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Armed Impaired Man Arrested After Assaulting La Plata Officer

Armed Impaired Man Arrested After Assaulting La Plata Officer

On Sunday, May 21, 2023, officers responded to the 600 block of Piney Branch Way, for the report of an individual from a former relationship beating on the windows of an apartment. Officers located the individual, who appeared to be intoxicated and when the officers attempted to detain the individual a struggle ensued. The...
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Registration Open for Adults Only Tour “Sin and Scandal” at Historic St. Mary’s City

Registration Open for Adults Only Tour “Sin and Scandal” at Historic St. Mary’s City

Registration is now open for the Historic St. Mary’s City Adults Only tour, titled “Sin and Scandal.” The tour will take place on Friday, June 23 and Saturday, June 24, 2023, with two tours offered each night 5:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. The program is available only for visitors aged 18 and older. “Sin...
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Hospice of the Chesapeake’s Culinary Event Raises Over $140,000 for Care in Calvert County

Hospice of the Chesapeake’s Culinary Event Raises Over $140,000 for Care in Calvert County

The Calvert County community came together to enjoy fine cuisine, local wines and spirited dancing, helping to raise more than $143,000 for Hospice of the Chesapeake at the 10th annual Culinary Event held May 12 at The Hall at Huntingtown. In June 2022, Calvert Hospice proudly joined the Hospice of the Chesapeake brand family...
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Four Charles County Sheriff’s Officers Graduate from Northwestern University Program

Four Charles County Sheriff’s Officers Graduate from Northwestern University Program

Sheriff Troy D. Berry is pleased to announce the graduation of Charles County Sheriff’s Officers Lieutenant Anthony Celia, Lieutenant William Welch, Lieutenant Ryan Taylor, and Sergeant Jessica Minor from Northwestern University’s Center for Public Safety 545th School of Police Staff and Command. The School of Police Staff and Command is an intensive leadership and management...
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Marines Receive First MQ-9 Reaper Under Latest Procurement Contract

Marines Receive First MQ-9 Reaper Under Latest Procurement Contract

The Marine Corps recently received the first of eight MQ-9 Reapers, which was delivered under a joint contract with the U.S. Air Force. The Navy’s Multi-Mission Tactical Unmanned Air System program team (PMA-266) at Pax River leveraged the U.S. Air Force’s Agile Reaper Enterprise Solution (ARES), an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type contract,...
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Police Ready For Highway Enforcement Through Memorial Day Weekend

Police Ready For Highway Enforcement Through Memorial Day Weekend

Maryland State Police will bolster enforcement efforts over the Memorial Day weekend to prevent dangerous driving behaviors and save lives as more motorists are expected to travel this holiday. State troopers from 23 barracks, including members of the State Police Impaired Driving Reduction Effort Team, known as the SPIDRE team, will be focusing enforcement...
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Detectives Investigating Homicide in Town of Landover Hills

Detectives Investigating Homicide in Town of Landover Hills

The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit is investigating a homicide that occurred Wednesday evening in the town of Landover Hills. The victim’s name will be released once his family is notified. A reward of up to $25,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest and indictment in this case. On...
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SRO Investigating Assault at Gale Bailey Elementary School

SRO Investigating Assault at Gale Bailey Elementary School

On May 23, 2023, at 12 p.m., a school resource officer was notified about an assault that occurred at Gale Bailey Elementary School during which two students struck another student several times. The students stopped fighting as teachers approached and the student was seen by a school nurse. In accordance with Maryland law, the...
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June 2023 Events at the Calvert Marine Museum

June 2023 Events at the Calvert Marine Museum

Summer is in full swing at the Calvert Marine Museum with fun camps, cruises on the river, and the return of concert season! For more information please visit: www.calvertmarinemuseum.com Wednesday through Sunday, the month of June – Wm. B. Tennison Public Cruise 2 p.m.: Relax and enjoy a leisurely one-hour sightseeing cruise on the...
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Charles County Officer Keegan Dunn Named Sons of the American Legion 2022 First Responder of the Year

Charles County Officer Keegan Dunn Named Sons of the American Legion 2022 First Responder of the Year

The Charles County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) is pleased to announce that Officer Keegan Dunn was named First Responder of the Year for 2022 by the Sons of the American Legion Harry White Wilmer Post 82. Officer Dunn began his career at the CCSO in April of 2022, and has since served in the Patrol...
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Southern Maryland’s Leading Employer Holding Largest-Ever Hiring Event

Southern Maryland’s Leading Employer Holding Largest-Ever Hiring Event

The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD), Southern Maryland’s largest employer and the region’s largest source of STEM jobs, will hold a job fair to fill more than 100 mid-level positions. The hiring event will run from noon to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, June 14, at the University System of Maryland at Southern Maryland SMART...
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NAS Pax River – PMA-207 delivers C-40A to the U.S. Marine Corps

NAS Pax River – PMA-207 delivers C-40A to the U.S. Marine Corps

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. Tactical Airlift Program Office (PMA-207) delivered the first of two C-40A aircraft to Marine Transport Squadron (VMR) 1, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 41, in Fort Worth, Texas, May 19. “Delivery of this aircraft meets a critical Marine Corps requirement for organic long-range logistical airlift capability,” said Col...
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William Richard “Rick” Schoo, 75,

William Richard “Rick” Schoo, 75,

William Richard “Rick” Schoo, 75, of Chesapeake Beach passed away May 21, 2023. He was born April 30, 1948, to James Milford and Nora Lee (Clingman) Schoo. Rick grew up in Baltimore and spent most of his life there. He joined the United States Navy on May 19, 1965 and was honorably discharged on...
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Alvina Alverta “Vinnie” Usi

Alvina Alverta “Vinnie” Usi

Vinnie Usi is survived by her six children: Michele, Tessie, Dianna, Angel, Gerry, and Rosie. Her fifteen grandchildren: Frank, Amber, Brittany, Caleb, Elijah (dec.), Ian, Madison, Evan, Adam, Nate, Will, Kayla, Maya, Jenna, and Alec. and her six great grandchildren: Aerianna, Ethan, Carson, Caleb, Grayson, and Beckett. Vinnie loved to garden, knit and crochet,...
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Kathleen Margaret Byrd, 74,

Kathleen Margaret Byrd, 74,

Kathleen Margaret Byrd, 74, of Dunkirk, passed away on May 19, 2023, at her home. She was born on December 11, 1948, in Washington, D.C. to Ralph and Theresa Mallard. Kathleen is survived by her husband, Michael S. Eye, Sr. of Dunkirk, daughters Theresa Wilson and husband Tom of Edgewater, Jenny Schiltz and husband...
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Richard Alan “Ricky” Wayson, 72,

Richard Alan “Ricky” Wayson, 72,

Richard Alan “Ricky” Wayson, 72, of Chesapeake Beach and formerly of Lothian passed away May 17, 2023. He was born July 25, 1950, to George Vernon Sr. and Agnes Elizabeth (Gibson) Wayson. Ricky was raised in Lothian and graduated from Southern High School. He joined the United States Navy after high school and was...
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Ricky Lamar Phillips, 71,

Ricky Lamar Phillips, 71,

Ricky Lamar Phillips, 71, passed peacefully on Saturday, May, 13, 2023 at Hospice at St. Mary’s, surrounded by his loving family. Ricky was born February 16th, 1952 in Washington, DC, he was the son of the late Harry Lamar Phillips and Dorothy Jane Fahrenkrog. Ricky graduated from High Point High School in 1971. After...
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Mark Stephen Knott, 68,

Mark Stephen Knott, 68,

Mark Stephen Knott, 68, of Callaway, MD passed away at Med Star Washington Hospital Center in Washington D.C. on Friday, May 19th, 2023. Mark was born on September 24th, 1954 to the late Joseph Irving Knott Sr. and Hazel Theresa (Dyson) Knott in Great Mills, MD. Mark was raised in St. Mary’s county. He...
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Irene Virginia Hill

Irene Virginia Hill

Irene Virginia Hill, a beloved resident of Chaptico, MD, passed away at the age of 78 on May 18, 2023. She was born on October 26, 1944, in Leonardtown, MD, to the late Mary Rainwater Copsey and Clements William Copsey. Irene’s loving husband, James Leroy Hill Sr, preceded her in death on June 28,...
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Karla Guste Murphy

Karla Guste Murphy

Karla Guste Murphy, of California, MD passed away May 18, 2023 in Callaway, MD. She was born on August 12, 1934 in Bremerhaven, Germany. Karla married James J. Murphy “Jim” while he was stationed in Germany. They remained married until his death in 1998. Being a military wife, they moved around a bit, while...
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Betty Ann (Cash) Hunter Trautman, 81,

Betty Ann (Cash) Hunter Trautman, 81,

Betty Ann (Cash) Hunter Trautman, 81, of California, Md., died May 15, 2023 at home surrounded in love by family. Betty was born August 14, 1941 in Cedartown, Ga. She lived in Southern Maryland since the 1960s, where she has raised five children, owned a business, and settled in California enjoying her burgeoning family....
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Paul Herman Oncken, Jr.

Paul Herman Oncken, Jr.

Paul Herman Oncken, Jr. of Mechanicsville, MD passed away on May 15, 2023 at his home. Born on March 17, 1958 in Newport News, VA, he was the loving son of the late Janet Louise Moorhead Oncken, and Paul Herman Oncken, Sr. Paul is survived by his sister Carolyn Louise Williamson of Mechanicsville, MD....
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Cheryl Drury Norton, 71,

Cheryl Drury Norton, 71,

Cheryl Drury Norton, 71 of Mechanicsville, MD passed away suddenly on May 11, 2023 at MedStar Washington Hospital Center with her loving family at her side. She was born on July 17, 1951 in LaPlata, MD to the late Bernard J. Drury, Sr. and Betty Ann Harding Drury. Cheryl was a lifelong resident of...
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Dorothea “Dotsy” Burroughs Barber, 97,

Dorothea “Dotsy” Burroughs Barber, 97,

Dorothea “Dotsy” Burroughs Barber, 97, of Stanley, passed away on Friday, May 12, 2023, at Hidden Springs Senior Living in Bentonville, VA. Dotsy was born on August 12, 1925, in Charlotte Hall, MD, and was the daughter of the late William Woodbury Burroughs and Mabel Elizabeth Wilson Burroughs. On August 14, 1970, Dotsy married...
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Myrel Ann Nickey

Myrel Ann Nickey

Myrel Ann Nickey passed away on May 12, 2023, at the age of 90 years. At the time of her death, she was living in Hollywood, MD with her daughter Janice Stevens. She was preceded in death by her parents, Mary and Elmer Larson of Wilton ND, her husband Claire Nickey, her infant son...
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