Bryantown News

Karissa Coates, left, of T.C. Martin Elementary School and Seth Weingarden of St.

Charles County voters wait patiently in line at Eva Turner Elementary School in Waldorf about 9:45 a.m. Election staff from all over the county reported high turnout at polling places.

Cindy Thorne talks to a class of first-graders at Zekiah Farms in Bryantown. Theron Selactu, left, Ethan Chan, Jordan Imbriale and Kasey Winegardner compare the pumpkins they picked in the pumpkin patch.

Defense attorneys alleged juror misconduct in a Wednesday Charles County Circuit Court hearing that concluded when a judge denied a new trial to a Bryantown man convicted in August of murdering a 71-year-old. ...

The recent economic downturn has been tough on local housing developers, and changes made to Charles County's development laws in June have made things even tougher.

T.C. Martin Elementary School was cited as adequate on a state inspection May 16, meaning some repairs were needed.

Clockwise from left, Haley Summers, Tyler Windsor, Riley Elder and Macie Summer with Jared Windsor in the middle peer through holes at an exhibit at the fair.

Media assistant and experienced bus driver Connie Sorzano, right, supervises an exit fire drill for bus riders at T.C. Martin Elementary School in Bryantown.

Even if he didn't pull the trigger, prosecutors say William Nathaniel Coates is guilty of the murder of Joseph Gifford Hickman.

William ''Dump" Butler, 104, of Bryantown threw out the first pitch Wednesday at the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs game.

A circuit court judge sentenced a Mechanicsville man to four years in prison Friday for his involvement in an alleged scheme to sell a cache of guns stolen in Charles County.

A fast-food restaurant owner has been given the green light to reconfigure a lot across from the La Plata Village Center to build a Chick-fil-A on Drury Lane.

The Southern Maryland chapter of the American Red Cross is holding several blood drives in Charles County during July and August to meet a critical need to bolster the supply of blood in the Greater Chesapeake ...

Charles County Sheriff Rex W. Coffey, right, was instrumental in getting former inmate John ''J.T." Thomas hired as a part-time fleet technician for the sheriff's department.

History is in the forefront of a lot of people's minds this year because of the celebration of Charles County's 350th anniversary.

The Charles County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. Monday to gain public comment about the draft Religious Freedom Byway management plan.

It was a case of revenge gone horribly wrong. A Reisterstown man was found guilty of second-degree murder after he told a Charles County court Wednesday he was trying to kill a man who he said sexually abused ...

Ken Weikel, left, owner of Chick-fil-A of Waldorf; Mindi Roberts, the store's director of marketing; and the Chick-fil-A Cow offer congratulations to T.C. Martin Elementary School for being an outstanding Core ...

At a time when most 17-year-olds are sending out graduation announcements from high school, Daniel Schindel is sending out college graduation notes.

The Charles County government raised $1.2 million Thursday, auctioning 408 acres of county property at the county government building in La Plata.