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St. Mary’s County Food Bank Receives $20,000 State Allocation Award

St. Mary’s County Food Bank Receives $20,000 State Allocation Award

Feed St. Mary’s, the local food bank for St. Mary’s County, has received an allocation award from the Maryland Food Bank to assist in the local battle against food insecurity. According to Feed St. Mary’s Board President, Dr. Linda Lymas, the grant is designed to provide food resources and increase access to food as...
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Charles County Public Schools Offering Free Summer Meals for Children Aged 18 and Younger

Charles County Public Schools Offering Free Summer Meals for Children Aged 18 and Younger

The Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) is offering a free summer meals program for children 18 and younger who live in Charles County. CCPS will continue to serve grab-and-go meals at the 11 meal sites from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. through Tuesday, June 30. Meals will continue to be available through Aug. 14;...
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Calvert Library Reopening Book Returns Today, June 10, 2020, and Curbside Pickup Starting June 22, 2020

Calvert Library Reopening Book Returns Today, June 10, 2020, and Curbside Pickup Starting June 22, 2020

Greetings from Calvert Library, with everything else going on in the world, I’m happy to report that we have good news about your library. We will be opening book returns on June 10 and beginning curbside pick-up on June 22. The safety of our staff and customers continues to be our highest priority and we...
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St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Identity of Burglary Suspect in Lexington Park

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Identity of Burglary Suspect in Lexington Park

The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the identity of the person pictured in a burglary investigation. On Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 5:45 pm, the suspect forced entry into the victim’s shed and removed lawn maintenance equipment at the rear of a business at the 21800 block of Three Notch Road in...
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Detectives Arrest Two Suspects in Connection with Fatal May Shooting in Riverdale

Detectives Arrest Two Suspects in Connection with Fatal May Shooting in Riverdale

Homicide Unit detectives arrested two suspects in connection with a recent fatal shooting in Riverdale. The suspects are 31-year-old Harold Botchway of Walden Holly Court in Gwynn Oak and 32-year-old Allen Naeb of the 9000 block of Hilton Hill Terrace in Lanham. They are charged with fatally shooting 49-year-old Keith Jenkins of Lanham. On...
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Police Say Speed is a Factor in Fatal Motorcycle Crash That Killed 33-Year-Old Upper Marlboro Man

Police Say Speed is a Factor in Fatal Motorcycle Crash That Killed 33-Year-Old Upper Marlboro Man

Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal motorcycle crash on the ramp from westbound MD-198 to southbound I-95 in Prince Georges County. The deceased is identified as Damien Dickerson, 33, of Upper Marlboro. He was pronounced deceased at the scene. Dickerson was the driver and sole rider of a Suzuki GSXR 750 traveling on...
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Solomons Volunteer Rescue Squad and Fire Department Dedicate Engine 31 to Career Firefighter Walter Taylor

Solomons Volunteer Rescue Squad and Fire Department Dedicate Engine 31 to Career Firefighter Walter Taylor

The Solomons Volunteers and Officers gathered at the station to make a special presentation to the family of Honorary Chief/Safety Officer Walter Taylor who passed away last week from his long battle with cancer. For all his years of service to the department, the members decided to dedicate Engine 31 to his memory. Chief...
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Maryland Reports 58,404 Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 and 2,686 Deaths. An Increase of 500 Cases, and 33 Deaths – New Tests Coming Back Positive Now at 7.15%

Maryland Reports 58,404 Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 and 2,686 Deaths. An Increase of 500 Cases, and 33 Deaths – New Tests Coming Back Positive Now at 7.15%

On Tuesday, June 9, 2020, Maryland reports 58,904 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 2,686 deaths. An increase of 500 cases, and 33 deaths. Negative tests results now total 319,178, an increase of 6,079 tests. COVID-19 Statistics in Maryland Number of confirmed cases : 58,904 Number of persons tested negative : 319,178 Total testing volume : 443,478 Number...
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Former Director of the Special Olympics St. Mary’s County, Mary Lu Bucci Receives 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award

Former Director of the Special Olympics St. Mary’s County, Mary Lu Bucci Receives 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award

The St. Mary’s County Commission for Women is proud to award the 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award to Mary Lu Bucci. Mary Lu Bucci, the former director of the Special Olympics St. Mary’s County, was unanimously voted as the 2020 Lifetime Achievement honoree by the members of the St. Mary’s County Commission for Women for...
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Prince George’s County Police Department Investigates Fatal Collision That Killed 42-Year-Old Brandywine Man

Prince George’s County Police Department Investigates Fatal Collision That Killed 42-Year-Old Brandywine Man

The  Prince George’s County Police Department Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal crash that occurred Sunday, June 7, 2020, in Clinton. The deceased driver has been identified as 42-year-old Michael Anthony King of Brandywine. On June 7th, at approximately 10:20 pm, officers responded to the 12000 block of Brandywine Road for...
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Department of Justice Awards $4.1 Million in Grants to Help Ten Maryland Entities Address Public Safety During COVID-19 Pandemic

Department of Justice Awards $4.1 Million in Grants to Help Ten Maryland Entities Address Public Safety During COVID-19 Pandemic

The Department of Justice has awarded more than $4.143 million to help public safety agencies in Maryland respond to the challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19, as part of the Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding program. “These resources will help support law enforcement agencies’ efforts to promote public safety as they face extraordinary challenges...
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Maryland Reports 58,404 Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 and 2,653 Deaths. An Increase of 431 Cases, and 28 Deaths – New Tests Coming Back Positive Now at 7.38%

Maryland Reports 58,404 Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 and 2,653 Deaths. An Increase of 431 Cases, and 28 Deaths – New Tests Coming Back Positive Now at 7.38%

On Monday, June 8, 2020, Maryland reports 58,404 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 2,653 deaths. An increase of 431 cases, and 28 deaths. Negative tests results now total 313,099, an increase of 6,269 tests. COVID-19 Statistics in Maryland Number of confirmed cases : 58,404 Number of persons tested negative : 313,099 Total testing volume : 435,363 Number...
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Maryland’s COVID-19 Positivity Rate Drops to 7.38%, Hospitalizations Drop Below 1,000

Maryland’s COVID-19 Positivity Rate Drops to 7.38%, Hospitalizations Drop Below 1,000

Governor Larry Hogan today announced that the state of Maryland’s COVID-19 positivity rate continues to decline and now stands at 7.38%, and total current hospitalizations dropped below 1,000 for the first time since April 10. The governor also announced that beginning this week, state-operated testing sites at Six Flags America and other locations across...
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GoFundMe Stated for Founder of Southern MD Survivors, Kayce Kerr

GoFundMe Stated for Founder of Southern MD Survivors, Kayce Kerr

On Sunday, December 1, 2013, Kayce Kerr was in a near fatal car accident along I-95 returning from Thanksgiving weekend in Maryland with her family back to her home in Raleigh, NC. Rescue crews worked for over 2 hours in an attempt to extricate her from the vehicle. As a result of the crash...
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One Transported to Area Trauma Center After Single Vehicle Strikes Tree in Valley Lee

One Transported to Area Trauma Center After Single Vehicle Strikes Tree in Valley Lee

On Monday, June 1, 2020, at approximately 9:50 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Piney Point Road and Andover Estates Road in Valley Lee, for the reported single vehicle into a tree. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle off the roadway and into a tree,...
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Two Injured After Motor Vehicle Collision in Lexington Park

Two Injured After Motor Vehicle Collision in Lexington Park

On Friday, June 5, 2020, at approximately 9:50 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Hermanville Road in Lexington Park, for the motor vehicle accident with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find two vehicles in the roadway, with the operator of each vehicle trapped....
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Southern Maryland Blue Crabs Announce Youth Baseball Day Camp in June, 2020

Southern Maryland Blue Crabs Announce Youth Baseball Day Camp in June, 2020

The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs announced their plans to host a Youth Baseball Day Camp for the week of June 22nd at Regency Furniture Stadium. The camp will be run following social distancing guidelines. Twenty campers will be allowed to sign up each day, and will be separated into two groups of ten. Former...
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Noise Advisory – NAS PAX RIVER Sets Noise Advisory for Low-Level Nighttime Helicopter Testing at Webster Outlying Field June 9-12, 2020

Noise Advisory – NAS PAX RIVER Sets Noise Advisory for Low-Level Nighttime Helicopter Testing at Webster Outlying Field June 9-12, 2020

Communities surrounding the Webster Outlying Field are advised that low-altitude nighttime testing helicopter testing events are scheduled to take place June 9 to June 12, 2020 from 5 p.m.– 10 p.m. As with all operations, NAS Patuxent River takes precautions to lessen the impact of testing activities on the community. For more information call...
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Maryland Surpasses Milestone of 400,000 COVID-19 Tests, Positivity Rate Drops to 8.4%

Maryland Surpasses Milestone of 400,000 COVID-19 Tests, Positivity Rate Drops to 8.4%

Governor Larry Hogan today announced that, after a series of testing expansions, the State of Maryland has surpassed the milestone of 400,000 COVID-19 tests. As the state prepares to enter Stage Two of reopening, Maryland’s COVID-19 positivity rate has dropped to 8.4% and total current hospitalizations have fallen to their lowest level since April 13....
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Maryland Reports 56,770 Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 and 2,580 deaths. An Increase of 912 Cases and 34 Deaths.

Maryland Reports 56,770 Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 and 2,580 deaths. An Increase of 912 Cases and 34 Deaths.

On Friday, June 5, 2020, Maryland reports 56,770 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 2,580 deaths. An increase of 912 cases, and 34 deaths. Negative tests results now total 290,956, an increase of 9,796 tests. Testing positivity continues to drop and is now at 8.44%, compared to 8.91% on Thursday, June 4, 2020. Number of...
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VIDEO: The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is Seeking the Identities of Theft Suspects in California

VIDEO: The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is Seeking the Identities of Theft Suspects in California

On Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at 10:11 am, the suspects arrived at the 23000 block of Three Notch Road in California in a gray 2012-2016 Ford F150 truck driven by a white male wearing sunglasses. The passenger, wearing a Washington Redskins hoodie, grabbed the victim’s Stihl model 430 gas-powered leaf blower from the back...
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Wanted: Lifetime Registered Sex Offender – St. Mary’s County – Gary Ignatius Branson

Wanted: Lifetime Registered Sex Offender – St. Mary’s County – Gary Ignatius Branson

The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the whereabouts of Gary Ignatius Branson, 34 of Lexington Park. Branson, a lifetime registered sexual offender, is wanted on a warrant for failing to register as required by the sex offender registry and additional unrelated warrants. Branson is described as a black male with brown eyes...
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Police Investigating Hit and Run After Vehicle Strikes Utility Pole and Unoccupied SUV in Lexington Park

Police Investigating Hit and Run After Vehicle Strikes Utility Pole and Unoccupied SUV in Lexington Park

On Thursday, June 4, 2020, at approximately 6:45 p.m., police responded to Butlers Place in area of Three Notch Road and Melissa Moore Lane in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle accident. Police arrived on the scene to find the single vehicle off the roadway and in the parking lot of Butlers Place....
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VIDEO: A Message from the Charles County Sheriff Troy Berry

VIDEO: A Message from the Charles County Sheriff Troy Berry

A Message from Sheriff Troy Berry: “I’d like to thank the Youth Council of the Charles County Chapter of the NAACP for inviting me to speak at the Gathering of Remembrance. I was humbled to be among the many young people who gave remarks. The Charles County Sheriff’s Office continues to be deeply committed...
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Maryland Reports 55,858 Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 and 2,546 deaths. An increase of 876 Cases and 27 Deaths

Maryland Reports 55,858 Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 and 2,546 deaths. An increase of 876 Cases and 27 Deaths

On Thursday, June 4, 2020, Maryland reports 55,858 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 2,546 deaths. An increase of 876 cases and 27 deaths. Negative tests results now total 281,160, an increase of 8,517 tests. Testing positivity continues to drop and is now at 8.91% Number of confirmed cases : 55,858 Number of persons tested negative...
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