UPDATE 4/9/2024: Police in St. Mary’s County arrested Tavion Kelly Sommerville, 18, on Monday, April 1, 2024, on an open warrant for First-Degree Murder, firearm use during a violent crime, and related charges in connection with the April 4, 2023, murder of Marcus Anthony Day that took place in Great Mills. Sommerville is incarcerated...
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UPDATE 4/9/2024: The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Robbery Unit identified and charged the suspect wanted in connection with a residential robbery at an apartment in Lanham. The suspect is 22-year-old Augustine Koroma of Lanham. Koroma is charged with a residential robbery at a home in the 9900 block of Good Luck Road which...
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A law that would prohibit the roadside solicitation of money in Calvert County was passed by the Maryland General Assembly on Friday, April 5, 2024. If signed by the Governor, the law will take effect on October 1, 2024. The legislation makes it unlawful for any person to stand in a roadway, median, or...
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The Calvert – St. Mary’s Metropolitan Planning Organization (C-SMMPO), the board that administers the transportation planning process in designated areas of Calvert and St. Mary’s County, will hold a council meeting on Monday, April 22, 2024, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Highway Conference Room at the St. Mary’s County Department of...
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Maryland’s Commission on Public Health will hold a public listening session for Southern Maryland on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, from 5:15 to 6:30 p.m. in the Chesapeake Building located at 41770 Baldridge Street in Leonardtown, MD. This is the first in a series of five regional public listening sessions across the state. The next...
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The Maryland Natural Resources Police held its annual award ceremony to recognize the achievements made by conservation law enforcement officers and civilians in 2023. The officers were presented honors by Maryland Department of Natural Resources Sec. Josh Kurtz and Natural Resources Police Acting Lt. Col. Brian Rathgeb. The annual event was held April 3...
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The St. Mary’s County Health Department (SMCHD) has partnered with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office (SMCSO) to prevent underage tobacco sales in the County. This partnership works with local businesses to ensure their staff consistently inspect IDs and refuse sales to underage customers. The majority (47 out of 57) of compliance checks completed...
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The bad news: Blue catfish can be easily found in a majority of Maryland’s rivers, both tidal and non-tidal and out in the Bay itself, and they eat almost anything. The good news: Blue catfish can be easily found in a majority of Maryland’s rivers, both tidal and non-tidal and in the Bay itself,...
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Valerie Lynn “Val” Douglas, 63 of Lusby, MD, and formerly of Clinton, MD, passed away suddenly on April 6, 2024 in Prince Frederick, MD. She was born on April 3, 1961 in Washington, DC to Carol Brown and the late David L. Smith. She was the loving wife to Dannie Douglas whom she married...
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Ernest Laverne Rowell, “Ernie”, 94, of Prince Frederick, Maryland passed away on April 6, 2024 at his home. He was born on April 10 1929 in Horry County SC to the late Charlie L. and Annie Janie Rowell. He grew up on the farmlands of SC where his father taught him a strong work...
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Stuart Coleman Marshall, a lifelong resident of Deale, passed away on April 2, 2024. He was born in Cheverly, MD on April 26, 1959, the second child of Gene and Doris Greenwell Marshall. He attended Deale Elementary School and graduated from Southern Senior High School in 1977. Stuart began his lifelong career as a...
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Joseph Gilbert Kirby “Cheesie”, 74, a lifelong resident of Calvert County passed away April 2, 2024. He was born August 15, 1949 in Prince Frederick to Joseph Sidney and Louise (Greene) Kirby. Cheesie grew up in the county and graduated from Calvert High School. He joined the United States Navy on October 15, 1969...
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Mary Evelyn Hayes, 103, of Dunkirk and formerly of Forestville passed away April 2, 2024. She was born August 10, 1920, in Friendship to Thomas H. and Eva (Armiger) Tucker. Mary was raised on the family farm in Friendship. She married James Hayes in 1949 and they lived in Wayson’s Corner for a short...
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Barbara “Grammie” Palakanis, 86, of Cobb Island, MD passed on March 31st, 2024, after a long and gallant battle with kidney disease.She was born on January 18,1938 in Scranton, Pennsylvania and grew up in Dickson City with her parents, Anthony and Mary (Kolback) Sadowski. After her mother passed away at a young age, she...
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Daniel John Caton of Lusby, MD died on March 31, 2024 at 86 years old. Dan was preceded in death by his wife of 55 years, Nancy Hathaway Caton, his brother, Wayne Caton, and his parents, Ida Fiocchi Caton and John Caton. He is survived by his children, Stephen A. Caton and his wife,...
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Mark Steven Irving, 64, of Chesapeake Beach, Maryland, passed away on March 29, 2024, at his home. Mark was born on November 17, 1959 in Washington, D.C. to Claude Rucker and Genevieve Hope (Compton) Irving. Mark grew up in Riverton, West Virginia, and graduated from Circleville High School class of 1979. He served as...
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Michael Jeffrey Hickman, 32, passed away on April 2, 2024 in LaPlata, Maryland. Born on April 3, 1991 in Fargo, North Dakota, he was the loving son of Jeffrey and Cathy Hickman of Palm Harbor, Florida. After spending his childhood in West Fargo, North Dakota and Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, Michael moved with his family...
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Rebecca Lynn Avery, 48, passed away on April 1, 2024. Born in Marlow Heights, MD on September 22, 1975. She is the daughter of Glenn Michael Parks and Karen Lynn Parks. Rebecca worked as an assistant manager for the family automotive business. She was blessed with one daughter, Sophia who was the highlight of...
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Born September 27, 1951 – Passed April 1, 2024 He was the son to the late Hazel and Walter Petriw; brother to Barbra Ballew and the late Sharon Williamson; spouse to Jean DeMar; father to Mike R. DeMar, Robert W. Oyaski, Melissa L. Young (Oyaski); grandfather to William Burgess, William Oyaski, Robert Oyaski, Nicole...
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Floyd Daniel “Buddy” Owens passed away peacefully on April 2, 2024, at his home in Leonardtown, Maryland, at the age of 81, with his loving family and pastors at his side after an honorable and long battle with cancer. Buddy lived a life full of adventures, a career of service to our nation, and...
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James Edward Walls, Jr. passed away peacefully at home on March 26, 2024, in the presence of loved ones. Jim was born in Frankfurt, Germany to the late James Walls, Sr. and Irmgard Walls. He is survived by his loving wife of 53 years, Sandra Walls; son, Adam Walls, daughters, Jennifer Borror and Juliana...
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Dwight Robert Husk, aged 71, from Mechanicsville, MD, passed away at his home on April 1, 2024. He was born on October 8, 1952, to Oral O’Neil and Edith Pearl (Keys) Husk in Prince George’s County, MD. A 1970 graduate of Central High School in Capitol Heights, MD, he began his career in law...
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Joanne Smith Rowe, 90, of Upper Marlboro, MD, passed away on April 3, 2024. Born on May 24, 1933, in Forest City, NC, she was the daughter of the late Wilbur E. and Ollie Smith and was one of four children. She married her beloved husband, Walter W. “Bill” Rowe on July 15, 1956,...
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Mary Ellen Miller, aged 88, from Charlotte Hall, MD, peacefully passed away on April 2, 2024, with her loved ones by her side. She was born on August 7, 1935, to Harold and Edith Hampson in Canonsburg, PA. In 1954, she met her future husband, Robert Miller. Mary Ellen and Robert fell in love...
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On Easter morning Linda, one of God’s children, went Home on her final journey. She passed at home after a short illness surrounded by loved ones. Linda was born in Worcester, MA, the daughter of Donald D. and Dorothy Metcalf (Leary). Linda lost her mother at the tender age of 11 and that had...
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