La Plata News

Police warn that suspicious people, including known drug users, have been soliciting area residents for money and ask community members to report strange behavior.

La Plata's elected officials took the first step toward fixing a long-term sewage overflow problem on Willow Lane last week.

Charles County commissioners' President F. Wayne Cooper speaks during the emergency traffic light dedication in honor of Susan Marie "Susie" Spalding, a two-decade veteran of emergency services.

William Lee, 1, offers some crab to his mother, Rebecca, as dad, Clint, watches at Capt.

Business owners who are taking advantage of La Plata's temporary moratorium on using off-site sandwich boards and banners will be given another two months to advertise their establishments, but there will be a few strings attached.

Submitted photo Jonathan Robert Henderson and Mary-Kathryn Michele Abernathy were struck and killed Sunday morning along the shoulder of Interstate 70.

LA PLATA, Md. - A Maryland family is heartbroken Monday night after a young man and his girlfriend were killed in what is suspected to be an illegal street racing crash.

State police continue their investigation into the deaths of two people and the critical injuries to two others who had gathered for a drag race on Interstate 70 near the Baltimore County-Baltimore City line in Woodlawn early Sunday.

A teenager and his girlfriend were standing by the side of an interstate highway to supposedly watch a drag race when they were hit and killed in a chain-reaction crash early Sunday morning.

The members of the Charles County Technology Council congratulate Charles County's Tech Company of the Year, Port Tobacco Consulting.

The late Gary Smith was the photographer for the Maryland Independent from 1985 until his death Jan.

It was the dead of night and a good two hours after closing time, but the steady flow of cars pulling up to Jimmie's Liquors in Hughesville showed that things were far from over, a sheriff's officer said at the Thursday liquor board meeting.

The College of Southern Maryland Foundation will celebrate the success of its 50th anniversary fundraising campaign by recognizing all of the donors who supported the campaign with plaque unveiling ceremonies at each campus.

Charles County Board of License Commissioners will meet at 9:30 a.m. June 11 in the commissioners meeting room at the county government building, 200 Baltimore St., La Plata.

Kenneth A. Talley gets help putting on his robe from his cousin, Tamara Cook-Berry, left, his sister, Jenell Talley, right, and his wife, Jessica, in back, after he is sworn in Friday as associate judge of the District Court of Maryland, Fourth District, at the Charles County Government Building in La Plata.

La Plata has lined up a summer filled with concerts, mini-festivals and movies for folks to enjoy under the stars.

The Law Enforcement Torch Run kicks off Thursday in front of Texas Roadhouse in La Plata with Charles County Sheriff's Office Sgt.

Jessie Brown, president of the Waldorf MOMS Club, holds daughter, Delaney, 1, while conducting a recent meeting at Good Samaritan Church.

It only took five "ayes" and a few handshakes to launch the connection of some 8,000 Charles County homes to a high-speed digital cable network.

Simon Gutierrez, the owner of El Dorado, sits at a table with eggs Benedict, front, and a seafood omelet.