to...
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Baltimore Man Arrested After Robbery and Assault at Charles County Health Department

Baltimore Man Arrested After Robbery and Assault at Charles County Health Department

Tyrone Lorenzo Parker, 37, of Baltimore, was arrested and charged with robbery, second-degree assault, and theft following an incident on the night of July 10, 2025, in the 4500 block of Crain Highway in White Plains. According to court documents, officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded at approximately 10:15 p.m. to a...
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One Adult and One Child Flown Out After Serious Crash with Entrapment in Prince Frederick

One Adult and One Child Flown Out After Serious Crash with Entrapment in Prince Frederick

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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No Injuries Reported After Vehicle Strikes St. Inigoes Post Office

No Injuries Reported After Vehicle Strikes St. Inigoes Post Office

On Saturday, July 19, 2025, at approximately 2:40 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the St. Inigoes Post Office located at 15066 Point Lookout Road in St. Inigoes, for the reported motor vehicle collision with injuries involving the structure. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle into the...
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UPDATE: “Stand With Lilly!” Lemonade Stand Happening Today to Support Girl Severely Injured in Mechanicsville Crash

UPDATE: “Stand With Lilly!” Lemonade Stand Happening Today to Support Girl Severely Injured in Mechanicsville Crash

UPDATE 7/18/2025: A local girl named Lilly is continuing her recovery after a devastating accident, and thanks to overwhelming support from the community, she’s finding the strength to push through both physical and emotional challenges. Lilly was severely injured in the fatal head-on collision in Mechanicsville on May 31, 2025, and is continuing her...
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