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Southern Maryland 29th Annual Spring Festival, May 2-5, 2024
LEONARDTOWN, Md. – It’s almost here! The 29th Annual 2024 Southern Maryland Spring Festival will be held on Thursday, May 2nd through Sunday, May 5th at the St. Mary’s County Fairground in Leonardtown, Maryland. For over twenty-five years, the Southern Maryland Spring Festival has enjoyed bringing the...
Man Found Shot To Death Outside Charles County Condo, Sheriff Says
A 29-year-old was found shot to death outside of his home in Charles County overnight, investigators say.The Charles County Sheriff's Office has launched a homicide investigation after Kemo Key, 29, was found in the 4500 block of Ruston Place in Waldorf.Investigators say that at around 10:40 p.m. o…
MSP Leonardtown Barrack Arrests, DUIs And Warrants Served
On 4/27/2024, Tpr Oliva Flores responded to an address on Mervell Dean Road, Hollywood, MD for the report of an indecent exposure. Upon arrival, a witness provided video surveillance of the incident, which showed Tina Lorie Ford, 45 of Hollywood, MD exposing herself. Ford was arrested and transported to the St. Mary’s County Detention Center where she was charged with Indecent Exposure.
6-Year-Old Girl Struck By Vehicle In Mechanicsville, Airlifted To Children’s Hospital
MECHANICSVILLE, Md. – A 6-year-old girl was struck by a vehicle at approximately 9:45 a.m., on May 1, 2024, on Friendship School Road, near Zimmermans Archery Proshop in Mechanicsville. Crews arrived on the scene and found the child suffering from injuries. The vehicle involved in the accident remained on...
Providence of Maryland expands service to Charles County
Providence of Maryland, a nonprofit that serves people with intellectual disabilities, expanded into Charles County last year to strengthen its mission and the communities it supports. The move into the county marked an expansion of Providence’s services that were not previously offered — housing. In other counties, one of the primary focuses is employment and finding opportunities for those the organization serves. “Our mission is very simple. It’s strictly about...
Charles County high school student achieves perfect ACT score
LA PLATA, Md. (7News) — Less than one percent of all students who take the ACT will earn a perfect score of 36, though one Maryland student recently achieved this feat, according to Charles County Public Schools. La Plata High School 12th-grade student Will Alcorn achieved the rare perfect...
Autumn Leighanne Compton Dies In Mechanicsville Crash
Cobb Island resident Autumn Leighanne Compton has been identified as the victim who was killed in a crash in Mechanicsville over the weekend after striking a truck being driven by 24-year-old North Beach native Zachary Joseph WIlburn, according to the sheriff's office. Deputies from the St. Mary's County Sheriff's office...
Recalling the infamous 2002 F-4 tornado that cut through La Plata, Md.
LA PLATA, Md. (7News) — On Sunday, April 28, 2002, the D.C. area was under a "moderate risk" for severe weather. The region would be struck by one of the strongest tornadoes ever recorded hours later in the Mid-Atlantic, and the strongest since another F-4 tornado struck Frostburg, MD four years earlier.
Leonardtown senior prepares for Miss Teen Maryland pageant
Lily Belle McDowell has been on stage many times before but the Leonardtown High School student is preparing to step onto arguably her biggest stage yet. After being selected as a Maryland State Finalist, McDowell will compete with the title Miss Leonardtown Teen USA in the Miss Maryland Teen USA competition, which will be held May 31 to June 1 at the Bethesda North Marriott in Bethesda. “I’ve always had...
Five identified in string of dating app robberies
On April 22, detectives assigned to the Charles County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division Robbery Unit arrested five suspects for several armed robberies that go back to April 9. The suspects have been identified as Darius Lerenzo Mearis, 21, of White Plains, Justin Amari Banks, 18, of Waldorf, Jerrell Maurice Grey, 20, of Waldorf, and two 17-year-old males from Waldorf who were charged as adults but whose names are not being released, according to a sheriff’s office press release. ...
Charles school board members show up at budget hearing
The $17 million shortfall Charles County public school system is facing from the school board’s budget request remained on the minds of many during an April 24 Charles commissioners’ budget hearing. Nearly all of the approximate 20 speakers spoke on education funding, including several Charles school board members. Yonelle Moore Lee, the chairperson of the board of education, said, “Charles County Public Schools proudly educates more than 28,000 students daily...
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