Prince George's County

    Marylander is first Black man to win Emmy for best supporting actor in a drama
    Maryland native and "Severance" star Tramell Tillman made history at the Emmys, becoming the first Black man to win best supporting actor in a drama series.
    Tramell Tillman as Seth Milchick on "Severance."
    Man charged in killing of missing Prince George’s County 19-year-old
    Prince George’s County Police arrested a 35-year-old man in connection with the death of a 19-year-old woman who went missing in late August.
    Da'Cara Thompson's family reported her missing to PGPD on Aug. 23.
    Power restored at UMD College Park ahead of student welcome weekend, football season opener
    Power was restored Friday evening at the University of Maryland, College Park, after an hourslong outage shuttered campus libraries and limited dining and health services, officials said.
    McKeldin Library at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md. on Friday, April 4, 2025.
    Anne Arundel man arrested for striking state trooper while driving drunk, officials say
    An Anne Arundel County man was arrested and charged with drunk driving after he struck a trooper’s car and injured another trooper early Thursday morning, Maryland State Police said.
    State Police arrested an Anne Arundel County man for impaired driving early Thursday morning (Aug 21, 2025) after a crash injured a trooper who was conducting a traffic stop on the Capital Beltway.
    Six Flags America closing: What happens to 5 miles of coaster, 500 acres of land?
    Six Flags America in Bowie, home to Wild One and eight other coasters, was stamped a “noncore” property this year by its parent company, which is selling the 523-acre tract.
    Visitors line up for the Firebird rollercoaster, which reaches a top sped of 56 mph, at Six Flags America in Bowie, MD on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. The amusement park will close permanently at the end of the 2025 season.
    7-vehicle wreck in Prince George’s County leaves 2 women dead
    Maryland State Police are investigating a multivehicle collision that killed two women and hospitalized five others Tuesday afternoon along Route 202 in Prince George’s County, officials announced.
    State Trooper Police Car from the Maryland State Police on parking lot.
    To stomp or not to stomp? Answering the spotted lanternfly question
    After years of whacking, smacking and squashing, more people are just letting the bugs be.
    Invasive spotted lanternflies are appearing all over Maryland and pose a particular threat to grape vines.
    Storms dump 4 inches of rain in Baltimore County, disrupt transit and delay Orioles game
    Heavy downpours swept through Maryland on Wednesday, triggering flash flood warnings, toppling trees and delaying the Orioles game at Camden Yards.
    The storms Wednesday hit hardest in Northern Baltimore County, where about 4 inches of rain fell in just a few hours.
    As Trump targets states for immigration enforcement, Maryland is high on the list
    Maryland and other blue states have been met with funding denials, program cuts and other means that hurt their constituents under the Trump administration.
    President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One at Lehigh Valley International Airport, in Allentown, Pa., Aug. 3, 2025.
    College Park toddler critically injured after 6th-floor apartment balcony fall
    A toddler was airlifted to the hospital and faces life-threatening injuries after falling from a sixth-story balcony of a College Park apartment, officials said.
    Prince George’s County Fire and Emergency Management Services Department responded to a toddler who fell from an apartment balcony in College Park just before 2 p.m. on Tuesday.
    Standing up to Trump the despot will require Gloria’s courage
    Standing up to injustice requires courage, and every step toward despotism by President Donald Trump is another call to show it.
    FILE - Gloria Richardson, head of the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee, pushes a National Guardsman's bayonet aside as she moves among a crowd of African Americans to convince them to disperse in Cambridge, Md., on July 21, 1963. Richardson, an influential yet largely unsung civil rights pioneer whose determination not to back down while protesting racial inequality was captured in a photograph as she pushed away the bayonet of a National Guardsman, died July 15, 2021, in New York.
    Maryland’s Cameroonian population lives in fear under Trump
    Since fleeing the gunfire and chaos of Cameroon in 2021, Ernestine and Denis have created a sense of normal life in Maryland.
    Ernestine and Denis, a Cameroonian couple in Charles County, fear returning to their native country.
    Six Flags in Bowie cancels Fright Fest ahead of park’s closure
    Six Flags in Bowie won’t host the hallmark Fright Fest this spooky season, company officials confirmed, marking the end of a long-running Halloween tradition as the amusement park prepares to close.
    Six Flags America, a theme park located in Bowie in Prince George's County, Maryland.
    Goddard director steps down as tensions at NASA Rise
    NASA has not said why Director Makenzie Lystrup abruptly announced her departure on Monday and did not make her available for comment.
    NASA Goddard Center Director Makenzie Lystrup giving a presentation in March 2024.
    An entrepreneur had big plans for a West Baltimore grocery store. Then rent came due.
    Mario Minor, a former concert promoter with no experience opening a grocery store, sold Poppleton residents in Baltimore City a dream.
    An unopened grocery store in the La Cite development in the Poppleton neighborhood of Baltimore on February 26, 2025.
    Teen suffers ‘catastrophic’ injury; 1,300 fireworks seized in July 4 incidents around Maryland
    A teen suffered a “catastrophic” injury and officials seized more than 1,300 fireworks from an illegal show over the July 4 weekend, officials said.
    A police line do not cross tape blocks a pathway near Penn Station.
    Massive Goodwill store set to open in Laurel in late summer
    A 22,000-square-foot store opening next month in Laurel will be the largest of Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake’s 31 locations in Central Maryland and on the Eastern Shore.
    Goodwill industries of the Chesapeake, a thrift store and donation center, will open a new location in Mid-August in Laurel, MD.
    Trump wants FBI HQ at DC’s Ronald Reagan Building instead of ‘liberal’ Maryland
    The U.S. Agency for International Development, which Trump shut down, also was housed in the Reagan building.
    WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 07: The U.S. Agency for International Development building is seen after workers removed its sign at their headquarters on February 07, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) abruptly shutdown the U.S. aid agency earlier this week leaving thousands unemployed and putting U.S. foreign diplomacy and aid programs in limbo.
    The saucy, smoky, slow-cooked stars of Maryland barbecue
    In the mood for brisket, pulled pork or great sides? These Maryland barbecue joints are set to satisfy, according to food social media influencer Chris Franzoni.
    Wagyu beef rib and sides from 2Fifty BBQ in Riverdale Park.
    The Write Woman Book Fest celebrates the power of literary ladies
    The sixth and final Write Woman Book Fest in Bowie is ending in its current form, but its founders say they’ll never stop supporting fellow female creators.
    Cardyn Brooks, left, and Heather Brooks co-run The Write Women Book Fest, which was founded to support and give exposure for female writers and readers alike.
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