First-graders Madison Soto, left, and Nevaeh Dyer share side-by-side slides on the Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer Elementary School playground in Waldorf. Some schools have chipped away at recess to add more time to reading and math lessons.
Sheriff's officers arrested a student at McDonough High School for allegedly stabbing a 12th-grade girl with a steak knife.
A Waldorf firefighter was taken to the hospital, and a woman was flown to a trauma center Tuesday after a four-vehicle pileup involving a fire engine.
A diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease sends chills through family members of those with the disease.
The past year saw a hike in the number of homicides in Charles County, which numbered 10 according to the sheriff's office count, and police say many of the deaths can be attributed to arguments taken too far.
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