Leonardtown News

The St. Mary's County Planning Commission will hold another public hearing on revisions to the comprehensive land-use plan at Chopticon High School on July 13 at 6:30 p.m. After the planning commission makes its recommendation, the county commissioners will hold additional public hearings on the plan.

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.

Posted Monday at 11:35 a.m. A wounded man's arrival at a hospital early Monday morning led to a police investigation of gunshots fired outside a bar south of Lexington Park.

Douglas Abell shields himself from the sun with a hat and umbrella while planting soybeans in his field at his home in Leonardtown earlier this month, the first time temperatures soared into the 90s this year in St.

For 19 years, Christmas in April-St. Mary's County has organized an army of volunteers to spend the fourth Saturday in April repairing and renovating county homes owned by low income, elderly or disabled residents.

Second District volunteer firefighters shovel and pitch debris from Friday's house fire in Valley Lee from windows in the home's damaged second floor.

St. Mary's Ryken High School student government officers, Heather Thompson, left, Jennifer Goodman, Daniel Goodley, Jessica Worster, Kayla DeOca and Maggie Sheehan take part with others in a groundbreaking ceremony at the school Monday marking the official beginning of renovations to the campus that include a 1,000-seat stadium and artificial turf ...

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.

St. Mary's Hospital CEO Christine Wray will be named CEO of the Year at next week's Leading Edge Awards.

Check out photos from the DC/Maryland/Virginia Nursing Excellence Awards gala by logging on to www.Nurse.com and perusing the Photo Galleries section.

Digital signs for businesses can already be found along Route 235 and Route 5, but on Tuesday, the St.

Ten members of Leonardtown High School's class of 2009 will be working their way into the American military's officer corps through ROTC scholarships or acceptance into West Point, Annapolis or the Air Force Academy.

Man Charged with Setting 3 Fires at his Farm MECHANICSVILLE a 'Deputy State Fire Marshals arrested Kevin Vincent Moreland, 43 years of age from St.

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.

A Lexington Park man died, authorities report, after he was thrown from a sport-utility vehicle that went out of control Saturday night on Route 235 and struck two poles along the highway.

Flag Day 2009 festivities will be held on Sunday, June 14, on the governmental center lawn in Leonardtown.

When a new school is built on the Hayden Farm property in Leonardtown, it could be named Woodbury Elementary School as requested in St.

Posted Wednesday at 1:45 p.m. A former employee at a Leonardtown bank was jailed Tuesday night on charges of acting as an accessory before and afterward in a 2004 holdup at the business.

St. Mary's County's library staff is hoping to lure area children into traveling a little this summer.

Early this year, Varsity Letter recorded a demo. It is only two songs, but it provides some proof that pop-punk is merely one facet of the band's sound.