Lexington Park News

The St. Mary's County commissioners took their first look Tuesday at updating the land use comprehensive plan, which could result in rezoning in several areas.

A Lexington Park teenager acquitted of a rape charge last winter after more than five months in pretrial custody has filed a lawsuit against two detectives, two girls and the state of Maryland.

The St. Mary's River watershed, all 45,336 acres of it, is entirely in St. Mary's County.

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.

He was only 32 when he was killed in a motorcycle accident in Hughesville in July.

St. Mary's County government bought Tuesday the former Rose's Place II building in Lexington Park to connect South Shangri-La Drive to Great Mills Road via a new section of FDR Boulevard.

A Calvert County man was jailed Monday on a burglary charge in court papers alleging about a dozen sets of keys for residents' homes at the Lexington Park Active Adult Community were stolen from its office.

The leftovers of Tropical Storm Ida turned into a nor'easter and targeted St. Mary's in particular on Wednesday and Thursday, bringing heavy rain, high winds and high tides.

After years of waiting, new Navy data was presented to the St. Mary's County commissioners on Tuesday on the airspace needs of Patuxent River Naval Air Station.

Investigators have developed several leads but have not made any arrests in the Indian Head bar shooting that killed a 24-year-old man and wounded a St.

The St. Mary's Animal Welfare League and St. Mary's Department of Public Safety's Animal Control Division have teamed up to encourage donations of animal shelters and bedding that county residents can use for their pets.

Jacquelene Kielpinski of Lexington Park dances like a zombie to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" at Leonardtown High School.

St. Mary's County has a population of more than 101,000 and almost 2,000 of them were considered homeless last year, according to a report presented by the St.

Current information about revitalization work in the Patuxent Park neighborhood in Lexington Park is now available at www.stmarysmd.com on the Patuxent Park Revitalization icon.

In Maryland's political hemisphere, autumn is marked not by colorful foliage and chillier temperatures, but by its unofficial designation as peak fundraising season.

A Great Mills man was jailed Friday without bond on charges including attempted first-degree murder, filed by St.

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.

A Hollywood man was sentenced this week to serve five years in prison after he pleaded guilty to a robbery charge from a struggle with a woman for her purse outside a pharmacy.

A judge ordered Wednesday that a Lexington Park woman be allowed to stay at a rehabilitation halfway house as she awaits trial on charges of breaking into eight homes and stealing property.

Another hotel is planned for Lexington Park, but approval for it was tabled Monday night by the St.