3+ hour, 29+ min ago  (531+ words) Richard Watts, alcohol beverage board vice-chairman, asks a restaurant employee why she did not check an underage confidential informant's ID, which ended up costing her a $100 fine. Along with a slew of transfers and premise extensions, the alcohol beverage board…...

7+ hour, 9+ min ago  (346+ words) LA MESA, Calif., March 18, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) " Pat Wright, a California resident and advocate for ferret legalization, and founder of LegalizeFerrets.org, has filed a Petition for Writ of Mandate in Sacramento County Superior Court against the California Fish and Game Commission…...

19+ hour ago  (91+ words) Calvert sheriff's office gets three new deputies'SoMdNews.com Calvert County Clerk of the Circuit Court Kathy Smith swears in three new sheriff's deputies March 17. Calvert code's animal chapter updated A long process, which continued three months after a public hearing…...

23+ hour, 49+ min ago  (497+ words) Commissioner President Randy Guy (R), center, reads a letter from Sunny the Squirrel, the department of recreation and parks' mascot, about the upcoming cherry blossom and Easter egg festivals at this week's board meeting. Staff turnover and burnout may be a…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (1783+ words) Townhome burns in White Plains Structure fire in Mechanicsville area Saturday collision results in injuries On March 14 at approximately 4:30 p.m., two vehicles were involved in a t-bone style collision at the Route 5 and Morganza Turner Road intersection. One motorist was flown…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (308+ words) A Charles County jury found Scott Anthony Goldsmith, 55, Homosassa, Fla., guilty of second-degree murder of Timothy Louis Portzen and the first-degree assault of another person after a six-day trial earlier this month. On Oct. 3, 2023, officers with the Charles sheriff's office…...

2+ day, 19+ min ago  (331+ words) On March 9, Charles sheriff's officers arrested Louis Delano Bowles III, 25, of Waldorf in connection with possession of child pornography and distribution of child pornography after he was indicted by a Charles County grand jury in late February. The investigation was…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (397+ words) The Calvert County Sheriff's Office headquarters is in Prince Frederick. A 46-year-old Howard County man is being held without bond in Calvert County, charged with scheming to steal nearly $194,000 in cash and gold bullion from a 69-year-old Dunkirk man. According…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago  (215+ words) Leonardtown house fire investigated'SoMdNews.com An early morning house fire Wednesday in Leonardtown displaced a woman. According to the Office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal, the 3:41 a.m. blaze in the 41800 block of Medley Neck Road caused $100,000 of damage to the…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago  (176+ words) St. Mary's sheriff's deputies arrested a 44-year-old Hollywood man at his home Monday and have charged him with two counts of child pornography possession. According to documents filed in district court by Detective Allison Mattera of the sheriff's office, on…...