Prince George's County

Prince George’s County Public Schools brought students back under a hybrid model Thursday. It’s the last D.C.-area district to reopen classrooms.

Maryland’s first federal vaccination site opened in Greenbelt Wednesday. Prince George’s County Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins reports there was a tense moment during a news conference as one politician addressed disparities in the state’s vaccine distribution.

Two homeowners in Fort Washington, Maryland, have just months to find somewhere else to live before their homes are demolished.

A special police officer and “female victim” had shots fired at them early Tuesday on the D.C.-Maryland border after the female reported being a victim of a sexual assault, police say.  The shots were fired in the 5300 block of Sheriff Road in Fairmount Heights, Prince George’s County police said. Officers responded at about 2:15 a.m.  Th...

Prince George’s County is set to get a new mass vaccination site that’s very accessible via public transit.

In President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, $5 billion are earmarked for Black farmers impacted by decades of discrimination made worse during the pandemic.

A Maryland man was charged with reckless driving and going 90 mph in a 35 mph zone after drivers stopped traffic on the Capital Beltway on Saturday so a driver could do doughnuts in the middle of the highway.  Jonathan C. Iraheta, 20, of Beltsville, was charged with six traffic citations and fined more than $1,800, Maryland State Police said&#...

Editor’s Note (April 5, 2021, 1:30 p.m. ET): One driver was cited, state police said in an update. Go here for the full update. A line of cars stopped traffic on the Capital Beltway and then a driver did doughnuts in the middle of the highway.  The driver of a red sports car did doughnuts on the Outer Loop of…

Entrances to National Harbor, Maryland, were shut down early Sunday and reopened about five hours later after a gas leak, officials say.  A construction crew broke a 4 to 6-inch gas line at Fleet and Waterfront streets before 8 a.m., the Prince George’s County fire department said.  Only residents were allowed into National Harbor, the fire departm...

Prince George’s County Police are investigating a triple fatal shooting in Capitol Heights, Maryland.

Maryland lawmakers are still negotiating on a package of extensive police reform legislation, but they will miss a deadline to pass the legislation to Gov. Larry Hogan in time for them to override any potential vetoes before they adjourn April 12

As students head back to the classrooms, Maryland public schools are seeing vaccine disparities among their teachers.

Steps are being taken to ensure that the trip to and from school for Prince George’s County Public Schools students is just as safe as their first day of in-person instruction