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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...
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. ...
Threatening email sent to Newport News, Gloucester schools
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — Schools in Gloucester County and Newport News increased security in the wake of emailed bomb and firearm threats to both school divisions Thursday morning. Authorities are investigating the email that was sent to multiple Newport News and Gloucester public schools, and while NNPS spokesperson...
Fredericksburg Police searching for Pa. man with multiple warrants after police chase
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — A man wanted in Pennsylvania for felony abduction faces a host of new warrants in Virginia after attempting to evade Fredericksburg Police last month. Eugene Montaque, out of Westmoreland County, was driving a minivan at about 8:50 p.m. on April 30 around the 1400 block of Airport Avenue in Fredericksburg, when police attempted a traffic stop.
An Architectural Tour of Westmoreland County from Virginia Living
Back in the fall of 2023, Virginia Living magazine dispatched me to historic Westmoreland County for a few days, to scout a number of historic sites there, and one not too far away in Warsaw. The result is a feature article for the magazine that’s now in print and online. Here’s the first in a series of posts from it.
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