Category: Prince George’s County News

Contractors interested in being part of the Westphalia Project have their opportunity to learn more about the plan at a July 11 open house. The Westphalia Project will be a mixed-use development in Upper Marlboro on Westphalia Road and Pennsylvania Avenue. Mirinda Jackson, minority business enterprise compliance manager says information will be provided at the […]

In another case of a public servant garnering headlines for the wrong reasons, a Prince George’s County deputy sheriff has been charged with rape while on duty. On June 19, a female inmate awaiting trial at the Prince George’s Courthouse in Upper Marlboro accused Sheriff’s Deputy Lamar McIntyre of raping her. According to charging documents, […]

There have only been three female presidents of African countries, and one of them visited a Prince George’s County church on June 17 during her trip to the United States. Joyce Banda, Malawi’s first woman president and an unyielding women’s right leader, was honored by the Greater Mt. Nebo Church in Bowie. The church awarded […]

In just 18 months as a member of the Maryland General Assembly, Del. Tiffany Alston of Prince George’s County has stirred more controversy than some do in a long legislative career. “There was gay marriage, redistricting, medical marijuana and the Public Defender’s Act, though I’m not sure that was considered a major controversy,” Alston said. […]

Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III traveled to Capitol Hill June 8 to push for federal assistance in moving the county forward, officials said. Baker met with members of the county’s congressional delegation, White House officials and representatives from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Health and […]

It took only 12 hours for Prince George’s County Police to arrest a suspect in the murder of a man at the Southern Avenue Metro Station. Prince George’s and Metro Transit Police, responding to a report of a shooting at the Southern Avenue Metro Station, said they found Harold T. Detter, 43, at the front […]

Experience the essence of music through a variety of free, live entertainment performed by local artists this summer at The Mall at Prince Georges. The Prince George’s Arts & Humanities Council presents a Summer Concert Series Thursday afternoons from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. in the Food Court, debuting with the Marcus Mitchell Project on […]

Area college and high school students are using their knowledge of science and technology in hands-on research experiments at the Biotechnology Summer Institute at Bowie State University. “It brings everything together that we’ve done over these last three years and puts it into practice,” said Tamara Quill, of College Park, Md., a rising senior at […]

Several local and federal officials have called on the passing of the Senate version of the extension of the Violence against Women Act (VAWA) to help curb the problem nationally and locally. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) held a roundtable discussion on domestic violence at Prince George’s County Sheriff’s Department headquarters in Upper Marlboro on May 31.  […]

The Prince George’s County Council approved a measure June 5 that will allow police to operate a gun-offender registry requiring residents convicted of gun crimes to register with police, check in regularly and be subjected to random visits by police. Law enforcement officials said the policy was intended to reduce gun crime in the county. […]

An Upper Marlboro Couple pled guilty to charges that they harbored a Filipino woman against her will for more than a decade. According to the plea agreement, Alfred Edwards, 74, and his wife, Gloria Edwards, 60, arranged for the woman to come work for them in 1998. Gloria Edwards paid $5,000 to cover the costs […]

DNA extraction, forensic fingerprinting and bacterial transformation laboratory experiences are just some of the opportunities undergraduate students and high school teachers will take part in at the Biotechnology Summer Institute at Bowie State University this June.   Bowie State University, the University of Maryland College Park, and the National Science Foundation have teamed to provide the […]