Category: Prince George’s County News

Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker had high praise for the City of Bowie in his April 7 State of the County address. Baker says the economic development experienced should be the model for the rest of the county. “I think its fitting that I’ve arrived here in Bowie where you’ve faced some of the […]

ANNAPOLIS — In an attempt to fix the state’s most troubled agency without spending more money, lawmakers are asking the Department of Juvenile Services for reports rather than policy changes. A bill that would have mandated substantially equivalent services for girls has been amended to ask for a report from the department by December outlining […]

There aren’t many positive things coming out of the Prince George’s Department of Corrections (DOC). But its barber school, which is helping to reduce recidivism, is proving to be an exception. “We don’t blow our own horn enough,” said Mary Lou McDonough, director of DOC. “This is one of those programs where you can count […]

A fight for more funding for the county’s nonprofits has turned into a power struggle of just who is in control of the county’s nonprofits. Sandy Pruitt, leader of People for Change of Prince George’s County organized a meeting for April 1 for all of the county’s nonprofits, under a new umbrella organization name of […]

The city of Bowie ended its four-month-long search for a new police chief when it took the interim tag off John Nesky’s title. Nesky, a 20-year veteran of law enforcement and the city’s first deputy police chief, is eager to start on some of the initiatives that he sees as beneficial to the department’s future. […]

On the heels of the indictments of former Prince George’s County Executive Jack Johnson and his wife, Councilwoman Leslie Johnson, D-Dist. 6, county officials continue to work towards reforming the government through several methods. Earlier this month, the county council announced measures, called ‘good government reforms,’ it hopes will create government Prince George’s residents can […]

Mortgage fraud wasn’t the only deceptive practice plaguing Marylanders. Lamondes Williams, 51, of Baltimore along with Erica Brown, 28, of Laurel, Md., are accused of falsely promising people with bad credit to rent vehicles with an understanding that rental payments would go towards the purchase of the vehicle. The indictment says Williams was the mastermind […]

Prince George’s County Councilwoman Leslie Johnson, D-Dist. 6, will have her day in court May 4 on witness and evidence tampering charges. Johnson was arrested Nov. 12 along with her husband, former Prince George’s County Executive Jack Johnson, after FBI heard a wiretapped conversation between the two. In that conversation, Leslie Johnson told her husband […]

Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker joined leaders nationwide last week to encourage Congress to provide more Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding, which is in jeopardy because of the current economic crisis. “The CDBG program is critical for our local economies,” said U.S. Conference of Mayors President Elizabeth Kautz in a statement. “Not only […]

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All over Prince George’s County, people are moving into foreclosed homes for prices cheaper than many other people paid for their homes. And, for the most part, Prince George’s homeowners are perfectly fine with it. In some areas of the country, government assistance, aimed at keeping and getting people into foreclosed homes, is really angering […]

Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker released his proposed budget on March 14 for the Prince George’s County Council’s review. In the budget, Baker said he tried to fund key programs even though the county’s economy is still in a downturn. “In order to move Prince George’s County along the path to greatness, we had […]