Southern Maryland News

01/28/2025

After an initial complaint approximately seven years ago, the Maryland State Board of Morticians took action on Jan. 17 against a White Plains crematorium with horrific details regarding how bodies were allegedly mishandled.

After an initial complaint approximately seven years ago, the Maryland State Board of Morticians took action on Jan. 17 against a White Plains crematorium with horrific details regarding how bodies

01/28/2025

A White Plains woman is in custody after she allegedly set fire to a police cruiser.

01/28/2025

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01/28/2025

Despite an impending career change, Silas Trepp has decided to continue his schooling.

01/28/2025

The nomination portal for the 2025 Women to Watch program is now open! From now until January 31, tell us about the women business and community leaders, rising stars at your place of work and pillars of the community.

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01/27/2025

Last week's Tri-County Council meeting in Annapolis was full of reports of progress as well as goodbyes and welcomes for outgoing and new board positions.

01/27/2025

To mark a century of work to keep a popular waterway thriving, Solomons was a very good place to begin.

01/27/2025

There were no panic buttons to be pushed last week when Calvert County Superintendent Andraé Townsel presented his proposed school system budget for the next fiscal year. Townsel’s submitted plan is $287.3 million, over $9 million more than the curr…

There were no panic buttons to be pushed last week when Calvert County Superintendent Andraé Townsel presented his proposed school system budget for the next fiscal year. Townsel’s submitted plan

01/24/2025

Three days after his second-degree murder trial ended with a hung jury, a 40-year-old Fredericksburg, Va., man entered a plea of guilty to a single count of involuntary manslaughter on Jan. 24 in Calvert County Circuit Court.

Three days after his second-degree murder trial ended with a hung jury, a 40-year-old Fredericksburg, Va., man entered a plea of guilty to a single count of involuntary manslaughter on

01/24/2025

The Arc Southern Maryland's St. Mary’s Chapter held a ribbon cutting Jan. 23 to dedicate its new headquarters in Lexington Park. And sure it’s bigger, and of course there’s more office space, and there’s even a large backyard, but more more importan…

The Arc Southern Maryland's St. Mary’s Chapter held a ribbon cutting Jan. 23 to dedicate its new headquarters in Lexington Park. And sure it’s bigger, and of course there’s more

01/24/2025

Police, fire and funeral home reports have confirmed that 52-year-old twins who lived in Chesapeake Beach were the motorists killed earlier this month in a two-vehicle collision on the Arlington Memorial Bridge.

Police, fire and funeral home reports have confirmed that 52-year-old twins who lived in Chesapeake Beach were the motorists killed earlier this month in a two-vehicle collision on the Arlington

01/24/2025

This is the Jan. 24, 2025, edition of Listen Up with Southern Maryland News, a short podcast featuring the top headlines from this week. Please take a moment to answer the poll questions below, and if you have additional feedback, email editor@somdn…

This is the Jan. 24, 2025, edition of Listen Up with Southern Maryland News, a short podcast featuring the top headlines from this week. Please take a moment to answer

01/23/2025

A Calvert County grand jury handed down a six-count indictment for a 36-year-old Chesapeake Beach man, charging him with killing a two-month old girl in 2023.

01/23/2025

Life-saving technology is being expanded in La Plata.

01/22/2025

President Donald Trump issued a directive on his inauguration day Monday that instructs remote federal workers to return to the office, an order that could have large impacts in the region and beyond.

President Donald Trump issued a directive on his inauguration day Monday that instructs remote federal workers to return to the office, an order that could have large impacts in the

01/22/2025

Concerns raised four years ago when state lawmakers mandated local jurisdictions establish panels to handle citizen complaints against local law enforcement appear to have been allayed in Calvert County.

01/22/2025

Cottages, rather than townhouses and apartments, will be the residential units comprising a small, senior citizen residential development planned for the eastern side of the Prince Frederick Town Center.