Category: Prince George’s County News

The Maryland Racing Commission has approved the Stronach Group’s purchase of Rosecroft Raceway in Prince George’s County. The Baltimore Sun reports that the commission voted unanimously July 12 to approve the sale. With the purchase from Penn National Gaming, Stronach will add to a collection of Maryland tracks which already includes Baltimore’s Pimlico Race Course […]

Authorities say Six Flags America in Prince George’s County is closed after the park received a bomb threat. County Fire Department spokesman Mark Brady tweeted July 13 that county fire and police were at the amusement park in Upper Marlboro, Md. while the bomb squad investigated. He says members of the squad determined that two […]

The Prince George’s County Public Schools is scheduled to hold a Nurses Recruitment Fair July 14 at the Green Valley Administrative Offices, 2215 Chadwick Street, from 1 p.m.-6 p.m. Interested candidates must pre-register for the event. To pre-register, please visit pgcps.org and click on the ‘Nurses Recruitment Fair’ web banner on the homepage.  For additional […]

A former Prince George’s County, Md. teacher’s aide who allegedly enticed young children to perform sex acts with him and on each other was indicted by a grand jury June 28 on 270 counts of sex abuse charges. Deonte Carraway (Photo/Prince George’s County Police Department) Deonte Carraway, 22, a former staff member at Judge Sylvania […]

Suspect in a triple homicide in District Heights, Md., Lawrence Sylvester Rogers, Jr. The Prince Georges County Homicide Unit arrested a suspect in connection with a recently reported triple homicide in District Heights, Maryland. Lawrence Sylvester Rogers, Jr., 24, residing at 5500 block of Rollins Lane in Capitol Heights, Maryland has been charged with three […]

Prince George’s Community College (PGCC) announced another milestone in cementing the relationship between its education and financial progress endeavors on June 23.  In a monumental collaboration with United Way of the National Capital Area (United Way NCA), the community college opened the first Financial Empowerment Center housed on the Largo, Maryland campus. The goal of […]

Rushern Baker III is the county executive for Prince George’s County. (AFRO File Photo) An effort by Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker III to fight crime and improve living conditions in certain areas of the county has gotten praise, but some county leaders say that more work needs to be done. In April 2012, […]

Maryland authorities say three people have been killed and two others wounded in a shooting in an eastern suburb of Washington D.C. The police have released a video of an unidentified man who may be one of the suspects linked in the shooting. Prince George’s County fire officials tell WTTG-TV (http://bit.ly/28XfNMj) that all five adult […]

Don’t miss another year of Prince’s Georges County’s best kept secret. The 7th Annual Lake Arbor Jazz Festival will be held at the Prince George’s Cultural Arts Foundation, 6525 Belcrest Rd # 132, July 9 from noon to 8 p.m. This year’s event features a line-up of local, regional and national jazz artists, including Elan […]

DISTRICT HEIGHTS, Md. (AP) — Police have identified two women and one man who were fatally shot at a home in a Washington suburb. Prince George’s County police said in a news release Saturday that the victims were 50-year-old Carlina Gray of District Heights, 55-year-old Jan Parks of Landover and 60-year-old Allen Rowlett of Forestville. […]

Maryland State Sen. Joanne Benson is upset that the Safeway in Seat Pleasant will close in July. (Courtesy Photo) Two Safeway grocery stores in Maryland will close on July 2 resulting in the loss of 164 jobs, according to Work Adjustment and Retraining Notices (WARN) on the Maryland Department of Labor website. One is in […]