The Ridge Volunteer Fire Department regrets to announce the passing of Life Member Joseph “JP” Ridgell. JP started with the Ridge Volunteer Fire Department on…
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Three Flown to Area Trauma Centers After Motor Vehicle Collision in Ridge, Police Investigating
By The Citizen on December 5, 2021
On Saturday, December 4, 2021, at approximately 5:53 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of 16561 Three Notch Road and Portneys…
Motorcyclist Flown to Trauma Center After Motor Vehicle Collision in Lexington Park
By The Citizen on December 2, 2021
On Wednesday, December 1, 2021, at approximately 3:55 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of the Spring Ridge Middle School in…
One Injured After Vehicle Strikes Utility Pole and NAS Webster Field Security Fence
By The Citizen on December 1, 2021
On Monday, November 29, 2021, at approximately 11:20 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Gum Landing Road and Beachville Road in…
VIDEO: Police Arrest Two Juveniles and Recover Stolen Vehicle in Lexington Park
By The Citizen on November 30, 2021
On Sunday, November 28, 2021, at approximately 6:45 p.m., police responded to the Great Mills Quik Stop located at 21265 Great Mills Road in Lexington…
Wanted North Carolina Man Arrested After Traffic Stop in Hollywood, Police Recover Loaded Handgun
By The Citizen on November 30, 2021
On Sunday, November 28, 2021, Trooper First Class M. Posch conducted a traffic stop on Three Notch Road at Airport View Drive in Hollywood. A…
UPDATE: Police Arrest Man Who They Say Murdered a Lexington Park Woman and Her Six-Year-Old Daughter
By The Citizen on November 25, 2021
UPDATE 11/25/2021 @7:50 P.M.: Wayne Carroll Key Jr., age 42 of Great Mills, is in police custody. UPDATE 11/25/2021 @2:00 p.m.: The victims of the…
VIDEO: Police in St. Mary’s County Investigating a Double Murder in Lexington Park
By The Citizen on November 25, 2021
On Wednesday, November 24, 2021, deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the woods in the area of the Colony Square Water…
UPDATE: Woman an 13-Year-Old Boy Flown to Area Trauma Centers After Being Struck by Vehicle in Lexington Park
By The Citizen on November 23, 2021
UPDATE: The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a motor vehicle collision with two pedestrians in Lexington Park that resulted in injuries. On Monday,…
Two Pedestrians Flown to Area Trauma Centers After Being Struck by Vehicle in Lexington Park
By The Citizen on November 22, 2021
On Monday, November 22, 2021, at approximately 5:35 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the area of Great Mills Road and Tower Lane…
One Injured After Motor Vehicle Collision Involving School Bus in Lexington Park
By The Citizen on November 22, 2021
On Monday, November 22, 2021, at approximately 2:15 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to Hermanville Road and Three Notch Road in Lexington Park,…
Expanded Eligibility for COVID-19 Vaccine Booster in St. Mary’s County
By The Citizen on November 22, 2021
The St. Mary’s County Health Department (SMCHD) has updated the eligibility criteria for local COVID-19 vaccine booster clinics in accordance with updated authorization from the…
Police Investigating Teen Shot in Great Mills, Victim Flown to Area Trauma Center
By The Citizen on November 16, 2021
On Tuesday, November 16, 2021, at approximately 8:00 p.m., police were dispatched to the area of Clipper Drive and Norris Road in Great Mills, for…
UPDATE: Police Charge Mechanicsville Man who Injured Maryland State Trooper in Hit and Run Motor Vehicle Collision
By The Citizen on November 16, 2021
UPDATE 11/16/2021: On Saturday, November 13, 2021, at approximately 5:40 p.m., Trooper D. Black was driving his marked State Police vehicle in the area of…
Fire at Cooper D’s in Mechanicsville Deemed Accidental, Caused Over $100,000 in Damage
By The Citizen on November 15, 2021
UPDATE 11/15/2021: On November 12, 2021, at 10:45 p.m., firefighters from St. Mary’s and Charles County responded to 26511 Loveville Road in Mechanicsville, for the…