29+ min ago   (140+ words) On Saturday, August 8, 2026, at approximately 10:55 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of Small Wood Drive and O’Donnell Place in Waldorf, for the serious motor vehicle collision with entrapment and one possibly not breathing. 911 callers reported a 2-vehicle…...

46+ min ago   (103+ words) On Saturday, August 8, 2026, at approximately 10:40 a.m., firefighters from Charles County, St. Mary’s County and King George’s, VA responded to the 11000 block of Cuckold Creek Road in Newburg, for a reported house on fire. Crews arrived on the scene to find a…...

1+ hour ago   (116+ words) On Saturday, August 8, 2026, at approximately 1:12 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to Brookwood Drive in White Plains, for the reported drowning with CPR in progress. 911 callers reported a 71-year-old female was not breathing after drowning in a pool, callers…...

1+ hour, 4+ min ago   (123+ words) On Saturday, August 8, 2026, at approximately 9:57 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of Budds Creek Road and Penns Hill Road in Charlotte Hall, for the reported motor vehicle collision with one not breathing. Crews arrived on the…...

12+ hour, 38+ min ago   (913+ words) Ralph Herman Ballengee, 28, of La Plata, is facing charges of first-degree assault, second-degree assault, malicious destruction of property valued at less than $1,000 and reckless endangerment following an August 1, 2026, domestic disturbance during which police say two women were assaulted and a…...

1+ day, 44+ min ago   (391+ words) Sara Christina Quintanilla, 47, of La Plata Sara Christina Quintanilla, 47, of La Plata, is charged with theft of property valued at $100 to under $1,500 after police say seven Husky folding knives worth $134.79 were taken from a Home Depot in Waldorf on July…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (673+ words) Sydney Elise Johnson, 31, of Lexington Park Sydney Elise Johnson, 31, of Lexington Park, has been charged with misdemeanor confinement of an unattended child after a Maryland State Police trooper alleged two juveniles were found alone at her Brookstone Court home on…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (293+ words) UPDATE 8/7/2027: On August 6, 2026, at 3:27 p.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of St. Thomas Drive near Alderman’s Place in Waldorf for the report of a shooting. A preliminary investigation showed the victim, age 14, was walking in…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (236+ words) of Oxon Hill, Maryland, passed away peacefully on July 30, 2026, at Charlotte Hall Veterans Home in Maryland. Born on June 22, 1928, in Washington, D.C., Donald was the son of Mary Katherine Bishop and Charles Edwin Bishop Sr. of Glendale, Maryland. Donald proudly served…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (587+ words) of Saint Leonard, passed away peacefully on August 2, 2026, surrounded by loved ones. Terry was born on December 27, 1957, in Prince Frederick. She was preceded in death by her parents, Everard Lee Rawlings and Madolyn Veronica (Hill) Rawlings, and her brother, Herman…...