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A jailed Leonardtown man has been indicted on more forgery charges, authorities report, in a grand jury probe that his business partner has long criticized, but which has not yielded any charges against him.

Ten years ago, Carmen Sanders was hesitant to display Stephen Harlan's digital oil paintings in her gallery in Solomons Island.

Kelly Hewitt of Lexington Park holds his son, Jamari, 3, in circuit court Tuesday during an adoption ceremony as he and his partner, Derek McClure, await a ruling from Circuit Judge Karen Abrams.

Exposing the corruption and criminality of the Left is essential, but "using their own tricks" may be a slippery slope or criminal.

Construction of an Olive Garden restaurant off Route 235 in California is zooming along at the new Park Place development and more restaurants and offices are coming to the site at the corner of Shady Mile Drive.

The business partner of political candidate John A. Mattingly Jr. was granted a $50,000 cash bond Wednesday in St.

Federal authorities on Thursday moved to seize a wide array of U.S.-based properties, bank accounts and religious sites that they allege in court documents are funneling money to an Iranian bank involved in that country's illicit nuclear weapons program.

Cataclysmic disaster and apocalyptic doom, as foretold by Hollywood, have a way of bringing together broken families, revealing the unseen heroism of deadbeat dads and neatly disposing of their rivals.

Residents of the Myrtle Point area of California asked the St. Mary's County commissioners Thursday to be removed from the Lexington Park Development District.

Mary's public schools: Student speech writing winners, "What Veterans Day Means to Me" 11 a.m. Public hearing: Department of land use and growth management: Proposed text amendment to allow use of TDRs for residential density increase in Rural Legacy Area for grandfathered projects 11:15 a.m. County commissioners 12:30 p.m. Lunch at the Southern ...

I've written recently about how courts in New Jersey and Illinois have concluded that the Second Amendment poses no obstacle to local governments enacting stringent anti-gun laws.

In the latest outbreak of E.coli O157:H7 from ground beef there has been as of today, 28 reported infections in 12 states across the country.

Police in West Virginia are considering whether to charge a U.S. Naval Academy student who they say lied about being the victim of a kidnapping and extortion plot.

Twenty-eight people in 12 states from California to Maine are now infected with matching strains of E. coli after an outbreak in ground beef, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

St. Mary's County government will be collecting hazardous household waste on Saturday, Nov.

Jacquelene Kielpinski of Lexington Park, one of the organizers of Saturday's Thrill the World event, dances like a zombie to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" at Leonardtown High School's gym.

Funding for Route 236 secured Commissioner Thomas A. Mattingly Sr. said Tuesday after meeting with Maryland State Highway's district engineer that $1.6 million in federal stimulus funds have been found to resurface Route 236 from Budds Creek to New Market.

"States are already overwhelmed by existing public health responsibilities, so we face a serious challenge as we see these new climate change related problems on the horizon." The Pew Center on Global Climate Change cites research suggesting that temperatures could rise by as much as 11F by the end of this century without a reduction in carbon ...

Rear Adm. Scott Sanders, left, commander of Combined Task Force 151 and a St. Mary's resident, with Lt.

The Obama administration has discovered federalism, at least a version of it, and it has therefore foresworn prosecuting medical-marijuana users and distributors who are acting in accord with state laws.