Category: Prince George’s County News

COLLEGE PARK – Maryland State Police are taking three times longer than usual to finish background checks on new gun purchases, Maryland gun dealers said in interviews. The process usually takes seven days, but several Maryland gun dealers said it was taking three weeks or more for the agency to complete the checks. They blamed […]

A man and a woman died in a New Carrollton apartment fire that erupted January 13 and a third man who was injured in the blaze has been arrested for double-murder, officials said. Details remain murky, but police know this: Officers were called to the Fountain Club Apartments in the 7600 block of Fountainbleu Dr. […]

School officials are calling on parents and other stakeholders in Prince George’s schools to weigh in on a plan to adjust boundaries for two schools and move some sixth graders from elementary to middle schools. The proposal, which calls for some 400 students from Oxon Hill High School to be moved to under-attended Potomac High […]

A former FBI agent was sentenced Jan. 4 to 18 months in prison for a 2011 drunken-driving crash that left an 18-year-old man dead. Adrian Johnson, 39, of Brandywine, Md. was convicted in October of motor vehicle manslaughter and six related charges, according to the Washington Post. He was jailed immediately after sentencing and will […]

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The state’s highest court has ruled that former delegate Tiffany Alston will not get her seat back and that the governor can fill the vacancy in Prince George’s County. The Court of Appeals, in a brief ruling, said Friday that neither Alston nor Greg Hall, whom the Prince George’s Democratic Central […]

They headed to Jamaica for a respite from the East Coast winter, the grandmother from Brooklyn, N.Y., her daughter, a nurse at Southern Maryland Hospital, and her daughter, a coordinator for a Lanham psychiatric program. Going back to Jamaica was a rare treat for the family, who originally hailed from Kingston. They had spent time […]

WASHINGTON – The implementation of table games and 24-hour gaming in Maryland will create employment opportunities, but competition from Horseshoe Casino in Baltimore and the proposed casino at the National Harbor will likely affect the labor market geographically, according to experts. Maryland voters approved a referendum last November expanding gaming in Maryland. It allowed for […]

After covering Michelle Obama during her first year in the White House, New York Times reporter Rachel L. Swarns said she jumped at the opportunity to chronicle the first lady’s family history. “As the first African American first lady, people were enormously interested,” Swarns said. And, Obama, a descendant of the South, proved an interesting […]

Clarence Zieglar learned about being a hero working as a D.C. firefighter for the last five years. This year, though, he has learned that being willing to pull a victim from a burning building or endanger his life to extinguish a fire threatening a family’s home are not the only skills that qualify him as […]

Prince George’s County has tallied 59 homicides as of Dec. 3, significantly fewer than the same time last year and police attribute the reduction to improved technology, cooperation between law enforcement agencies and targeted enforcement of problem areas. After reaching a recent high of 169 homicides in 2005, the county has seen homicides dropping since […]

Prince George’s County Circuit Judge C. Philip Nichols Jr. ruled, Dec. 5, that a Maryland House of Delegates seat is vacant. The ruling scuttles an effort to replace deposed state Del. Tiffany Alston (D) with delegate-hopeful Greg Hall. Prince George’s County Democrats, Gov. Martin O’Malley and House Speaker Michael Busch were being pressed to replace […]

A judge says the nomination of a Prince George’s County businessman to fill a seat in the House of Delegates once held by Tiffany Alston should be reviewed by the court. The Washington Post reported (wapo.st/V9OIcE) that Prince George’s County Circuit Judge C. Philip Nichols Jr. said in a ruling late Monday that all sides […]