Category: Prince George’s County News

With a little more than 13 months remaining before the June 2018 Gubernatorial election, some leading Black candidates have not declared their intentions. While former NAACP President Ben Jealous has made it clear he’s planning a serious run for governor, Prince George’s County’s top politicians’ intentions remain shrouded in secret. For instance, Del. Dereck E. […]

Police say a man has been found fatally shot at a Suitland, Md. gas station. County police tweeted that officers were called to an Exxon on Silver Hill Road for a report of a shooting early Wednesday. When officers arrived, police say they found a man with a gunshot wound to the upper body. He […]

For the 2017 Election race, 12 candidates vied for five seats on Hyattsville, Md.’s city council. Community residents locked in their decisions on May 2, resulting in the addition of two new faces to the council and wins for three incumbents. Newly elected council members will serve until 2019. Ward 1 incumbents Bart Lawrence held […]

USM-PR—The University System of Maryland (USM) Board of Regents has appointed Aminta Hawkins Breaux as president of Bowie State University (BSU), one of the USM’s 12 institutions. Breaux has served as the vice president for advancement at Millersville University in Pennsylvania for nearly three years. She will join BSU as president on July 1, 2017. […]

It has been 42 years since Tommie Broadwater Jr. was elected as the first African-American senator from Prince George’s County. Today, that seems light years away as Broadwater remains the closest thing to a political boss in the county, despite a colorful and somewhat controversial past that saw him rise from poverty to become one […]

The West Hyattsville Metro Station has been undecorated since its opening in 1993. Usually viewed as just a pass-through for residents to get to their destinations, the Hyattsville Community Development Corporation (HCDC) put fourth an initiative to bring a colorful change to the metro station. A virtual projection of the mural on the walls of […]

Police forces from around the nation got together to play in a weekend basketball tournament at Oxon Hill High School in Prince George’s County for a cause that was more important than a win or loss, but to remember the fallen. Law enforcement and fire department members from Maryland and New Jersey played in the […]

On April 20, another Prince George’s County teacher was arrested on child pornography charges. A Maryland State Police release stated, “34-year-old Christopher H. Speights, will be charged with six counts of possession of child pornography and three counts of distributing child pornography.” Christopher H. Speights was charged with possession and distribution of child pornography. (Courtesy […]

Whole Foods Market, an organic food specialty store, recently opened in Riverdale Park, Md. The market is part of a city-wide plan to develop areas in the county. Whole Foods Market recently opened in the county on April 12. (Photo by Lindi Vilakazi) Riverdale is the first municipal within the county to add the chain. […]

The city of Hyattsville may be facing a new era as it gears up to elect City Council members. On April 19, a forum was held at the Hyattsville Municipal Building to allow each candidate an opportunity to share their ambitions and intentions if granted a seat in the council. There are 12 candidates in […]

A Maryland man who fatally shot a firefighter he mistook for an intruder will spend four years in prison. Darrell Lumpkin received a four year sentence after he fatally shot a Prince George’s County firefighter who he thought was breaking into his home. (Twitter photo) Darrell Lumpkin, a Black man, who is a resident of […]

New Horizons Support Services is located about 10 minutes from the Upper Marlboro, Md. home where Lorenzo Green, a Black man, lives and takes care of his 35 year-old son Jonathan who has spina bifida, a birth defect that affects the spinal cord. Jonathan Green is holding loaf of bread, supplied by his father, to […]