Charles County's fire board moved this year's $1.15 million volunteer retirement payment up a month so benefits won't be paid ...

Calvert County Parks & Recreation met 154 national standards to keep its CAPRA accreditation, a status held by about 220 park agencies nationwide.

A man suffered critical injuries in a La Plata shooting early Saturday, according to a police statement supplied to The Southern Maryland Chronicle. Officers responding to the 600 block of Pomonkey ...

St. Mary's wants a 10-gigabit line at its backup emergency center so one fiber cut can't knock out both connections, the county's new CIO said.

Ice Ice Baby, a 2-month-old brown-and-white puppy with blue eyes, is up for adoption at the Charles County Animal Care Center.

Fire marshal teams and local firefighters will check and install free smoke alarms across Maryland Oct. 17-18. Here's how to request one if they miss you.

A new state dashboard updated daily lets residents map Maryland crashes by county, severity and driver behavior. Traffic deaths are down 14% this year.

St. Mary's College trustees revised the FY27 budget, tightened background and credit checks for hires and adopted a new nondiscrimination policy.

Fitch, Moody's and S&P all reaffirmed Charles County's top AAA rating as it prepares to sell $95.8 million in bonds for schools, water and roads.

Maryland's elections chief says election bets on Kalshi and Polymarket may break state law. States and the CFTC are fighting over who decides.

Maryland's Oluchi Okananwa leads an athletes' union against the Protect College Sports Act. Her coach, Brenda Frese, wants more structure.

New La Plata restaurants would need 2,000-gallon grease interceptors under Ordinance 26-22. Existing ones are spared. A playground is also coming out.