The Latest Local News Headlines

• Guns a top issue for some Virginia voters but campaigns mostly quiet
• Elections Board audit finds ineligible voters, security issues
• Maryland's O'Malley, Biden's nominee to head Social Security, gets friendly Senate reception
• Maryland begins unemployment planning for potential federal shutdown
• Maryland joins DC, 40 other states suing Meta, claiming mental health harms to children
• Most Maryland House Democrats paint new House speaker as extremist, threat to democracy
• With war in Gaza raging, Senate confirms Jack Lew as new US envoy to Israel
• Montgomery Co. tipped worker minimum wage plan prompts confrontation
• Mechanicsville man gets 50 years for 2022 murder of teen
• Moore apologizes to wrongfully convicted Baltimore man
• Distractions in the classroom: School districts sue social media giants over mental health crisis
• Halloween beetle sneaks inside to provide a scare as temps drop
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The Latest Local Police News

• School Resource Officer investigating multiple altercations at Lackey High School
• St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Deputies Respond to Burglary in Progress, Apprehend Juveniles; One with a Loaded Firearm
• Detectives identify and charge juvenile in connection with armed robbery case and armed carjacking case
• Neighborhood Enforcement Team recovers loaded firearm during traffic stop
• State Police Blotter; Leonardtown Barrack, 05-DEC-2023; 2 Fatal Crashes
• Single Vehicle Fatal crash; 04-DEC-2023; Bensville Road
• State Police blotter; Prince Frederick Barrack. 03-DEC-2023
• Suspects Sought for Theft – Ulta Beauty Store
• Notable Arrests/DUIs/Summonses/Warrants through 12/03/23
• Fifteen of 16 Businesses Pass Alcohol Compliance Checks
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