Waldorf News

A Charles County judge sentenced a 51-year-old man to two consecutive life sentences on Thursday afternoon, minutes after a jury convicted him of raping a young girl in 1996.

The Waldorf man whose body was found last week in a burning truck started the fire himself, according to state fire marshals after an investigation.

With the current state of the economy, and construction dollars tight across the board, businesses have less room than ever for mistakes or oversights.

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

On one point we can all agree: Charles County is a wonderful place to live, work and play.

A smart growth group is questioning the need for a proposed Charles County highway.

Authorities discovered a body inside a burning truck in Waldorf last night, but sheriff's officers aren't sure how the person died or how the pickup caught fire, according to police.

The State Fire Marshal's office says firefighters have found a man's body inside a burning sport utility vehicle near Waldorf.

The Queen Anne's County Sheriff's Office says an 18-year-old man was shot twice at a party in Grasonville early Saturday morning.

HOLLYWOOD a ' St. Marya TMs Sheriffa TMs spokesman DFC Cindy Allen reports that on June 15, 2009, Deputy Boyer responded to a residence on Hollywood Road for a report of an assault in progress.

The Waldorf teen charged in April with six break-ins is now facing three additional counts of first-degree burglary, added after fingerprints from a crime scene were found to match those of the 18-year-old, according to police.

Frank Hollewa, left, current executive director of the Greater Waldorf Jaycees Foundation, and Jaycees members Bud Humbert and Andy Andrews pose with the Harold Marks Award for being the best chapter in the nation in 1980.

A movie was slated to premiere at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on June 10, and before the VIPs and caterers began to funnel in, the building's special police officers met for a briefing and to role play a few scenarios.

Jon Soule holds his son, Joshua, as he stands with his wife, Sarah, at La Plata Baptist Church in La Plata on June 11.

Look for this sign and these folks Sunday during United Way of Charles County's Care-A-Van stopping at four Safeway food stores in the county.

The teen charged with stabbing a fellow student at Maurice J. McDonough High School was in a "pretty psychotic state" driven by untreated depression before the alleged assault, a defense expert testified at a circuit court hearing on Wednesday.

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

The Friends of Old Waldorf School Foundation invite alumni of Old Waldorf School, their families, friends, co-workers and the community to a reunion on FOWS Day from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. June 23 at The Greene Turtle in La Plata.

An Oxon Hill business partly owned by a Waldorf man is facing allegations that it has defrauded more than 550 churches nationwide, including a few local churches, by charging for kiosks it placed in parish halls.

River Artsfest will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 13 at the Village Green in Indian Head.