Cooling water has striped bass on channel edges and blue catfish feeding hard in the Potomac and Patuxent, the DNR weekly fishing report says.

Michael Alexander Jr., 36, of Bryans Road died after his motorcycle hit a turning car on MD 228 at Greenwood Drive near ...

CSM's engineering partnership with USMSM and NAWCAD lets students earn degrees near home and move into Navy jobs, grads told prospective students.

La Plata approved an SHA agreement for the $16.3M MD 6 project. The state builds it; the town maintains sidewalks, plazas and landscaping forever.

St. Mary's commissioners accepted the sheriff's jail addiction-treatment grant as two awards totaling $194,229 for a nurse and peer recovery staff.

Charles commissioners voted Oct. 27 to host a countywide National Night Out each year, rotating among districts on county property, open to all.

Southern Maryland's Sen. Kevin Harris will chair the Senate energy subcommittee in 2027 as Calvert and Charles weigh data centers and nuclear power.

Charles County Public Schools' fall chess tournament drew 133 students in kindergarten through 12th grade Oct. 24 at Thomas Stone High School.

A Rural Legacy easement approved Oct. 29 will permanently protect 27 acres of farm, forest and Breton Bay shoreline along Breton Beach Road in St. Mary's.

Administrators at five Charles County schools recovered THC vapes, cannabis gummies and brass knuckles from students Oct. 26-29, the sheriff's office said.

An audit found Charles commissioners spent $29,061 of $54,000 in FY26 expense funds with no findings; two commissioners want a larger allowance.

SMECO employees raised $65,000 for the Southern Maryland Tri-County Community Action Committee, which serves low-income residents in all three counties.