Prince George's County

Three men have been arrested in the killing of an 8-year-old boy in Prince George’s County, police said Wednesday.

Three men have been arrested in the killing of an 8-year-old boy in Prince George’s County, police said Wednesday.

Animal control is trying to catch a handful of zebras that are still on the loose after they escaped from a farm in Prince George’s County about two weeks ago. Initially, animal control put up a feeding station to coax the zebras back to the private farm where they live in Croom, Maryland. But upon that failing, animal control...

Some elected members of the Prince George’s County School Board allege there’s an effort to overthrow their election. They allege problems began when they voted for an agreement guaranteeing union-scale school construction jobs for county residents.

Three people were shot Sunday in Prince George’s County, police said.

A police officer in a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C., fatally shot a man who had pointed guns at him that each turned out to be a “realistic replica,” authorities said Saturday.

The man’s condition could not immediately be confirmed.

A former Maryland police officer accused of sexually assaulting a woman after a traffic stop is now facing a federal charge

The first day of school in Prince George’s County, parents reported numerous problems with late school buses that at times didn’t pick up or drop students off at all. But one family’s ordeal on Wednesday went beyond an inconvenience.

Zebras were spotted roaming around neighborhoods in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, in recent days.

Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) is still looking to hire 190 school bus drivers one day before students return for full-time, in-person learning Wednesday.

A Maryland police department says an officer has been suspended while it investigates his suspected role in a hit-and-run while driving an unmarked police cruiser

Residents of a Maryland apartment complex say its trash dumpsters were removed and trash is piling up in their place.

Less than a week before Prince George’s County Public Schools begins the new schoolyear, more than 2,000 students are unaccounted for following distance learning.

A 71-year-old woman who was found dead in her apartment Sunday afternoon was allegedly killed by her own son, Prince George’s County detectives said.

A man was shot and killed Wednesday in Prince George’s County, police said.

A new $28 million, state-of-the-art ice rink in Maryland will replace a rink destroyed by fire in 2017.

The two victims, both 25 years old, were passengers of the vehicle, police said.

Four people, including two minors, were injured in what police called a “shootout” in Prince George’s County Saturday.

The store in Brandywine was briefly locked down.

While some traditional universities are experiencing declines in students, many historical Black colleges and universities are having an enrollment boom.

Construction will continue on a new school in Fort Washington, Maryland, despite neighbors’ protests over flood concerns.

The investigation into a Maryland police officer in the fatal shooting of a man last year led to fraud charges against several Maryland police officers, according to authorities.

A boy who required CPR after being found in a pool at Six Flags America on Sunday is now in stable condition, authorities said.

The owner of a nearby seafood restaurant, who had to shut down amid the break repair at an estimated cost of $8,000 to $10,000 per day, expressed his frustration about the extended delay.

Morissa, who competes in barrel racing, pole bending and goat tying, started her rodeo journey when she asked her father for a horse at 4 years old.

A man was shot outside Topgolf in Oxon Hill Saturday.

Residents in Fort Washington, Maryland, are fighting against the location of a new K-8 school. They fear clearing trees along East Swann Creek and building anything could add to flooding issues they already endure.

Flyers circulating in some Prince George’s County communities are spreading disinformation about the coronavirus vaccine and appear to be targeting African Americans.

Residents of Suitland, Maryland, say an unidentified siren sounds off regularly through the night, making it difficult to sleep. They want to know where the noise is coming from and they want it to stop so they can get some sleep. “It sounds kind of like a combination of a tornado siren and a spaceship taking off, like the siren…

Five people were killed and two were critically injured in separate shootings over the weekend in Prince George’s County, Maryland, police say.

A little more than six weeks after the University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center opened in Largo, patients are complaining of long wait times in the emergency room and inadequate staffing. The hospital called the waits inexcusable, but said an unexpected surge in patients is a big part of the problem.

A man has died after a late-night fire tore through a home in Prince George’s County, Maryland.

Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks defended the county’s $17 million fight against a discrimination lawsuit brought by some of its police officers of color.

Three children died and an adult suffered life-threatening injuries after an overnight fire in a townhouse in Hillcrest Heights, Maryland, fire officials said.

A Maryland home for people with mental health issues has been shut down and its residents relocated to other facilities after a 56-year-old resident wandered away and wasn’t found for three weeks.

A 56-year-old man missing for weeks after walking away from a community-based home for mental health patients in Prince George’s County was found sleeping on the streets of D.C. this past weekend by a family friend. His family said it was two weeks before they were told he had left the home.

This weekend Christian Moten of Bowie will take on nearly 100 children ages 6 through 8 at the Under Armour Jr. Tour National Championship in Florida.

Firefighters rescued a 1-year-old child and a 30-year-old man from a burning home Wednesday afternoon, according to the Prince George’s County Fire and EMS Department.

Creators of a video project to memorialize Prince George’s County firefighters who died in the line of duty had struggled to get their hands on one particular photo until a social media post Monday night brought an end to their search.

Prince George’s County is pushing to get 12-to-17-year-olds vaccinated in time for in-person learning.

A family of four narrowly missed being shot in their car just off the Capital Beltway on Sunday afternoon after a man opened fire in an apparent road rage attack, police say. A search for the shooter is underway.

Some members of the Prince George’s County Board of Education want the state to remove the board’s chair as the board is split over basic policy and procedure, leaving some major issues unresolved for the school system.

The Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center is getting ready for something of a second grand opening after it closed in March of last year because of the pandemic.

A 67-year-old man with dementia has been missing from Upper Marlboro for more than a week, county police say. George Irving was last seen the afternoon of Monday, June 21, Prince George’s County Police said. He was seen in the 11400 block of Abbotswood Court at 12:45 p.m. He left his home carrying a cane to take a walk, police…

Editor’s Note (June 29, 2021, 11:15 a.m.): The mother of a child with autism was able to help the missing boy return home when she spotted him in D.C. Go here for the full story. A 14-year-old boy with autism went missing from his home in Hyattsville on Monday morning. He was later found safe, city police said. The teen…

The Prince George’s County Police Athletic League (PAL) ended its Young Entrepreneurs Program (YEP) Thursday with a “Shark Tank”-style event where participants presented their business ideas to local business owners.

A D.C. National Guardsman has filed a lawsuit against the city of Seat Pleasant, Maryland, and two Seat Pleasant police officers whom he claims dragged him out of his car, beat him and shocked him with a stun gun. Tayvon Eubanks, of D.C., was driving in Seat Pleasant the night of Nov. 29, 2017 when he noticed a vehicle behind…

Much of the D.C. region is experiencing an increase in violent crime, including Prince George’s County, Maryland, after years of historically low crime rates.

A man who ran a mortgage scheme that cost thousands of dollars for homeowners — some who lost their homes — was sentenced to prison Friday.

Prince George’s County Police say three people have been arrested after a police officer responding to a call was hit by a car

A mother is seeking justice almost 30 years after her son was shot and killed by Prince George’s County police, but the state prosecutor says what the family wants may not be possible due to insufficient evidence.

While more men of color are attending college, fewer are actually graduating. A program at Prince George’s Community College called the Diverse Male Student Initiative is working to change that.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is ending the state’s supplemental unemployment benefit sooner than expected. Business leaders and trade associations support the move, but some legislators are pushing back.

Police responding to a report of a dog bite shot a dog in an apartment, according to police in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Two officers went to the 6900 block of Allison Street in Hyattsville about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and found a victim who said she had been bitten by two large dogs, police said. The officers went to the…

The University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center will open this month in Prince George’s County.

For the first time in its history, one Prince George’s County high school baseball team is co-ed. Two girls saved the season after the coronavirus pandemic caused some hesitation among the regular players.

Four stations on Metro’s Green and Yellow lines in Maryland will be closed until early September for platform reconstruction.

Prince George’s County, Maryland’s new budget reflects a focus on education and health with less money budgeted for police and public safety.

A Muslim man’s religious discrimination lawsuit says applicants for a chaplain’s job at a Maryland county jail had to sign a statement affirming that they are Christians

A man was left with significant injuries after a traffic stop last week lead to Prince George’s County police using a taser on him.

Prince George’s County will lift its mask mandate for most settings Friday at 5 p.m.

A local family is suing the Prince George’s County school district, saying it failed to protect a young teen from sexual abuse while on campus. The lawsuit further claims Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School officials mishandled the case once they learned what happened and wrongly punished the victim following the incident.

A new law in Prince George’s County requires all restaurants in the county to provide healthier food and drink options with their kids meals in an effort to prevent childhood obesity and health problems.

Two teenagers died in a single-car crash early Sunday in Prince George’s County, Maryland, police said.

Prince George’s County is closing two of its COVID-19 vaccination sites: one at the Cheverly Health Center and another at the Laurel Beltsville Senior Center.

Activists joined Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy as she announced the “Our Streets, Our Future” campaign — a task force targeting an end the rise in violence.

Federal and local prosecutors are coming together to keep carjacking offenders in the D.C. area accountable.

A 3-year-old boy who was shot in a home in Bowie, Maryland, on Monday has died, police said.

An elected official is connected to the expanding federal investigation of Prince George’s County police officers.