Charles County

A stepfather was arrested in the killing of his 15-year-old stepson in Charles County, Maryland, authorities say. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

A man shot and killed his 15-year-old stepson in Charles County, Maryland, Wednesday morning, authorities say.

A man shot and killed his 15-year-old stepson in Charles County, Maryland, authorities say.

A Charles County second grader was hospitalized with serious injuries after he was hurt Friday while “horseplaying” in a bathroom inside his elementary school, school officials said. The Charles County Sheriff’s Office is now helping the school investigate as the boy’s parents demand answers. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

A Charles County second grader was hospitalized with serious injuries after he was hurt Friday while “horseplaying” in a bathroom inside his elementary school, school officials said. The Charles County Sheriff’s Office is now helping the school investigate as the boy’s parents demand answers. News4 started asking school officials and law enforcement questions after an Instagram post by the...

An incident at a Charles County elementary school has left a second grader in the hospital with serious injuries. In a mother’s viral Instagram post, she claimed her son was “hung” in the boy’s bathroom at C. Paul Barnhart Elementary School.

Police say Miles McMahon, who was nonverbal and autistic, slipped out of his house without his family’s knowledge. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

A 5-year-old autistic boy has died after wandering away from his home in Charles County, Maryland. Rescuers searched for the little boy for hours before finding his body in a nearby pond. Miles McMahon, who was nonverbal, went missing from his home along St. Paul’s Drive in Waldorf on Sunday morning. Maryland State Police divers found his body in...

A 5-year-old autistic boy has been found dead in a pond near his home in Charles County, Maryland, after an hourslong search.

A 13-year-old was found with a loaded gun in a lunchbox Wednesday at a Waldorf, Maryland, middle school, the sheriff’s office said. School administrators at Benjamin Stoddert Middle School were told about 12:40 p.m. that a student had a gun, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office said. A school resource office found the student and found the loaded weapon in...

Three people on a senior living facility’s bus died in Charles County, Maryland. News4’s Dominique Moody reports.

Three people on an assisted living facility bus died after the bus crashed into a dump truck head-on in Charles County, Maryland, early Friday, authorities say. Here’s initial information.

Three people died after a bus carrying residents of an assisted living facility crashed into a dump truck head-on in Charles County, Maryland, early Friday, authorities say.

Charles County leaders say they feel blindsided that their top transportation priority could be put on hold due to budget cuts. News4 Transportation Reporter Adam Tuss reports.

A Charles County, Maryland, man is outraged after he placed a drive-through order at Chick-fil-A and says a worker printed a racist slur on the receipt. News4’s Aimee Cho spoke with the man. 

A D.C. man was sentenced to life in prison for raping and killing a Maryland woman 45 years ago. Vickie Lynn Belk, 28, was walking to her car near RFK Stadium when Andre Taylor, then 18 years old, abducted her, raped her and shot her in 1979. “I didn’t expect that this would ever come to be, that someone would…

A D.C. man was sentenced to life in prison for raping and killing a Maryland woman 45 years ago. News4’s Dominique Moody spoke with the victim’s family after sentencing.

Congregants at South Potomac Church came together to mourn the 5-year-old boy from their congregation who was killed in a bounce house accident. News4’s Mauricio Casillas reports.

A five-year-old died after a bounce house flew into the air with children still inside. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

A Southern Maryland Blue Crabs game ended in tragedy on Friday night when a wind gust lifted a bounce house into the air, then crashed it roughly 15 feet into the ground — all while children were inside. A 5-year-old boy died as a result.