Charles County

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.

A D.C. man has been convicted of first-degree murder and rape in a case that had gone unsolved for decades.

Andre Taylor, now 63, was found guilty of killing Vickie Lynn Belk more than four decades after she was found slain in Charles County, Maryland.

Charles County Volunteer Fire & EMS is on high alert this Fourth of July as drought conditions have increased the risk of brush fires. News4’s Dominique Moody reports.

In a 3-2 vote, Charles County commissioners rejected bringing back the Super Bowl Monday day off it offered this year.

Charles County commissioners voted down keeping Super Bowl Monday as a day off for county employees. One resident told News4’s Aimee Cho, “It is a waste of taxpayer dollars.”

As many as 200 cars and 600 to 800 people were on Heritage Drive, about a half mile long street, according to the Charles County Sheriff’s Office.

Some lawmakers are trying to crack down on similar commercial parties. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

The Charles County Sheriff’s Teen Court Program is a youth diversion program that serves kids with nonviolent offenses. Thousands of teens take this opportunity to accept responsibility and change their behavior in this alternative to juvenile court. News4’s Molette Green reports.

The family of 10-year-old Finn Cusick, who died of a rare and aggressive form of brain cancer in December, is determined to carry on his legacy and find a cure. The When I’m Better Foundation will help families and patients in need.

The family of a 10-year-old boy who died of a rare form of cancer started a new foundation to find a cure in his honor. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.

The Charles County Sheriff’s Office charged two high school students in connection with a fight and robbery inside a school bathroom after the victim won money in a fight club. The attack took place during school hours Tuesday at Maurice J. McDonough High School in Pomfret, Maryland. According to the sheriff’s office, the student was targeted for money, but...

The Charles County Sheriff’s Office charged two students in connection with a fight and robbery inside a school bathroom, the latest instance of students as young as 10 fighting and then posting video of the fight on social media. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports on what’s being done to deal with the growing problem.

Twenty-five years ago, a woman was found dead on an abandoned farm in Charles County, Maryland. She had been murdered. Investigators had no idea who she was, and she remained a Jane Doe for more than two decades. Finally, we know her name: LaQuanda Denise Williams. That mystery finally began to untangle last year, after one of her relatives saw…

Only on 4: LaQuanda Williams was the woman found dead on a farm in Bel Alton, Maryland, in June 1998. Investigators are now working to find people who knew her, to help find her killer. News4’s Megan McGrath reports.