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One Injured Following Two-Vehicle Collision With Classic Car In Callaway
CALLAWAY, Md. – On April 28, 2024, at approximately 6:20 p.m., emergency personnel responded to a motor vehicle accident on Piney Point Road in the area of Take It Easy Ranch Road. Crews arrived to find a classic car and another vehicle off the roadway with one occupant injured.
Two Injured After Two-Vehicle Collision On Indian Bridge Road
CALIFORNIA, Md. – A two-vehicle collision on Indian Bridge Road near Knotts Drive left two people injured and slowed traffic on the afternoon of April 27, 2024. Emergency responders arrived on the scene at approximately 3:45 p.m., to find a truck and an SUV off the roadway with multiple occupants injured.
19-Year-Old Charles County Woman Killed In Mechanicsville Collision
MECHANICSVILLE, Md. – On Saturday, April 27, 2024, at approximately 5:06 p.m., Deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office (SMCSO) responded to a reported two-car collision at the intersection of Budds Creek Road and Mechanicsville Road in Mechanicsville, MD. The preliminary investigation revealed a 2021 Honda...
Lusby woman convicted of federal fraud schemes
A 45-year-old Lusby woman was convicted on April 25 by a jury in federal court for conspiracies to commit passport, wire and bankruptcy fraud, as well as making a false statement in a bankruptcy proceeding. A U.S. Department of Justice press release stated that, according to testimony during defendant Charmaine Miesha Brown’s five-day trial in Greenbelt, in January 2014 Brown, a U.S. citizen, married Andrews Oduro Brown, a/k/a “Andrews Oduro,” a Ghanaian national who entered the U.S. in May 2013. In 2021, Oduro obtained legal...
No Injuries Following Rear-End Collision In Lexington Park
LEXINGTON PARK, Md. – A motor vehicle accident occurred on April 26, 2024, at approximately 5:35 p.m., on northbound Three Notch Road in the area of MacArthur Boulevard. Emergency personnel responded to reports of one person unconscious following the incident. Upon arrival at the scene, crews found a rear-end...
La Plata baseball upends Leonardtown
Last Friday afternoon when the La Plata High School baseball team quickly erased a 1-0 deficit en route to forging a 7-1 victory over Leonadtown High, Warriors' leadoff batter Taylor Ellis found himself playing a role contrary to his normal fare. La Plata (13-2) spotted Leonardtown a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning as Warriors' starter Camden Cooke escaped serious trouble to limit the visiting Raiders to a single run. Leonardtown's Owen Hugel had led off the game with a bloop single...
Champion Used Auto Parts Burns Down In Drayden
The Maryland Fire Marshal says that an employee was working on a vehicle inside Champion Used Auto Parts in the 45000 block of Usher Lane in Drayden when a fire ignited, leaving him with burns to his upper body. He was airlifted by a State Police helicopter to Washington Hospital...
COSMIC Symphony, Harman team up for free concerts
COSMIC Symphony will host a pair of concerts with international female vocalist Lisa Harman titled "Sounds of the Screen." The concerts will be held 3 p.m. Saturday, May 4, at the Nancy R. and Norton T. Dodge Performing Arts Center at St. Mary's College of Maryland, 47855 College Drive in St. Mary's City; and 3 p.m. Sunday, May 5, at Patuxent High School, 12485 Southern Connector Blvd. in Lusby. Harman...
Light The Night In Honor Of Brice Trossbach
ST. MARY’S COUNTY, Md. – Residents of Southern Maryland are encouraged to light the night during National Fallen Firefighter Week in honor of Brice Trossbach and other fallen heroes from May 1 to May 5. On June 27, 2023, at approximately 4:06 a.m., fire and rescue personnel responded...
St. Mary's County Board of Education at-large seat voters guide
St. Mary's County Board of Education at-large seat voters guide Brandie Edelen Town of residence: Mechanicsville Age: 51 Question 1: Do you feel board of education members should weigh in on what books are allowed or banned from schools ...
St. Mary’s Woman Arrested For Drug Possession Following Traffic Stop
CALIFORNIA, Md. – At approximately 12:28 a.m. on Thursday, April 25, 2024, while conducting a proactive traffic stop for failing to make a required stop at a stop sign near the 23000 block of Three Notch Road in California, MD, Deputy First Class Tyler Westphal observed suspected cocaine in plain view inside the 2003 Acura TL driven by Kristina Hope Beggs, 45, of California, MD.
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