UPDATE 6/6/2025 @ 6:30 P.M.: Through continued investigative efforts, the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office has identified and apprehended a third suspect involved in the June 5,…
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Maryland Spring Turkey Hunters Harvest 4,851 Birds, Season Total Decreases 2% from 2024
By The Citizen on June 6, 2025
Maryland hunters harvested a total of 4,851 wild turkeys during the 2025 spring regular and junior turkey seasons. While this year’s harvest was slightly lower…
Maryland Park Service Reinstates Maryland Conservation Corps After Federal Cuts Threatened Program
By The Citizen on June 6, 2025
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources and Maryland Park Service have reactivated 17 members of the Maryland Conservation Corps (MCC), who were demobilized in late…
24-Year-Old Female Flown to Trauma Center After Shooting in Calvert County
By The Citizen on June 5, 2025
On Thursday, June 5, 2025, at approximately 11:40 a.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the area of Spruce Drive and Evergreen Drive…
UPDATE: Multiple Separate Motor Vehicle Collisions Snarls Traffic in California/Thomas Johnson Bridge Area
By The Citizen on June 4, 2025
UPDATE @3:25 P.M.: A second, separate motor vehicle collision with no injuries has bee reported in the area of Three Notch Road and Patuxent Beach…
Former St. Mary’s County EMS Chief Convicted of Fentanyl Possession in Calvert County
By The Citizen on June 3, 2025
On June 2, 2025, Thomas Patrick Raley, 40, of Leonardtown, was convicted of possession of fentanyl and theft under $100 in Calvert County District Court.…
Young Adult Transported to Hospital After Deputy Talks Them Off Thomas Johnson Bridge
By The Citizen on June 2, 2025
On Monday, June 2, 2025, at 5:32 p.m., police from Calvert and St. Mary’s County responded to the Thomas Johnson Bridge for the reported subject…
Maryland Department of Natural Resources Reports Sustainable Population in 2025 Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey
By The Citizen on June 2, 2025
The Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey, a cooperative effort between the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, estimates…
Severe Geomagnetic Storm Watch Issued for June 2nd, 2025
By The Citizen on June 1, 2025
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Space Weather Prediction Center reported on May 29th, a G4 (Severe) geomagnetic storm watch is in effect for June…
Southern Maryland Placed Under Tornado Watch and Flood Watch As Severe Thunderstorms Head Our Way
By The Citizen on May 30, 2025
TODAY, Friday, May 30th, 2025. The National Weather Service has placed St. Mary’s, Calvert, Charles, Anne Arundel, Prince George’s Counties under a Tornado Watch is…
Testing of Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Sirens on June 2nd, 2025
By The Citizen on May 27, 2025
There will be a full-cycle test of the alert and notification sirens throughout St. Mary’s, Calvert, and Dorchester counties on Monday, June 2, 2025, at…
Maryland Oyster Stock Assessment Records Long-Term Increase In Oyster Abundance
By The Citizen on May 27, 2025
The population of Maryland’s oysters has grown significantly in the past 20 years, according to the results of the latest benchmark stock assessment for the…
Maryland State Police Bolster Patrols for a Safer Memorial Day Weekend
By The Citizen on May 22, 2025
Maryland State Police are reminding motorists to drive responsibly ahead of Memorial Day weekend. To combat distracted, aggressive, and impaired driving, troopers from each of…
UPDATE: Police Investigating One Killed, One Transported to Trauma Center After Crash in Solomons
By The Citizen on May 21, 2025
UPDATE 5/21/2025: On Wednesday, May 21, 2025, at approximately 8 a.m., deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Bureau responded to a serious motor…
CSM Congratulates 80 Health Career Readiness Graduates
By The Citizen on May 19, 2025
College of Southern Maryland (CSM) students pursuing careers in health care were celebrated May 8 at the La Plata Campus during the college’s Health Career…