Calvert County

The mother says an administrator pressured her daughter to explain why racial and anti-gay slurs upset her so much. The 14-year-old, who is Black, felt compelled to defend herself by revealing her sexual orientation, something she had shared only within a close circle, her mother said. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

The mother of a Calvert County middle school student says a school administrator forced her 14-year-old daughter, who is gay, to out herself during a meeting, an event that caused the teen so much stress and despair that she attempted suicide.

Dozens of people rallied outside the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Tuesday night. They say they want justice for a woman killed after an off-duty sheriff’s deputy struck her two years ago. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

The incident happened after 11 a.m. in the cafeteria area of Patuxent High School, in Lusby.

Drivers say they have more students, longer routes, frozen pay and see benefits being reduced. Frustrated, they took to the streets Monday to rally for improvements..

Around 140 school bus drivers in Calvert County called out sick Monday to protest their working conditions. Dozens took to the streets.

Some of the most pristine and local historic wetlands are under threat. But the threat isn’t from development or pollution. News4’s Mark Segraves shows how teams of volunteers are fighting the reeds that threaten Calvert Cliffs and other parks across the country.

A man died while in deputy custody Saturday, the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release, and the Maryland State Police Homicide Unit is investigating.

Just as authorities feared, nine more people, after the initial three came forward, are accusing a Calvert County coach of sexual abuse. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

A sexual abuse investigation involving a popular youth football coach in Calvert County is growing, and now a total of 12 accusers have come froward.

News 4’s Drew Wilder explains how the site will help improve vaccine access and equity in the county.

The family of a Maryland youth football coach and mentor deny allegations that he sexually abused children. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

Two of the alleged victims are now adults, and told police they were abused as youth football players. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

Police believe there may be more victims.

A Boy Scout troop’s trailers packed with thousands of dollars’ worth of tools and supplies was stolen while parked outside of a Calvert County church. News4’s Shomari Stone spoke with the troop’s leader and the sheriff about their hopes of tracking down the criminals behind it.

Thieves stole two trailers packed with more than $20,000 in equipment for a Maryland Boy Scouts troop. The trailers were taken from All Saints Episcopal Church in Sunderland, Troop 1792’s chartering organization. “A gut wrenching kick in the gut, if you will, has really got me upset, pretty much,” Troop 1792 treasurer David Hill said. The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office…

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has requested a major disaster declaration from the federal government to help communities in three counties hit by Tropical Storm Isaias

As classes move online, students without strong internet connections could start to lag behind. News4’s Juliana Valencia shows us how Calvert County is working to bridge the digital divide.

Faced with students who need to learn online but don’t have reliable internet access, Calvert County Public Schools will open schools for a limited number of students to learn online.  The Maryland school district will operate what they call “internet cafes” starting the week of Sept. 7. Students will work in school cafeterias and will have to maintain physical...

Members of a Maryland community found hate speech scrawled on a high school football field and some parents now want the suspected vandals to face hate crime charges.  The act is not a hate crime under current Maryland law. While the law will change on Oct. 1, it’s unlikely to apply retroactively to the case.  The N-word was scrawled...