College Park

Steps from the University of Maryland in College Park, there was once a tight-knit, self-sustaining Black community. But in the 1960s and 1970s, the people were displaced by urban renewal. This is the story of Lakeland.

Lakeland, a once-thriving Black community in Prince George’s County, Maryland, was nearly erased by urban renewal policies that displaced families and dismantled hundreds of Black communities across the country....

Today, the city of College Park is working toward restorative justice, acknowledging past wrongs and seeking to repair the harm done....

Yet, through it all, Lakelanders remain resilient, preserving their history,...

An opera believed to be the first composed by a Black American more than a century ago is on its premiere tour and playing in College Park Friday night. News4’s Dominique Moody reports. (The photo of Edmond Dede that appears in this report is courtesy of Amistad Research Center, New Orleans, LA)

The confusion surrounding President Donald Trump’s executive order freezing federal aid is impacting organizations, like Meals on Wheels of College Park, that receive a significant amount of those funds. Meals on Wheels of College Park delivers affordable food to more than 200 seniors every day, but they said they might cut back on how many seniors they can serve or…

The confusion surrounding President Donald Trump’s executive order freezing federal funding is impacting organizations, like Meals on Wheels in College Park, that receive a significant amount of aid. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.

The Route 1 Improvement Project is now complete in College Park, Maryland. New sidewalks and bike lanes were put into place by the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration.  

The new hot spot for Purple Line construction traffic may be near College Park, where a lot of road work has kicked into high gear. Transportation Reporter Adam Tuss explains.

A Northern Virginia man could get up to life in prison if he’s convicted of a string of sexual assaults dating back more than a decade. Police say he targeted students at two D.C.-area universities. He was arrested due to new technology and the work of a special unit working with the U.S. Attorney and others to close sex...

Police used old evidence in conjunction with new technology to arrest a suspect in a string of home invasion rapes near Georgetown University and the University of Maryland. News4’s Derrick Ward reports. 

Meals on Wheels College Park is celebrating 50 years of fighting food insecurity in the community, but its leaders say it needs more donations and volunteers.

Sister duo Brooke DeBerdine and Emma DeBerdine are trading College Park, Maryland for Paris to continue their joint journey in field hockey for Team USA. News4’s Jummy Olabanji talks to the DeBerdine sisters and their coach Missy Meharg about their path from UMD to the Olympics.  

A Berwyn Heights resident is suing Prince George’s County over its decision to relocate firefighters out of her community. Prince George’s County Fire & EMS’s chief plans to move dozens of firefighters from four stations to other parts of the county to address a critical staffing shortage. “We have reached out to the county,” Jodie Kulpa-Eddy, resident and former...

A resident is suing Prince George’s County over its decision to move career firefighters out of her community. She spoke with News4’s Darcy Spencer.

An adult resident of a single-family home in College Park, Maryland, was critically injured when that home caught on fire early Saturday morning.

It is not yet known how the fire at the house near University Boulevard East began.

The Junior Tennis Champions Center, where Frances Tiafoe started to play at 4 years old, helps under-resourced youth with education and learning the sport. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

A woman was robbed at gunpoint on the Beltway after being forced off the road just a half hour after a similar robbery in nearby College Park, Maryland, police said. The woman noticed a dark-colored car following as she passed the IKEA Way sign on Route 1 in Prince George’s County about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, police said. As she got…

A woman was robbed at gunpoint on the Beltway after being forced off the road. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports it happened just a half hour after a similar robbery in nearby College Park.