Category: Prince George’s County News

Five members of the DeMatha Catholic High School football team have been dismissed from the Hyattsville, Md. school’s squad after allegedly paying for prostitutes during an out-of-state road trip game, according to reports. According to The Washington Post, one of the players’ parents said the group hired three prostitutes from an online Web site and […]

Penn National Gaming and MGM Resorts International are spending millions of dollars in the fight over a possible National Harbor Casino. According to campaign finance reports seen by the {AFRO} on the Maryland Board of Elections web site, Penn National Gaming has contributed nearly $5.5 million to Get the Facts – Vote No On 7, […]

Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III introduced a plan last fall and has seen it through to a November referendum where Maryland voters get to decide its fate. Baker wants a Las Vegas-style casino hotel at National Harbor where guests and visitors can enjoy gaming and other entertainment. In a county looking to […]

Officials in Maryland are hoping mad about the decision by the Department of Treasury to move 450 jobs from its Financial Management Service (FMS) office in Hyattsville, Md. to Parkersburg, W.Va. Six members of Maryland’s congressional delegation denounced the move in a joint statement Aug. 29. One of those members, Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.) has […]

Police officers from throughout the mid-Atlantic region traveled to Woodstream Church in Mitchellville, Md. on Aug. 28 to pay their respects to Prince George’s Police Officer Adrian A. Morris, who tragically died in high-speed chase on Aug. 20. The ceremony celebrated the passion Morris, a former police explorer, had for his job and saluted him […]

The starts of the 2012-13 school year marks a season of change for Prince George’s County public schools. However, that doesn’t diminish the hope Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III has in the school system. At a Maryland Department of Public Works meeting earlier this year, Baker said he would dedicate his second […]

To be a Prince George’s police officer was what Adrian Morris wanted to do from the time he was a teenager. Police officials say that Morris died doing the one thing he wanted most to do Aug. 20 when he lost his life in the line of duty. An impromptu press conference attended by high […]

Nine top performing Prince George’s County high school students have been awarded the Board of Trustees’ Legacy Scholarship at Prince George’s Community College. Each recipient will receive full tuition and fees for four semesters. “Scholarships play a crucial role in enabling many of our students to realize their goal of pursuing higher education and completing […]

The Prince George’s County Chapter of the NAACP is investigating an incident in which a man claims he was beaten by a Laurel police officer while handcuffed. Bob Ross, president of the chapter, led a group of concerned citizens to the Laurel Municipal Center Aug. 13. They wanted to learn details of the arrest and […]

The Maryland General Assembly early Wednesday passed a measure to allow a new casino in Prince George’s County as well as table games such as poker and roulette at gambling halls. After the House of Delegates passed the bill 71-58 late Tuesday night, the Senate concurred early Wednesday and passed the measure by a vote […]

Turner Memorial AME Church sits at a fork in the road of an unassuming community in Hyattsville, a transitioning church in a county full of thriving megachurches. On this Sunday morning, the doors are open for all who will come and if the Rev. William H. Lamar IV’s prayers are answered, they will remain open […]

Prince George’s County law enforcement officials are reporting a record drop in homicides this year, a decrease they are attributing to new law enforcement strategies. As of Aug. 13, 40 murders have been reported, 30 fewer than the 70 tallied on the same date last year. That represents an almost 43 percent reduction, good news […]