PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY

Prince George’s County has a new Teacher of the Year, and with that title comes a new car. News4’s Erika Gonzalez reports.

With schools closed because of the coronavirus crisis, many of Prince George’s County Public Schools’ 136,000 students are facing “extraordinary hurdles” in continuing their education, the district said. Families without access to computers or internet at home can pick up a laptop computer and arrange internet service with help from the district starting Wednesday.   Chromebook distribution will be held...

After struggling to get pregnant with a second child, a Prince George’s County couple has welcomed four girls and a boy to the world. News4’s Chris Gordon reports.

You can enjoy a meal inside a restaurant in Prince George’s County starting Monday. The county is moving into its second phase of reopening. News4’s Darcy Spencer spoke with business owners.

Baptist, Catholic, Muslim and Jewish faith leaders from Prince George’s County, Maryland, joined in prayer for the healing of the country after the killing of George Floyd. News4’s Tracee Wilkins reports.

Some parents in Prince George’s County are proposing that high school grads have their graduation ceremony at FedEx Field in July. The idea is to keep it safe by social distancing at the larger venue. News4’s Shomari Stone explains how the proposal has been received.

Prince George’s County is set to begin a modified reopening on June 1 if data trends continue downward, the county executive announced Thursday. The coronavirus data for the county shows a decline in the positivity rates, hospitalizations and death rates. The county began to see a decrease in hospitalizations May 10. Gov. Larry Hogan began easing restrictions for the rest…

Prince George’s County public schools will hold a virtual job fair June 12 to hire teachers and other staff as they try to meet a need that existed before the coronavirus pandemic. The county’s school system was looking to hire 1,000 teachers before COVID-19. They are still paying employees that aren’t working right now like bus drivers and are...

Prince George’s County public schools were looking to hire 1,000 teachers and additional staff before the coronavirus pandemic hit. School officials are still looking to bring on more employees through a virtual career fair. News4’s Tracee Wilkins reports.

County Executive Angela Alsobrooks announced Prince George’s County is on track to begin a modified Phase 1 reopening in just over a week. News4’s Tracee Wilkins has the details.

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 a…

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 gone through quite a...

MGM is preparing to reopen its casinos in Las Vegas and the National Harbor. News4’s Tracee Wilkins reports gambling is going to look a lot different.

Free meals are being served to first responders in Prince George’s County. A group of charities are working together to take some of the burden of their shoulders. News4’s Prince George’s Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins has the story.

One person was found dead when firefighters responded to a car fire outside Iverson Mall in Hillcrest Heights, Maryland, on Thursday. The Prince George’s County fire department responded to the 3700 block of Branch Avenue, the site of a parking garage at the Iverson Mall, at about 11:25 a.m Thursday. As firefighters went to extinguish the blaze, they found someone…

Prince George’s County was the first in Maryland to open a government-operated coronavirus testing site for the uninsured. The FedEx Field site laid the blueprint for similar operations around the state. Now, the county is closing that site and preparing to open another. News4’s Tracee Wilkins reports.

Employ Prince George’s, a nonprofit organization that helps businesses and job seekers, handed out $200 gift cards to 500 residents who are out of work. News4’s Meagan Fitzgerald explains what else the organization is doing to help people during the coronavirus pandemic.

Eight inmates at Prince George’s County jail are suing the Department of Corrections alleging improper conditions leading to the spread of the coronavirus. “We know that a number of people in the jail are already infected, including staff members, and that’s not surprising because they’re still doing things like charging money for soap,” said senior attorney for the Civil...