Prince George's County

In her third day on the job, acting County Executive Tara Jackson is spoke Wednesday about her priorities, the looming budget deficit and working with a divided county council.

Prince George’s County police arrested a 19-year-old suspect in the shooting of a 14-year-old girl who died days after a bullet flew through the window of a home in District Heights, Maryland, authorities say. Khamya Ferrell of Suitland was seriously wounded by stray gunfire while visiting a friend the afternoon of May 31 when shots were fire...

Prince George’s County partners and agencies have been working diligently to bring the community a fully stocked pantry. The free-standing pantries aim to relive food insecurity among under-resourced neighborhoods and communities. The county set up and stocked two mini food pantries. One stands outside of Laurel Armory, and another is in front of B...

The council for Prince George’s County, Maryland, failed to agree on a new leader during its annual meeting to vote on a new chair.

Police arrested a suspect in the fatal shooting of an anti-gun violence advocate outside of a restaurant in Largo, Maryland, early Saturday.

Angela Alsobrooks has resigned from her post as county executive for Prince George’s County, Maryland, weeks after winning a U.S. Senate seat.

A cherished community leader who sought to prevent gun violence died after he was shot Saturday outside a restaurant in Largo, Maryland. Prince George’s County police responded to the 9600 block of Lottsford Court at 12:45 a.m. to a report of gunshots. When police arrived on the scene, they found Cornelius McDonald, of Upper Marlboro, sufferi...

The owner of the convenience store in Prince George’s County said he watched on his cellphone as a burglar cut open an ATM, trying to take the money inside. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

A 58-year-old man was shot and killed in Laurel, Maryland, Tuesday night, police say. Jerome Stocks was found suffering from gunsot wounds in the 12000 block of Silverbirch Lane about 9 p.m., Prince George’s County police said. Stocks died at the scene. Police arrested 31-year-old Darius Jackson of Oxon Hill and charged him with first- and se...

A mother of three was killed in a hit-and-run Friday night on a Maryland road nicknamed “the highway of death.” Loretta Lynn Canter, 40, was hit in the northbound lanes of Route 210 near Farmington Road in Accokeek about 9:50 p.m. Friday, Prince George’s County police said. “We’re very devastated and we’re very, just so upset on her passing.....

Flowers were left in the yard where a man died when a fire started inside his home in Brentwood just after midnight Sunday. Firefighters say conditions in the home made it challenging to fight the fire and rescue the man trapped inside. Fire officials say firefighters got there and started battling the flames within four minutes, but the profession...

An elderly man died in a house fire in Brentwood, Maryland early Sunday morning, according to Prince George’s County Fire and EMS Department. Firefighters responded to the 3400 block of Webster Street at 12:39 a.m. where they found the first floor of the duplex in flames. “It was definitely scary,” said a neighbor. “We heard the banging. My d...

One man is dead after a home in Brentwood, Maryland went up in flames early Sunday morning. The cause of the fire is under investigation.