After a major heart attack and a blocked artery in September 2025 — commonly called “the widow-maker,” Michael Tippett survived to spend another three months with his family. He passed away on December 13, 2025. Michael C. Tippett was born on November 27, 1939, to Rosalee V. and G. Tabor Tippett. He was number...
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Gail Robin Iannucci, 67, of Dunkirk passed away December 18, 2025. She was born February 3, 1958 in Washington, DC to Lee Clyde and Oney Evelyn (Phipps) Price. Gail grew up in Hillside, MD, just outside of Washington, DC and attended Suitland High School. She worked in data entry for the Food and Drug...
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The St. Mary’s Gymnastics Academy (SMGA) is proud to announce a successful meet performance by the USAG Team at the 2025 Christmas on the Chesapeake Maryland Gymnastics’ Invitational, held December 12-14, 2025, at the Baltimore Convention Center. All 16 gymnasts from the St. Mary’s Gymnastics Academy team who competed at the meet successfully qualified for...
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Claire Patricia McNerney Flynn, 90, of McLean, VA, passed away peacefully on December 18, 2025, at the family’s home on the Western Shore of the Chesapeake Bay, surrounded by loved ones. Born in Philadelphia, PA, Claire was a devout Catholic and parishioner of St. John’s Catholic Church in McLean for almost 60 years. She...
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Barbara (Schwallenberg) Cantin was born February 1, 1934, in Annapolis Md. to the late William Clyde and Amelia (Rupp) Schwallenberg, Sr. Barbara lived most of her life in Huntingtown Md. She attended Calvert County Public Schools and graduated in 1952 from the “old” Calvert High School. Barbara resided and worked for four and a...
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Charles Gregory “Greg” Buckmaster passed away December 14, 2025 surrounded by family. Greg was born August 7, 1950 in Prince Frederick, MD to Susan Marie (Graham) and Charles M. Buckmaster. He was raised in Chesapeake Beach and graduated from Calvert High School. He served in the US Army, 82nd Airborne Division, from December 4, 1968...
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James Parks “Jimmy” Blevins, Jr., 62, of North Beach passed away December 5, 2025 surrounded by his family. He was born July 5, 1963 in Maryland to James Parks, Sr. and Thelma Pearl (Greer) Blevins. Jimmy grew up in Taylors Valley Tennessee and White Top Mountain in Virginia before moving to Maryland and graduating...
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On Tuesday, December 23, 2025, at approximately 8:52 a.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of St. Charles Parkway and Duncannon Road in Waldorf, for the reported motor vehicle collision with unknown injuries. 911 callers reported a single vehicle into the median with unknown injuries. Prior to the arrival of...
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Fredy Eduardo-Jacobo, 30, of Montgomery Village, has been charged with 38 separate criminal counts following a detailed investigation into multiple break-ins and thefts from newly constructed homes in the Waldorf area. According to court documents filed in the District Court for Charles County, Eduardo-Jacobo was arrested on December 18, 2025, and now faces charges...
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On Monday, December 22, 2025, at approximately 3:49 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of Crain Highway and Mattawoman Drive in Waldorf, for the serious motor vehicle collision with entrapment. Crews arrived on the scene to find a two-vehicle T-bone style collision and confirmed one adult female was trapped....
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UPDATE 12/23/2025: Police are continuing the investigation into the fatal crash with witnesses and callers providing statements the vehicle that caused the collision was travelling the wrong-way on Indian Head Highway. The family of the surviving victim were able to provide the following update – Our son was struck by a wrong-way driver and...
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Kelly A. Martone, 35, of Mechanicsville, is facing new criminal charges after allegedly providing false information to police during a response to a reported theft at the Five Below store in California, Maryland. According to court documents, Martone now faces four misdemeanor charges, and this is not her first encounter with law enforcement in...
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Bradley Tippett Morris, 30, of Lexington Park, has been charged in connection with two separate incidents of burglary and theft, one in Calvert County and another in St. Mary’s County. According to court documents, the most recent charges stem from an alleged break-in at Blue Crabs Sports Cards located on Solomons Island Road in...
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On Monday, December 22, 2025, at approximately 11:35 a.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services were dispatched to the 600 block of Grenada Lane in Lusby, for the reported long fall. 911 callers reported a 21-year-old male fell more than 18 feet from a tree during a tree cutting accident, Maryland State Police Aviation...
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In the early morning hours today, Monday, December 22nd, 2025, members of Station 9 were alerted to the smell of smoke within the firehouse. Upon investigation, firefighters discovered an active fire on the exterior of Tower 9, which was parked at the station. Personnel acted swiftly, deploying hose lines, removing the other nearby apparatus...
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On Saturday, December 20, 2025, at approximately 8:40 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of 27450 Thompson Corner Road in Mechanicsville, for the reported pedestrian struck. The 911 caller reported they struck an unknown aged male in the area of the address and reported the victim was conscious and...
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Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Tara Jackson announced today that 34-year-old Rakeem Gilgeours has been sentenced to 60 years in prison. Gilgeours was sentenced to the maximum sentence for each count: 25 years for first-degree assault, 20 years for use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and 15 years for illegal...
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Three men received life sentences, today, for federal conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise involving murders, attempted murders, and drug trafficking, as well as murder in aid of racketeering charges. Wilson Arturo “Humilde” “Marco Saravia” Constanza-Galdomez, 26, of El Salvador; Edis Omar “Little Felon” Valenzuela-Rodriguez, 24, of Honduras; and Jonathan “Truney” Pesquera-Puerto, 24,...
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The Maryland Judiciary will be implementing the new Maryland Judiciary Case Search & Record Portal as part of its commitment to use technology effectively and responsibly. The new portal, launching on January 9, 2026, will redesign and integrate the existing Maryland Case Search and the Maryland Judiciary Record Search. The Maryland Judiciary Case Search...
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NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, MD.: The NAVAIR Additive Manufacturing team supports Navy and Marine Corps maintainers with AM training, engineering support and technical data to increase readiness in forward-deployed locations where traditional logistics are contested. Recently, Marine Aircraft Logistics Squadron 36 (MALS-36) and 18th Maintenance Group (18 MXG) maintainers used AM to...
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Terell Dre’Shawn Greene, 25, of Lexington Park, is facing five misdemeanor charges following a traffic stop in St. Mary’s County that led to the discovery of a loaded rifle and allegations of a protective order violation. According to court documents, Greene was pulled over on December 17, 2025, by Sgt. D. Potter of the...
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On Friday, December 19, 2025, police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of Golden Beach Road and Triangle Drive in Charlotte Hall, for the reported motor vehicle collision involving a motorcycle. Crews arrived on the scene to find a motorcycle and SUV involved in a T-bone style collision with one patient...
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A Lottery enthusiast from Chaptico in St. Mary’s County took home a $50,000 third-tier Powerball prize when he matched five of the six numbers drawn in the Dec. 13 drawing. James Quade Jr., and his dad who accompanied him to Lottery headquarters on Dec. 16, were excited about winning, but they said they’d have...
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The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) Talons Robotics Team earned top scores at the international VEX Robotics Competition and is now ranked in the top 20 teams in the world. The team traveled to Manassas, Virginia on November 22 to compete against teams from across the globe, winning the Programming Skills, Driver Skills, and...
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Each year, anglers, hunters, and other wildlife enthusiasts flock to remote areas of the United States in pursuit of regional species for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Many are familiar with the classics: Bull elk hunting in the Rockies, casting for elusive tarpon in the Florida Keys, and searching for ducks along the Mississippi Flyway. Each...
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