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Attic Fire in La Plata Residence Under Investigation, Family Displaced

Attic Fire in La Plata Residence Under Investigation, Family Displaced

On Monday, February 5, 2024, at 7:55 p.m., firefighters from La Plata, Potomac Heights, Tenth District, Indian Head, Bryans Road and surrounding departments responded to 6060 Ripley Way in La Plata, for the reported house on fire. 911 callers reported the house was on fire with all occupants out. Crews arrived on the scene...
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Firefighters Respond to Reported Basement Fire During Home Realtor Showing

Firefighters Respond to Reported Basement Fire During Home Realtor Showing

On Monday, February 5, 2024, at approximately 1:23 p.m., firefighters from Second District, Bay District, NAS Patuxent River, Solomons, Ridge, Hollywood, Bryans Road and Prince Frederick were dispatched to the 42000 block of Dean Forest Court in Leonardtown, for the reported basement fire. The 911 caller was a home realtor who was showing the...
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Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office and Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division Secure $440,000 Agreement with MedStar Health, Inc. to Provide People with Disabilities Equal Access to Medical Care

Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office and Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division Secure $440,000 Agreement with MedStar Health, Inc. to Provide People with Disabilities Equal Access to Medical Care

A complaint and proposed consent decree have been filed in U.S. District Court in Maryland to resolve allegations that MedStar Health, Inc., a healthcare provider in Maryland and the Washington, D.C., region, violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by denying people with disabilities equal access to medical care by excluding their necessary support persons....
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Maryland International Raceway Announces 2024 Season Schedule

Maryland International Raceway Announces 2024 Season Schedule

Maryland International Raceway ™ (MIR) proudly announces the release of the 2024 schedule. The 2024 racing season will include a new event to MIR, Holden Extavaganza held on May 11, 2024. The Florida based event makes the trek north for the first time as the largest Holden gathering in the US will make an...
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Two Injured After Motor Vehicle Collision in Lexington Park

Two Injured After Motor Vehicle Collision in Lexington Park

On Saturday, February 3, 2024, at approximately 7:07 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Great Mills Road in Lexington Park, for a motor vehicle collision with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find a two vehicle collision with four patients to be evaluated. Both...
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One Flown to Trauma Center After Mini-bike Crash in Lexington Park

One Flown to Trauma Center After Mini-bike Crash in Lexington Park

On Thursday, February 1, 2024, at approximately 3:17 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Mattapany Road in Lexington Park, for a motor vehicle collision involving a motorcycle. Crews arrived on the scene to find a single patient had crashed a mini-bike and suffering a head...
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SPB Dashboard Raises Stakeholders’ Awareness of Long-term Sustainment Health

SPB Dashboard Raises Stakeholders’ Awareness of Long-term Sustainment Health

Program office decision makers, engineers, logisticians and other stakeholders now have an improved and comprehensive information technology solution that supports quicker and deeper analyses of weapon systems’ long-term sustainment health and interdependent processes. Called the Sustainment Program Baseline (SPB) Dashboard, it tracks a weapon system’s sustainment phase performance against an established baseline. First developed...
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Love is in the Air at the Linda L. Kelley Animal Shelter

Love is in the Air at the Linda L. Kelley Animal Shelter

In the spirit of spreading love and joy this Valentine’s Day, the Linda L. Kelley Animal Shelter wants to make your Valentine’s Day extra special by offering $14 adoptions to qualified adopters from Tuesday, Feb. 13 through Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024. The Linda L. Kelley Animal Shelter is offering an adoption package that includes...
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Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership Releases Update to Community Health Improvement Plan

Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership Releases Update to Community Health Improvement Plan

The Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership (HSMP) released its annual update to the Healthy St. Mary’s 2026 Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) for St. Mary’s County. The CHIP for St. Mary’s County provides a community blueprint for improving the health of local residents from 2021- 2026. The plan provides insight into community health solutions for the long...
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Waldorf Woman Wins $50,000 Pick 5 Prize

Waldorf Woman Wins $50,000 Pick 5 Prize

Charles County resident drops numbers after three days Some Lottery fans play the same numbers every day and worry that changing those numbers could result in missing out on a big prize. A Waldorf woman took the opposite approach and won $50,000 on Pick 5. She won with the lucky digits 83205 in the...
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St. Mary’s County Commissioner Meeting Rollup – January 30, 2024

St. Mary’s County Commissioner Meeting Rollup – January 30, 2024

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 Commissioners then presented a proclamation for Transit Equity Day, followed by a commendation to Sheila Graziano in celebration of her retirement. The Office of the County Attorney then held...
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Charles County Detectives Investigating Robberies Involving ATMs in Waldorf

Charles County Detectives Investigating Robberies Involving ATMs in Waldorf

On Tuesday, January 30, 2024, at 3:13 a.m., officers responded to a convenience store in the 3300 block of Leonardtown Road in Waldorf for the report of a robbery. A preliminary investigation showed the suspects entered the store, which was open for business, forcibly stole money from an ATM, and fled. A short time...
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NAVAIR Names Their 2023 Mentors of The Year

NAVAIR Names Their 2023 Mentors of The Year

Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) named its 2023 Mentors of the Year as part of its National Mentoring Month observance on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. Out of 86 nominations, 11 employees received the honor. Initiated in 2013, to earn a Mentor of the Year award, peers or mentees nominate mentors through a written submission...
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No Injuries and All Children Accounted for as Firefighters Investigate Odor of Smoke at NAS Patuxent River Daycare Center

No Injuries and All Children Accounted for as Firefighters Investigate Odor of Smoke at NAS Patuxent River Daycare Center

UPDATE: As of 2:26 p.m., all St. Mary’s County First Responders have been placed in service. No smoke or fire reported and units from NAS Patuxent River Company 13 remain on scene to investigate further. On Wednesday, January 31, 2024, at approximately 2:10 p.m., firefighters from NAS Patuxent River, Bay District, and Hollywood responded...
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MDOT SHA Enhancing Safety at Sixes Road and Adelina Road Intersection in Calvert

MDOT SHA Enhancing Safety at Sixes Road and Adelina Road Intersection in Calvert

The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration is enhancing safety at the MD 506 (Sixes Road) / MD 508 (Adelina Road) intersection in Calvert County. Crews will work on site Thursday, February 1 between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., weather permitting. Safety enhancements include: Refreshing the existing rumble strips along westbound MD 506...
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The Calvert – St. Mary’s Metropolitan Planning Organization Release Update of Long-Range Transportation Plan & Transportation Improvement Program

The Calvert – St. Mary’s Metropolitan Planning Organization Release Update of Long-Range Transportation Plan & Transportation Improvement Program

The Calvert – St. Mary’s Metropolitan Planning Organization (C-SMMPO), the designated policy board that administers the transportation planning process in designated areas of Calvert and St. Mary’s County, is updating the Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) and Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). The LRTP establishes transportation objectives and investment priorities for the next 25 years, focusing...
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Prince George’s County Police Investigating Fatal Hit and Run That Claimed Life of 27-year-old Upper Marlboro Woman

Prince George’s County Police Investigating Fatal Hit and Run That Claimed Life of 27-year-old Upper Marlboro Woman

The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is actively investigating a fatal hit-and-run involving a pedestrian that occurred in Capitol Heights. The deceased pedestrian is 27-year-old Ayanna Myrick of Upper Marlboro. On January 29, 2024, at approximately 3:20 am, officers with the Seat Pleasant Police Department were called to the...
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MS-13 Gang Member Sentenced to 26 Years in Federal Prison for a Racketeering Conspiracy, Including a Murder in Maryland

MS-13 Gang Member Sentenced to 26 Years in Federal Prison for a Racketeering Conspiracy, Including a Murder in Maryland

U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis today sentenced MS-13 member Kevin Alexander Castillo Calderon, a/k/a “Fantasma,” “Ghost,” “Eterno,” and “Josue Argueta Gonzalez,” age 25, of Adelphi, Maryland, to 26 years in federal prison, followed by X years of supervised release, for a racketeering conspiracy, including a murder, connected to his participation in La Mara Salvatrucha,...
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Calvert County Planning & Zoning Invites Public Feedback on Zoning Articles 1, 2, and 29

Calvert County Planning & Zoning Invites Public Feedback on Zoning Articles 1, 2, and 29

Public comment period open Feb. 2 through Feb. 23; public forum set for Feb. 15 The Calvert County Department of Planning & Zoning invites county residents to participate in the Calvert County Zoning Ordinance update process. Citizens are invited to participate through public comment, a public forum and observing work sessions and meetings to...
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Iranian and Two Canadian Nationals Indicted in Murder-for-Hire Scheme in Maryland

Iranian and Two Canadian Nationals Indicted in Murder-for-Hire Scheme in Maryland

One Iranian and two Canadian nationals have been charged with conspiracy to use interstate commerce in the commission of a murder-for-hire plot. According to court documents, from December 2020 through March 2021, Naji Sharifi Zindashti, 49, Damion Patrick John Ryan, 43, and Adam Richard Pearson, 29, conspired with each other in a plot to...
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Walmart Announces New Bonuses and Wages for Store Managers

Walmart Announces New Bonuses and Wages for Store Managers

On Monday, January 29, 2024, John Furner, President and CEO, Walmart U.S., announced an expansion of these investments to include an annual stock grant of up to $20,000. Making Walmart the best place to shop means we need to make it the best place to work. To accomplish that, we are on a journey...
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Prince George’s County Police Department Announces Graduation of Academy Session 150

Prince George’s County Police Department Announces Graduation of Academy Session 150

The Prince George’s County Police Department is proud to announce the graduation of 36 recruits from the Prince George’s County Police Department’s Police Training Academy on Friday. Of the 36 graduates, 25 will join us here at the Prince George’s County Police Department. The remaining 11 will join the ranks of multiple partner law...
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Police Investigating Pedestrian Struck in Leonardtown, Victim Flown to Trauma Center

Police Investigating Pedestrian Struck in Leonardtown, Victim Flown to Trauma Center

On Monday, January 29, 2024, at 7:55 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of St. Andrew’s Church Road and Blacksmith Shop Road in Leonardtown, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian. Crews arrived on the scene to find an adult male was struck by a vehicle, he was...
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Charles County Public School Scholarship Application Workshop Coming for Students Graduating in 2024

Charles County Public School Scholarship Application Workshop Coming for Students Graduating in 2024

A Scholarship Application Workshop on Saturday, Feb. 10, will help college-bound high school seniors and their parents navigate the application process. Held from 9 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., at the College of Southern Maryland (CSM) La Plata Campus, Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) staff will walk through the application process for local and state...
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Cavlert County High School Students Selected for 2024 Maryland General Assembly Page Program

Cavlert County High School Students Selected for 2024 Maryland General Assembly Page Program

Two Calvert County Public Schools’ (CCPS) students will serve as student pages during the 2024 Legislative Session of the Maryland General Assembly (MGA), which runs from January to early April. Congratulations to Northern High School students Margaret Rathgeb and Paige Plater who were selected to represent Calvert County in the 2024 MGA Page Program,...
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