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St. Mary’s County Player Sprucing Up House With $50,000 Scratch-Off Win At Sheetz
CALIFORNIA, Md. – A Maryland Lottery player from Southern Maryland recently topped his personal best Lottery win of $500 by a factor of 100, claiming a $50,000 top prize on the $5 Money Money Money game. “I love it. You gotta play to win,” he said while in the...
Three Injured Following Two-Vehicle Collision In Lexington Park
LEXINGTON PARK, Md. – On May 12, 2024, at approximately 12:36 p.m., emergency personnel responded to a motor vehicle accident on Three Notch Road in the area of Expedition Drive. Crews arrived to find two vehicles in the roadway with three occupants injured. EMS evaluated the patients on the...
Patuxent baseball tops La Plata for region title
Conditions were hardly ideal for the 2A South Region title game on Tuesday afternoon, but the inclement weather could not diminish the hosts as the Patuxent High School baseball team upended La Plata 7-3 to capture the region crown and complete a three-game sweep of the Warriors this spring courtesy of a pair of two-out rallies. Patuxent (18-2) punched its ticket to the 2A state quarterfinals on Friday by scoring four runs in the second then responded to a three-run rally from La Plata (16-5)...
Old Hollywood glamour sizzles at National Portrait Gallery exhibit
He captured the most famous faces in 1930s and early '40s cinema — Garbo, Crawford, Bogart and Gable. Now the work of George Hurrell, one of Hollywood's greatest portrait photographers, is on display at Washington’s National Portrait Gallery. For VOA News, Cristina Caicedo Smit has the story. Videographer: Hakim Shammo; Video editor: Cristina Caicedo Smit.
St. Mary's to host 40th annual Project Graduation
After they get a chance to throw their caps in the air, St. Mary’s County high school graduates will be able to unwind during the 40th annual Project Graduation. The free night of fun and festivities will be held at the Morale Welfare and Recreation Center at Naval Air Station Patuxent River from about 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. following each school's commencement. “It is absolutely a super cool thing...
Chopticon Softball Wins SMAC Championship
GREAT MILLS, Md. – On Tuesday, May 7, 2024, the Chopticon High School Softball Team took home the Southern Maryland Athletic Conference (SMAC) Championship by defeating the Northern High School Patriots 10-4. The game, which took place at Chancellor’s Run Regional Park, helped Chopticon improve their so-far perfect 17-0 season.
St. Peter Claver welcomes 18 into church
St. Peter Claver Church celebrated a Mass at which 18 St. Mary’s students received the Sacrament of Confirmation, thereby being welcomed fully into the Catholic Church on April 29 in St. Inigoes. The Rev. Leroy Feudjio, Bishop of St. Thomas, celebrated the Mass while the Rev. John Patrick Tindana, pastor of St. Peter Claver and St. Cecilia Churches, and Rev. Peter Giovanoni, pastor of St. Michael Church, served as co-celebrants as did Father Robert Kenfack, who accompanied the bishop. Deacon Joel Carpenter served as the...
Maryland junior prepares for Miss Maryland Teen USA
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...
Raising the flag
Piney Point Lighthouse Museum education programming coordinator Sara Saunders, left, watches as Ethan Killen, 6, of Callaway raises and installs a flag on the small tent he has helped pitch. Children attending the museum’s May 11 event learned about bugs living along the Potomac River shoreline. The educational session was the theme of the museum’s “Second Saturday” program. The lighthouse museum will host another Second Saturday event in August, which will feature “shore combing for families/children and adults.”
Receiving their quilts
PAX Sound of Freedom awarded eight Quilts of Valor April 20 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lexington Park. Receiving their quilts are Larry Walthour (U.S. Navy, 20 years), left, Ronald Dyson (U.S. Marines, 2 years), Jim Ashby (U.S. Navy, 26 years), Gary Haskins (U.S. Air Force, 30 years), Francis Russell (U.S. Army, 13 years), Robert Mosley (U.S. Army, 23 years), Kevin Wright (U.S. Navy, 6 years) and Michael Tourville (U.S. Navy, 26 years). For more information about Quilts of Valor, go to www.qovf.org. To help the local group produce the quilts, contact Miriam Boles at 240-298-1744.
Sara's got the bug
Sara Saunders, education programming coordinator for the Piney Point Lighthouse Museum, displays a hissing cockroach during the facility's May 11 event about bugs. Children attending the event learned about bugs living along the Potomac River shoreline. The educational session was the theme of the museum's "Second Saturday" program. The lighthouse museum will host another Second Saturday event in August, which will feature "shore combing for families/children and adults."
Adult Co-Ed Kickball League Registration Now Open
LEONARDTOWN, Md. – A fresh new twist to the adult recreational sports scene. Kickball… yes, just like you played in 5th grade. This great playground pastime is now back for adults 18 and older to enjoy. Register: https://tinyurl.com/3kupv75v. Thursday nights June 6-August 22, 2024 at Chancellors Run Regional...
Man convicted of Hollywood Carnival murder gets life without parole
A 20-year-old Lexington Park man who was convicted last November of shooting to death a 16-year-old at a firemen’s carnival during the summer of 2022 was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison. On Wednesday, St. Mary’s County Circuit Court Judge Amy Lorenzini sentenced defendant Devron Ny’Quez Murray to life in prison plus five years consecutive to life without parole for the murder of Syncere Kovey Smith. ...
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