Prince George's County

Family members are asking questions after a number of residents have died at one Laurel nursing home. Prince George’s County Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins spoke with a staff member who says they are right to be concerned, because it’s been a struggle to fight COVID-19 there.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has announced steps to increase testing for the coronavirus to include people without symptoms

D.C. police have captured a suspect in multiple carjackings who allegedly shot at police officers in Southeast D.C. and barricaded himself inside a stranger’s home, forcing the residents, including children, to flee, police say. Tywan Cummings, 40, of Southeast D.C., was shot and has been taken to a hospital for treatment, D.C. police said Tu...

NBA star Kevin Durant’s new documentary takes a look at the basketball talent from Prince George’s County. News4’s Dave Johnson spoke with Durant’s mother.

A man died in a fire Sunday morning in Hyattsville, Maryland. Prince George’s County Fire and EMS are investigating the incident. At approximately 5:30 a.m. The fire department responded to a fire with a person trapped inside at the 5900 block of Riggs Road. First responders found a basement fire that spread to the first and second floors of ...

One recovered coronavirus patient got his neighbors out of their homes and coworkers off the job after spending weeks in the hospital and time in a coma as he battled the disease. Federal Pentagon Officer Patrick Bright received a hero’s welcome home to his Clinton neighborhood Friday. After three weeks at Georgetown Medstar and nine days on ...

Prince George’s residents must stay-at-home through June 1 as coronavirus deaths and infections rise and the county struggles to do enough testing, County Executive Angela Alsobrooks said Thursday. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan says the state as a whole is ready to take the first step towards reopening, but leaders in Prince George’s, the c...

Playing the slots or sitting at a blackjack table will look much different at MGM National Harbor once it’s allowed to reopen. MGM Resorts International released its health and safety plan Tuesday for reopening its casinos in Las Vegas and the National Harbor. “The safety of our employees and our customers is paramount and we’ve g...

A Prince George’s County restaurant is working to provide fresh, healthy alternatives to fast food in an area considered a food desert. Molette Green talks to the manager of Blue Waters Grill.

A woman and man are dead and another woman is hurt after what police describe as a domestic incident late Friday in Lanham, Maryland.  The names of the deceased were not immediately released.  Prince George’s County police responded to the 9000 block of Walkerton Drive, a residential area, at about 11:15 p.m. They found two women and a ma...

A man was stabbed to death on a Metro train Thursday evening, according to Metro Transit Police. Police found two stabbing victims on a train at the Capitol Heights station shortly before 8 p.m. — a man and a teenager who could be as young as 13. The man died at the scene. The teen was taken to a hospital…

An ice rink in Laurel, Maryland, is temporarily housing bodies amid the coronavirus pandemic. “It’s just very sobering, is the way I would sum it up,” said Del. Mary Lehman, who represents Prince George’s County. Lehman learned Monday morning that her community’s ice rink is now a temporary morgue, as Maryland runs out...

The Maryland county hit with the most confirmed coronavirus cases is ramping up a testing center starting Monday. A testing site at the Cheverly Medical Clinic in Prince George’s County is replacing another site at FedEx Field that couldn’t operate in bad weather. The clinic will be open 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, start...