La Plata News

Attendees line up to sample chili at a cook-off Saturday to benefit the Shop With a Cop program being organized by local officers.

Police have charged a La Plata man who told authorities he was a bounty hunter with shooting and killing a 24-year-old man who was reportedly trying to rob him in an early-morning confrontation at a bar, according to court documents.

The U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday officially opened a local census office on the third floor of 101 Charles St.

Charles County Commissioners recognized a 4-year-old Waldorf girl after saving her mother's life.

More than 200 people filled a town hall meeting at St. John Vianney Family Life Center in Prince Frederick on Thursday night to increase awareness about the impact of funding cuts in programs for developmentally disabled people in the state.

The La Plata Police Department has received a federal grant to purchase computer software that will enable officers to complete reports in their cruisers after responding to incidents in town.

La Plata officials are vowing to do a better job of notifying the public when there's a problem with the town's drinking water.

The Tri-County Animal Shelter will host a number of special events during November.

LA PLATA, Md. - The Charles County sheriff's office says a grand jury has found that two officers did not use excessive force in a fatal shooting.

Ray Mertz, owner of KOOL productions, escorts two veterans, CW5 Ray Johnson and Sgt.

Mary E. Michael, 101, of Newburg will be honored on Veterans Day for her work with the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10081 Ladies Auxiliary.

Posted Monday at 12:01 p.m. A man was killed and a second man injured early Saturday morning during a shooting at the Mattawoman Restaurant in Indian Head, police reported.

The Maryland Department of Human Resources - the state agency responsible for collecting and distributing child support payments - seeks public comment on the possibility of revising the child support guidelines in Maryland.

A former bank teller is charged with stealing more than $16,000 using account numbers provided by another conspirator, according to court documents in a newly indicted case.

Charles County government employees will gather Nov. 14 at four local grocery stores to collect food items for the Southern Maryland Food Bank.

Moving Image Archive > NASA Images > New NASA Satellite Zooms in on Tornado Swath , NASA GSFC New NASA Satellite Zooms in on Tornado Swath A number of severe thunder storms swept through the mid-Atlantic states on April 28, bringing high winds, hailstones, and heavy rains to many areas.

The Maryland State Highway Administration will lend reflective safety vests to parents for their kids to wear when they go trick-or-treating on Halloween.

La Plata elected officials are gathering support from other municipal leaders in Southern Maryland to submit a bill in the 2010 Maryland General Assembly in Annapolis that will address serious issues with a state stormwater management law that they say severely hampers the ability to move forward with redevelopment projects.

La Plata elected officials are preparing to adopt a resolution in November that will give the town the authority to set the rate of the state's homestead property tax cap for folks who own residential property in town.

A Maryland judge apologized Wednesday for engaging in a bit of vigilante justice when he let the air out of the tire of a courthouse employee who parked in a restricted area.