Great Mills News

A Great Mills man shot early Monday morning outside a nightclub south of Lexington Park continued his recovery at a hospital the next day as St.

A section of Chancellor's Run Road in Great Mills was closed Monday when a gas leak was detected.

A judge sentenced a Great Mills man this week to 20 years in prison, the maximum penalty on a conviction of attempting to commit a second-degree sexual offense three years ago with a disabled boy who was 7 years old.

Darius Byrd, 7, of Great Mills holds his stance while James Edwards of the Seneca tribe attempts to surprise him Saturday during a Tayac Territory dance demonstration at Historic St.

When many people who are now adults were growing up in St. Mary's County there were separate high schools for black and white students.

Mike Zabko, CEO of the Southern Maryland Chapter of the American Red Cross, is again sending out reminders that blood donors are needed for the traditionally low-donations/high-need summer months.

This year's National Night Out is more than six weeks away, but planning has begun for the 2009 edition of the annual event that will be held Aug.

Two St. Mary's public high schools were listed on Newsweek magazine's list of 1,500 top U.S. high schools and the third is looking to regain its spot in the near future.

Jimmy Thompson of Great Mills Trading Post directs the removal of dirt Monday as crews grade the land to build the roads and water and sewer lines at the Park Place project in California.

Federal prosecutors report that a Callaway man was sentenced Monday to 15 years in prison from his plea agreement on charges of conspiring to distribute cocaine and being a felon in possession of ammunition.

Fairlead Academy freshman Kyona Wright slaps hands with student David Anderson after receiving an award at St.

Golden Eye Seafood LLC and owner, Robert Lumpkins of St. Mary's County, Md., pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to and violating the Lacey Act, by falsely recording the amount and weight of striped bass, also known as rockfish, that were harvested by local fisherman and checked-in through Golden Eye from 2003 to 2007.

Sisline Anthony, 75, of Great Mills said she was leaving her house to drive to a cemetery Tuesday morning when her car accelerated on its own, would not stop and crashed into another house in her neighborhood.

Fairlead Academy students Tiara Taylor, left, Kyona Wright and Jasmine Collins get a taste of dorm life at St.

Michael Buonviri, a Great Mills High School math teacher, admires a gift that is now displayed in the school's math hallway.

This year's valedictorians from St. Mary's County public and private high schools are, from left, Melissa Greer, The King's Christian Academy; Michael Branigan, Great Mills High School; Timothy Travis, Leonard Hall Junior Naval Academy; Kristina Dronenburg, Great Mills High School; Jacquelyn Blake-Hedges, St.

St. Mary's Sheriff's deputies report that on May 21, 2009, Sgt. Grumbles stopped a Dodge Avenger driven by Michael Ryan Norfolk, 20, Callaway, Maryland for a traffic violation.

Great Mills Swimming Pool set to reopen Saturday The Great Mills Swimming Pool will reopen Saturday, May 23.

St. Mary's liquor board members fined the owner of a California liquor store $200 last Thursday after he admitted that his business violated a state regulation against delivering alcohol to a residence.

A Great Mills man's guilty pleas this week to conspiracy, armed robbery and firearms charges from a heist last fall at a St.