Great Mills News

Micky Moran straightens the bulbs on an animated tin soldier light display that marks the entrance to Flat Iron Farm in Great Mills as part of preparation for the farm's annual Christmas Light Festival, beginning Thanksgiving weekend.

Government offices to be closed St. Mary's County government offices and all three St.

Investigators have charged a 25-year-old Great Mills man with child sexual abuse and fourth degree sex offense.

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

The Charles County Dive Rescue team's annual haunted house, Vampire Manor, will continue through Oct.

Flat Iron Inn in Great Mills Oct. 24 and Jumbo Jimmy's in Port Deposit Nov. 15. It's every music lover's dream: You walk into a non-descript roadhouse, and you find the floor crowded with locals dancing to a world-class band.

SALISBURY -- The Wicomico High School marching band walked on the field at the Wicomico County Stadium clad in nothing more than their black and purple uniforms despite the cold temperatures on Sunday.

A state's attorney candidate's comments last week about St. Mary's lawmen turning to federal prosecutors to go after drug dealers brought a quick response from the county sheriff.

Matt Bell, personal finance writer and speaker, will be featured in a workshop,"Money Strategies for All Times," at Good Samaritan Lutheran Church in Lexington Park on Saturday, Oct.

Youth public speaking and leadership workshop to be held There will be a public speaking and leadership workshop held at Chesapeake Public Charter School for children between the ages of 8 and 18.

Kenneth Boothe, a Republican running for president of the St. Mary's County commissioners next year, dropped out of Commissioner Larry Jarboe's Town Hall Alliance slate last week.

A Great Mills man identified in court papers as a security guard at a Lexington Park motel has been charged, along with two more suspects, with felony cocaine offenses from a police investigation in the motel's parking lot.

At right, Theresa Gross, with the help of her husband, Randolph Gross, on guitar warm up the audience with a sound check Saturday evening before a gospel concert at Leonardtown High School.

A Great Mills couple, stirred by a recent story of local parents of a U.S. Marine serving in Iraq, will hold a gospel concert tomorrow, Saturday, to help families visiting wounded members of the armed services.

State transportation funds have been raided over the past two years in an attempt to balance Maryland's bottom line, and money is scarce for new road projects.

Students continue to struggle and fail early grades in high school, a problem that has led to a continually falling graduation rate at Great Mills High School.

U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein, right, addresses reporters at a press conference Wednesday.

Schools to host events to commemorate 9/11 Great Mills High School will be honoring the heroes and loved ones who lost their lives on Sept.

St. Mary's school officials, anticipating a small pot of money for school construction projects across Maryland, will make only two requests from the state government for next fiscal year.

Two St. Mary's men were arrested Wednesday on felony drug charges in court papers alleging that a plastic bag of cocaine was found on the ground next to a vehicle parked at a Lexington Park motel.