Category: Prince George’s County News

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The trial of Del. Tiffany Alston, D.-Dist. 24, accused of misusing public funds began on June 5 with her lawyer already posturing in the courtroom and in the media. Alston was brought up on misdemeanor charges after she was accused of paying Rayshawn Ford, an employee of her law firm, $800 in legislative funds after […]

Dr. Weldon Jackson was recently chosen as the new provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at Bowie State University, effective July 8. Thanks to his work as special assistant to the president at Morehouse College, Dr. Jackson has more than 27 years of experience in higher education administration. Dr. Jackson has a widespread background […]