Category: Prince George’s County News

Black aviators and instructors were honored for their contributions to the field at an all-day event in Ft. Washington, Md. The day’s event began with a special one-hour flyover ceremony at the site of the Columbia Air Center (Black owned) in Upper Marlboro to honor the historical significance of the Columbia Air Center and to […]

Several hundred vendors who are seeking a role in the casino and resort development proposed for Prince George’s County gathered Sept. 27 at two vendor information sessions sponsored by MGM Resorts International. “I need you to prepare. Preparation will meet opportunity. Prepare now!” Gerri Harris, director of contract administration for MGM, told the crowded room […]

The Prince George’s County Council ratified a plan on Sept 23 for a state agency headquarters to be built at Carrollton Station, paving the way for a state agency to be sited in the county for the first time. The Carrollton Station will include the new Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development. It is […]

Little Elias Pena and his sisters, Vicky and Anne, were told they were going to Andrews Air Force Base on Sept. 23 to pick up a family friend. What the children weren’t told was that their father, Sr. Airman Domingo Pena, was returning home from a deployment in Southeast Asia. The children weren’t the only […]

At the direction of Gov. Martin O’Malley, the Maryland Department of Mental Health and Hygiene announced recently at a Legislative Black Caucus hearing that it will assign a work group to investigate decades of abuse endured by African American patients at the Crownsville State Hospital. O’Malley issued a letter requesting the investigation stating his decision to […]

The Prince George’s County school system has created an online bullying/harassment reporting form now available on its website (www.pgcps.org). The form was established to “report alleged bullying harassment, or intimidation that occurred on school property; at a school-sponsored activity or event off school property; on a school bus; or on the way to and/or from […]

Maryland Lt. Anthony Brown and his running mate, Howard County, Md. Executive Ken Ulman, are poised to make a major campaign announcement Sept 22 in Silver Spring, Md. Brown announced his gubernatorial candidacy May 10 at Prince George’s County Community College. The following month, he named Ulman as his running mate. Governor Martin O’Malley, Senator […]

The Prince George’s County, Md. Police Department is investigating the murder of a man in Fort Washington, Md. The incident was discovered by police about 9:25 a.m. on Sept. 18 when patrol officers went to a home in the 6100 block of Kildare Court. They had been asked to check the welfare of someone at […]

Pin Points Theater, based in Southeast Washington, presented 1001 Black Inventions at Greater Mt. Nebo AME Church in Bowie Sept. 15. The play, which has been touring for 30 years, sheds light on the ingenuity of African-American inventors. The church’s Deaf, Christian Education and Youth & Young Adult ministries presented the production. More than 300 people […]

COLLEGE PARK – Maryland gambling revenue hit a record high last month, but gaming economists fear that growth will level off if the state’s four casinos fail to significantly expand their customer base. The state’s casinos raked in $71 million in gross revenue in August, according to the state Lottery and Gambling Control Agency, up […]

According to Prince George’s County law enforcement officials, the plot went something like this: woman gets angry at boyfriend, woman breaks into boyfriend’s home and tries to kill boyfriend’s sleeping child as revenge. Helen Marie Newsome, 26, of the 7200 block of E. Inwood Street in Landover, was held in Prince George’s County jail this […]

As President Obama meets with lawmakers to forge support for limited military action in Syria, Prince George’s County residents waded into the fray, many of them opposing the prospect of the U.S. getting into another military conflict. Ralph S. Williams, 30, of District Heights said the U.S. needs to take care of its own problems. […]