La Plata News

An unattended toddler drowned Tuesday night when he apparently climbed into an above-ground pool at his home in White Plains, according to police.

Suneeta Sigdel, left, and assistant manager Priti Khanal hold soft serve ice cream cones at the ice cream window of Twin Kiss.

Colton LeBeau, 5, celebrates the Fourth of July at La Plata's Watermelon Bash event at town hall Saturday.

The Twin Beaches are growing at a stagnant but steady rate, according to estimates released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau.

From solar-powered computers to downloadable books, there was something for everyone at a technology showcase at the La Plata library Tuesday.

Police warn that suspicious people, including known drug users, have been soliciting area residents for money and ask community members to report strange behavior.

La Plata's elected officials took the first step toward fixing a long-term sewage overflow problem on Willow Lane last week.

Charles County commissioners' President F. Wayne Cooper speaks during the emergency traffic light dedication in honor of Susan Marie "Susie" Spalding, a two-decade veteran of emergency services.

William Lee, 1, offers some crab to his mother, Rebecca, as dad, Clint, watches at Capt.

Business owners who are taking advantage of La Plata's temporary moratorium on using off-site sandwich boards and banners will be given another two months to advertise their establishments, but there will be a few strings attached.

Submitted photo Jonathan Robert Henderson and Mary-Kathryn Michele Abernathy were struck and killed Sunday morning along the shoulder of Interstate 70.

LA PLATA, Md. - A Maryland family is heartbroken Monday night after a young man and his girlfriend were killed in what is suspected to be an illegal street racing crash.

State police continue their investigation into the deaths of two people and the critical injuries to two others who had gathered for a drag race on Interstate 70 near the Baltimore County-Baltimore City line in Woodlawn early Sunday.

A teenager and his girlfriend were standing by the side of an interstate highway to supposedly watch a drag race when they were hit and killed in a chain-reaction crash early Sunday morning.

The members of the Charles County Technology Council congratulate Charles County's Tech Company of the Year, Port Tobacco Consulting.

The late Gary Smith was the photographer for the Maryland Independent from 1985 until his death Jan.

It was the dead of night and a good two hours after closing time, but the steady flow of cars pulling up to Jimmie's Liquors in Hughesville showed that things were far from over, a sheriff's officer said at the Thursday liquor board meeting.

The College of Southern Maryland Foundation will celebrate the success of its 50th anniversary fundraising campaign by recognizing all of the donors who supported the campaign with plaque unveiling ceremonies at each campus.

Charles County Board of License Commissioners will meet at 9:30 a.m. June 11 in the commissioners meeting room at the county government building, 200 Baltimore St., La Plata.

Kenneth A. Talley gets help putting on his robe from his cousin, Tamara Cook-Berry, left, his sister, Jenell Talley, right, and his wife, Jessica, in back, after he is sworn in Friday as associate judge of the District Court of Maryland, Fourth District, at the Charles County Government Building in La Plata.