Category: Prince George’s County News

Coming into the 2017-2018 high school basketball season, the Eleanor Roosevelt Lady Raiders knew that they had to play together as one unit after losing leading scorer Octavia Wilson last season to graduation. Instead of coming into the regular season with thoughts of trepidation, the Greenbelt, Md.-based high school has been thriving in league play, […]

Nine years ago the worship center of The First Baptist Church of Glenarden was packed with thousands who displayed optimism as the churched teamed up with D.C.- area radio station WHUR for Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s holiday forum just days before then president-elect Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of […]

Flanked by his Police Chief, Sheriff and State’s Attorney, Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker III said violent crime in the county has dropped significantly in the last seven years. Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker recently announced that violent crime in the county has dropped. (Courtesy Photo) On Jan. 8, Baker and Police Chief […]

An organization based out of Prince George’s County is trying to change the way millennials view classical music. The Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts (CAAPA) is a nonprofit arts organization that provides support to Black classical musicians and artists. CAAPA Co-Founder and Board Chair Pamela Simonson and her mother Executive Director Terri […]

Maryland State Police said a 16-year-old pedestrian was involved in a fatal crash in Prince George’s County on New Year’s Day. Derrick Staton, a resident of Clinton, Md., was crossing a busy intersection in Brandywine, Md. on Crain Highway at Chadds Ford Drive when a Metro Transit Police K9-unit vehicle struck him, police said. Derrick […]

Gerron Levi said she wants to serve on the Prince George’s County Council as an at-large member because she believes effective government should be a priority for the county’s legislative body. “I am running because the county’s taxpayers need to have a strong advocate and work to try to hold the line of real property […]

With a meager budget and limited staff, the Crisis Center of Prince George’s County, in Brentwood, Md., has offered a haven to victims of domestic violence since 1981. In December, residents complained to the Washington Post they were forced to live in a 100-year-old building plagued with mold, poor heating and rotten food. As a result, […]

Former White House aide Paul Montero returned to a Langley Park Boys and Girls Club Dec. 18 for a prayer breakfast that highlighted the need for the next Prince George’s County Executive to remember all communities in the county. “It is important that we remember the forgotten voices of the county and serve all people,” […]

It has become an annual event that attracts old and young residents to Suitland Elementary School, and this year was no different than the other 10 Christmas Party Toy giveaways that have occurred with the help of local businesses and members of a local chapter of Omega Psi Phi recruited by Elsie Jacobs and the […]

Prince George’s County parents and residents are outraged over the grading controversy in the Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS). They, along with the county NAACP chapter, met with Gov. Larry Hogan (R) Dec. 12 to seek his advice and support. Hogan’s appearance left County Executive Rushern Baker III, who is running for Maryland governor […]

After planning that began in the George W. Bush administration, officials from Maryland at the national and state level are cautiously optimistic the latest push for a new FBI complex located outside the District of Columbia will come to fruition after a five-month delay. “This project has been going on for more than a decade,” […]

Andrea Harrison has represented the residents of District 5 in Prince George’s County on its county council for nearly a decade. Now, she wants to use that experience as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 24. Andrea Harrison is running for the Maryland House of Delegates after serving on the county […]