Category: Prince George’s County News

Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker and officials from the Prince George’s County Correctional Facility made a trip to Capitol Heights Elementary on June 1 to celebrate the successful completion of another year of the Correctional Officers Protecting and Educating Students (COPES) program. “This program is very important to my administration as my kids participated […]

The Prince George’s County Council adopted the fiscal year 2012 budget last week, keeping many provisions that Prince Georgians asked for. “Together with Council-initiated enhancements, we have approved a budget for fiscal year 2012 that sends a clear and unmistakable message to our citizens,” Council Chairwoman Ingrid M. Turner, D.-Dist. 4, said at the hearing. […]

State and local chapters of the NAACP are asking that a St. Mary’s County judge be investigated over comments he made at a hearing for Antonio Warren Gantt. Gantt, who was convicted of two 2007 robberies, was given life sentences as a result of those crimes. Those convictions were overturned last year, however, because Gantt—who […]

Bishop John L. Meares, founder of Evangel Cathedral—a mostly Black congregation in Upper Marlboro—was memorialized this week in services that drew thousands. Meares died May 23 at the age of 91. Meares began the church as tent revival meetings, where members of the community would come for miracles, healings and to be saved. He then […]

Gov. Martin O’Malley continues to move Maryland towards a greener future as he signed into law the state’s adoption of the International Green Construction Code (IGCC). “We became the first state in America to adopt the International Green Construction Code,” O’Malley said during a May 11 speech. “This session, with your help, we also created […]

On May 21, several local chapters of Black fraternities made the trek to Cheltenham Youth Facility in southern Prince George’s County to speak with the young men about becoming better men. “A lot of these young men definitely come from families where no one had gone to college, so we wanted to introduce them to […]

In 2006, Darnell Lee was sitting in church and heard a message that would forever change his life. That message led the man to start his own transportation company. “The question was if you were to die today; how would you want to be remembered? What would you like someone to say over you and […]