Bryantown News

Jill Hancock, right, the Operation Christmas Child relay center coordinator at First Baptist Church of La Plata, helps daughters Jordan, 10, left, and Caitlyn, 4, pack a shoebox.

She had just settled her purse into the car and was about to climb inside when something in her peripheral vision attracted her attention.

At right, Doug Davis drives a hayride wagon through the woods around Trinity Baptist Church as part of its Fall Festival event Saturday.

Police are searching for a registered sex offender from Bryantown who is charged with raping a woman as she was getting into her car Sept.

Kenny Williams, left, of Pennsylvania and Wally Bender compete in a lawnmower race earlier this year.

U.S. House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer appears to be a marked man in next year's election.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer appears to be a marked man in next year's election.

Bob Lukinic, president of the Southern Maryland Audubon Society, speaks from the porch of the Mount Aventine Manor House at Chapman State Park in Bryans Road recently about why it is important that the entire park has been designated as an Important Bird Area during a dedication ceremony.

Fifth-grader T.C. Martin, 10, stands in front of the school that was named after his great-great-uncle, T.C. Martin.

Marriages made in heaven The Archdiocese of Washington will honor these Charles County couples at a Mass in Washington, D.C. on Sunday.

Eunice Knott of Ridge, left, sits next to Carolina Correa, a StoryCorps facilitator, at the Southern Maryland Regional Library Association office in Charlotte Hall on Wednesday before the taping of her oral history.

Two men were indicted earlier this month on charges of stabbing another man eight times during a drug-related argument at a Waldorf apartment complex, according to court documents and police.

Carrie Brooke-Ptack, right, is a Golden Apple Award winner. The Golden Apple awards were presented to teachers who showed excellence in teaching and a commitment to Catholic education.

Three Catholic school teachers in Charles County were honored recently for excellence in teaching and commitment to education.

William Hess, 9, talks about a display as he and a group of third-graders look around inside the rainforest in their classroom, at St.