Lexington Park News

A Solomons couple who were hit and pinned against their residence by a truck driven by a St.

A Hollywood man identified by police as a suspect in an attempted holdup at a pharmacy and a robbery committed outside the store was arrested this week in a traffic stop and admitted to a hospital.

Arthur Shepherd was the fourth person to file for St. Mary's County commissioner on Monday, opening day for candidates to file for the 2010 election.

St. Mary's fairgrounds sit along Route 5 south of Leonardtown in perhaps an ideal location just about equidistant from the edges of the mother county.

Chesapeake Bay blue crabs, a staple of Southern Maryland Fourth of July celebrations, are commanding a hefty price this year, with seafood markets across the St.

An overturned car lies in woods off Poplar Ridge Road near Lexington Park after a Tuesday afternoon crash that injured its two occupants.

St. Mary's County government has been collecting millions of dollars in excess funds over the last few years, and business owner Michael Hewitt wants to know why it hasn't been given back to the taxpayers.

A Great Mills man shot early Monday morning outside a nightclub south of Lexington Park continued his recovery at a hospital the next day as St.

Posted Monday at 11:35 a.m. A wounded man's arrival at a hospital early Monday morning led to a police investigation of gunshots fired outside a bar south of Lexington Park.

For 19 years, Christmas in April-St. Mary's County has organized an army of volunteers to spend the fourth Saturday in April repairing and renovating county homes owned by low income, elderly or disabled residents.

Christina Allen of Lexington Park starts a load of laundry using her homemade laundry detergent.

The St. Mary's County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing Monday, June 22, at 6:30 p.m. at the Bay District Fire Department social hall in Lexington Park to review the comprehensive growth plan.

This year's National Night Out is more than six weeks away, but planning has begun for the 2009 edition of the annual event that will be held Aug.

While visiting Holloman Air Force Base, I began to remember how cool it was to hang out at a military base.

St. Mary's school board plans to put much of its share of federal stimulus dollars toward upgrading about 200 classrooms with new technology.

Digital signs for businesses can already be found along Route 235 and Route 5, but on Tuesday, the St.

Compass Systems COO Frank Deaton, left, and CEO Mark Pinekenstein will be honored at the 2009 Leading Edge Awards as Patuxent Partnership Member Firm of the Year.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -Nicholas J. Baker has been commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force after completing the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps program and graduating with a bachelor's degree from Howard University.

A Lexington Park man has been charged with first-degree murder in his wife's death, police report, after they found "inconsistencies" in his claim that the couple was abducted by a carjacker.

A Lexington Park man died, authorities report, after he was thrown from a sport-utility vehicle that went out of control Saturday night on Route 235 and struck two poles along the highway.