A juvenile sustained severe burn injuries in a barn fire over the weekend , according to the Galena Volunteer Fire Department.  Firefighters were dispatched in the early morning to  a 30-by-30-foot barn/workshop fully engulfed in flames, with the fire extending to a recreational vehicle. Crews from the Galena Volunteer Fire Department requested mutual aid from surrounding departments, including the Community Fire Company of Millington.  Paramedic crews treated the juvenile, who was identified by fire officials as a family member of the property’s resident, before being flown by Maryland State Police Aviation Command’s Trooper 6 to a trauma center. Officials have not released the patient’s condition or the cause of the fire.   

The Queen Anne’s County Sheriffs Department is searching for a suspect in a multi-jurisdictional fraud case.  A woman entered the First National Bank in Stevensville,  and allegedly attempted to cash a stolen check for over $9,000.  Bank staff recognized her as being connected to other alleged stolen check investigations throughout the State and contacted police. The woman was last seen traveling on foot and is believed to have entered a vehicle nearby.  If you have information related to this case, please call the Anonymous Tip Line at four one zero, seven five eight, sixty-six sixty-six. 

The Town of Ridgely raised its water and sewer rates Monday, marking the first hike in more than 10 years.  Discussions on raising the rates started in May of this year. Commissioner Brad Sears presented three potential raises with different prices to the residents. After multiple discussions, the town decided go with the third option, the capital reserve raise.    The town received two letters of opposition from residents opposing the rate hikes. However, commissioners ultimately voted to raise the rates 2-0. Commissioner Chad Leister was not in attendance.