Category: Prince George’s County News

She wore a pink head covering, a pink coat, pink gloves and carried a pink cell phone, but it wasn’t a fashion statement the woman was making as she passed a note to a teller at the Capital One Bank branch in the 6200 block of Landover Road Dec. 2. She was all about the […]

Lorenzo Creighton has big plans for the Oxon Hill area of Prince George’s County. That’s where the chief operating officer and president of MGM National Harbor hopes to build a $900 million casino resort complex. But two other companies are also vying for the license to build a casino in Prince George’s County. Creighton helms […]

They called him Bible Man and he was a regular fixture on Pennsylvania Avenue in Forestville, pacing up and down, the Good Book in hand, a wave for everyone and a word for anyone who took time to listen. According to police, Bible Man was really Eugene Crawford Anderson and he was 52 years old […]

Prince George’s County police continue to look for the culprit responsible for the slaying of U.S. Postal Service carrier Tyson Barnette as they investigate at least two other fatal shootings that occurred in the last two weeks. The slayings brought to 52 the number of people murdered in the county this year, a 10 percent […]

Prince George’s County voted on Wednesday to join Montgomery County in dramatically raising the minimum wage, approving a measure that would increase the hourly rate to $11.50 by 2017 from the current $7.25. The current state and federal minimum is $7.25 an hour, roughly $15,000 annually for a full-time worker, placing the minimum wage employee […]

The speeches were scheduled for 10 a.m. but the sales started an hour earlier and the shoppers were lined up before dawn. The long-awaited grand opening of Tanger Outlets at the National Harbor got underway Nov. 22 as thousands of residents from around the region stood in line as early as 6 a.m. at most […]

LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Police say a postal worker has been shot and killed in Prince George’s County while he was on duty. Police say officers were called to Reed Street in Landover on Saturday evening and found a man suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene. On Sunday, police […]

The Prince George’s County Council Nov. 19 unanimously approved a measure that, its sponsor said, will increase opportunities for residents to play an active role in the growth and development of their communities. The bill establishes a public input and notification process for disposition of property and projects pursuant to the county’s Redevelopment Authority. Under […]

A Bowie, Md. surgery center announced recently that it has become the only facility in the metropolitan Washington area to offer a recently approved surgical device to treat cataracts. The eye surgery procedure, which involves implanting a device called the Glaukos iStent® in the eye, is considered minimally invasive surgery for the removal of cataracts. […]

Washingtonian Magazine named Prince George’s County Council Chair Andrea C. Harrison (D-District 5) one of the Washington area’s “Most Powerful Women.” This annually published list places Harrison among the region’s most powerful women in government, business, health, media, law, education, nonprofits and the arts in 2013. “I am humbled and honored to be included among […]

The Prince George’s County Delta Alumnae Foundation will host its annual signature dinner dance gala, Holiday Splendor – Saluting HBCUs on Dec. 6 at Camelot by Martin’s in Upper Marlboro, Md. The Howard University drum line will be featured along with local radio personality, Triscina Grey. For more information or Tickets call 301-429-5920 or email […]

On Nov. 24, members of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity along with Senator Joanne Benson (D-Md.) and Capitol Heights, Md. Mayor Kito A. James will be providing Thanksgiving Day meals and giving away eighty-five (85) turkeys to the residents of the Gateway Village Senior Community in the town. For more information: 202-603-3664.