Category: Prince George’s County News

Two Clinton teenagers were arrested and charged with attempted murder of a 17-year-old male victim. On Feb. 5, Prince George’s County police charged, 17-year-old, Zanaya Bryant, and 18-year-old, Anthony Hollingsworth, with attempted murder of an Oxon Hill High School student. They are being charged as adults. The name of the victim has not been released […]

Shayne Davidson was so inspired by an antique photo album featuring 17 Black soldiers from the Civil War, he decided to research, create a family tree, write a biography, and draw life-sized, colored pencil portraits of the men.  Davidson’s creative kick resulted in the book and exhibit, Civil War Soldiers: Discovering the Men of the […]

With this year’s national Black History Month theme honoring African Americans in Times of war, celebrate the month by learning about local, Black veterans. Harmony Hall will be featuring it’s exhibit, We Return Fighting: World War I and the African American experience, for the month of February, until March 9.  The exhibit is free and […]

In his annual “State of the City Address”, Seat Pleasant Mayor Eugene Grant talked about the advances that his municipality is making to become self-reliant, prosperous and more technologically advanced. Grant delivered his address on Jan. 29 at the Seat Pleasant Recreation Center in front of hundreds of residents and Prince George’s County political leaders. […]

From joking about his Parkinson’s disease to blasting President Trump, the Rev. Jesse Jackson pulled no punches at the Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church Jan. 28.  While there, he told a full sanctuary that the work of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is not over. The Rev. Jesse Jackson spoke about the importance […]

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland’s public colleges and universities would be required to develop stronger policies for reporting and documenting campus hate crimes and bias incidents under a measure introduced in the General Assembly on Friday in response to the stabbing of a Black Bowie State University student at the University of Maryland. Democratic Delegate […]

GREENBELT, Maryland—Attorneys for Maryland and the District of Columbia told a U.S. District Court judge on Thursday that President Donald Trump has violated the provisions in the Constitution prohibiting officials, once in office, to personally profit from business with foreign governments and other states.

In his quest to be the next governor of Maryland, Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker III picked up an important and very familiar endorsement. On Jan.23, Baker received the endorsement of Montgomery County, Md., County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) on the campus of the Howard University School of Law in the District of Columbia. […]

A Maryland school district has removed top staff from a high school where investigators found violations of grading and graduation certification procedures. The Washington Post reports the principal, assistant principal and three other employees of DuVal High have been removed. Prince George’s County officials announced the changes Jan. 22, but declined to provide details. DuVal was […]

Ken Roberts rolled into the parking lot of Hyattsville Elementary School shortly before noon on Jan. 16 and unloaded about 30 grocery bags of fresh vegetables that would be retrieved by school children later that afternoon. “We are just sharing the love of Jesus,” Roberts, 56, a deacon at the Hyattsville-based University Park Church of […]

Capitol Heights City Council member Darrell Miller is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the Prince George’s County District 7 position. “I am running to make a difference in the community,” Miller told the AFRO in an interview. “I want to bring additional resources to the residents of District 7 because we are not getting […]

The Route 450 Coalition is scheduled to hold a meeting on Jan. 20 at the Glenn Dale Fire House, 1190 Glenn Dale Blvd. from 9-11 a.m. The meeting is slated to address updates from Annapolis, a presentation of compassion and choices and a presentation by Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Angela D. Alsobrooks. There will […]