Charles County News

There's nothing like a protest to ring in the holiday season. The Charles County Republican Club is encouraging local residents and workers to spend their lunch hours on Wednesday at a rally in front of the county courthouse in support of more than 600 furloughed county employees.

Last week the Charles County Compensation Commission wrote in its official report that a recommended salary increase for the county commissioners was "justified and appropriate." The handful of candidates who've already filed to run against the incumbent commissioners in 2010 say it's "shameful" and "irresponsible." "It's the ultimate sign of ...

Police are still investigating a collision between two cars in Waldorf that killed a 78-year-old woman Monday and injured a second woman, according to the Charles County Sheriff's Office.

Two 13-year-old students were charged with using a cigarette lighter to set a small fire on a Charles County school bus in Waldorf Nov.

The State Fire Marshal says a Waldorf man has been charged with detonating a soda bottle bomb in the parking lot of a store in La Plata.

A Charles County jury Friday convicted a District Heights man of four charges and acquitted him of 12 other criminal counts at a trial in a sexual attack on a woman the defendant met through a Craigslist advertisement.

The Charles County commissioners heard testimony on proposed changes to the high-profile Waldorf Crossing development to accommodate developer concerns that the project as it was planned would be a tough sell during the recession.

Four people were arrested on drug charges in a Nov. 17 operation in Waldorf, according to police.

The Charles County trial of a man charged with brutally sexually assaulting a woman who had advertised "erotic services" online began Wednesday with the defense arguing the encounter was consensual and a prosecutor saying the defendant threatened the victim with a gun.

Charles County investigators have charged three teenagers with robbing a fast food deliveryman at gunpoint in the St.

Carrying a package of leftover chicken wings, Florida resident Shelton Stephens headed from the Waldorf restaurant where he had stopped to grab a meal toward his truck and the boat he was towing to New York.

Charles County police officials have confirmed that 17-year-old man drove a truck into a Waldorf home, trapping a woman and her two children inside.

The battle against the H1N1 virus continued in the St. Louis area this weekend. St. Charles County's fight against the Swine Flu came without a major battle Saturday.

It sits in the woods of Charles County, a monument to a man who -- besides signing the Declaration of Independence -- didn't do much to deserve one.

Video footage provided by the Charles County Sheriff's Office shows officer Eric Leukhardt running beside a Chevrolet Tahoe driven from a traffic stop by Cornelius Warren, who was shot by police during a struggle Oct.

During their annual retreat, the Charles County commissioners agreed to add an environmental objective to their list of ongoing goals that include improving the local economy and infrastructure and supporting public safety and education.

A Charles County grand jury on Friday decided not to indict the sheriff's officers who shot and killed a Pisgah man last month, and county prosecutors concluded the use of police force was "not unreasonable" considering the dangerousness of the situation, according to a state's attorney's office press release.

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.

Charles County Department of Emergency Services Director William Stephens, left, and Chief of Emergency Services John Filer recently gave a copy of "Hazmat Teams Across America," a commemorative edition book featuring hazardous materials teams, to the Charles County commissioners.

In a blow to county prosecutors, a jury yesterday acquitted a Charles County man whom police accused of shooting a pregnant woman in Crofton last October to settle a $400 drug debt.