Prince George's County

Here’s what to do this weekend in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties, including a 50th-anniversary event honoring “Roots,” Bookstore Romance Day and a Taylor Swift tribute concert.

Prince George’s County Police arrested a 31-year-old suspected of stealing more than 60 reptiles from pet stores in Maryland and Virginia.

A coalition of 50 businesses has sued Prince George’s County over a new $5,000 annual fee charged to liquor stores, tobacco shops, gun sellers and storage facilities.

Among the latest grant recipients: Community Health and Empowerment through Education and Research (CHEER) in Long Branch and Takoma Park and the Ebenezer Church of God’s back-to-school supplies drive in Landover Hills.

A ballot measure in the upcoming election will ask voters whether they want to eliminate the two at-large seats on the Prince George’s County Council.

Khyree Jackson was killed in a July 2024 car crash months after being drafted into the NFL. His parents will host the second annual Khy Day on Tuesday at his alma mater, Upper Marlboro's Dr. Henry A. Wise High School.

The Prince George’s County Council has demanded that an Upper Marlboro-based nonprofit return at least $134,000 in taxpayer money.

Franklins in Hyattsville opened an ice cream shop in October in the back of its general store and has earned a loyal following.

Tai-Rhan McBride’s gym exists to train fighters. But there’s a deeper mission at play, too. He aims to address some of the community’s intractable problems.

We found out the cost of making burgers at eight grocery stores across Prince George’s County.

Here’s your weekend guide for things to do in the capital region, including free musical theater performances at the Olney Theatre Center and a water lantern festival in National Harbor.

The rest of the week will be just as wet, with chances of showers and thunderstorms increasing in the afternoon hours, according to the National Weather Service.

The state attorney general’s office released the names of a Maryland-National Capital Park Police officer and the man he shot in Fort Washington Park on July 31.

Maryland posted lackluster scores on the annual standardized tests, but experts say they expect greater improvement in years to come and the results are in keeping with the national trend.

Organizations in Prince George’s and Montgomery counties secure nearly $200,000 in state funding.

Aspiring Prince George’s County executive candidate Tonya Sweat and her team were sent scrambling after learning they didn’t have enough signatures to appear on general election ballots.

Some of the best soft-serve and hard-serve ice cream options in Prince George’s County are in roadside stands and on a college campus.

Walker, a former military police officer and professor who was a champion for diversity and economic development, died June 24 at age 79.

An officer with the Maryland-National Capital Park Police fatally shot a man on Friday evening in Fort Washington Park, state investigators said.

After The Banner's reporting on the sheriff’s strange eviction arrangement, his chief of staff, Tracy Brown, criticized the president of the deputies union on social media. She was recently put on administrative leave while the office’s internal affairs division investigates.