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Prince George's County

    Highlandtown thrift store closing amid corporate ownership change
    Four Maryland thrift stores will see layoffs, according to notices filed with the state, as the chain Prime Thrift comes under new ownership.
    The thrift store at 3424 Eastern Ave. in Highlandtown is slated to close.
    Corrections officer dies on same day of his retirement in New Year’s Eve truck crash
    A Prince George’s County corrections officer died on New Years Eve after his pickup truck went off the road and crashed into a pole in Crofton, police said.
    Master Corporal John Nicholson died after his truck veered off the highway and crashed into a pole on Dec. 31 - the same day he retired as a correctional officer with Prince George's County Department of Corrections.
    Trump wants to overhaul the ‘president’s golf course.’ He hasn’t played there yet.
    Long a favored getaway for presidents seeking a few hours’ solace from the stress of running the free world, the Courses at Andrews are known as the “president’s golf course.”
    FILE - President Barack Obama, from right, Vice President Joe Biden, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich walk on the first green during a round of golf at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., June 18, 2011.
    When and how to recycle your Christmas tree
    Here’s how to dispose of your Christmas tree in Baltimore, Baltimore County, Howard County, Anne Arundel County and across the state.
    Customers set out to find their trees at Prettyboy Run Farms in Parkton, Friday, November 28, 2025.
    With Powerball jackpot at $1.5B, Marylanders try their luck again
    No one hit the jackpot Wednesday, swelling the Powerball to $1.5 billion ahead of the next drawing on Saturday night.
    Marylanders buy tickets at Triple Fam Mart in Mount Vernon on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, ahead of the $1.5 billion Powerball drawing.
    Who is Del. Joseline Peña-Melnyk, front-runner to become Maryland’s next speaker?
    “She has the grit that it takes. She has the intelligence that it takes. She has the experience that it takes. She has the empathy that it takes,” said Del. Ben Barnes.
    Maryland Delegate Joseline Peña-Melnyk, Dist. 21, speaks as community leaders hold a rally in Silver Spring to support Senator Chris Van Hollen’s trip to El Salvador to check on the well being of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia.
    Maryland gas prices linger around $3 ahead of Thanksgiving but could drop
    Though traveling by car this Thanksgiving could be hectic, cheaper gas is a silver lining, especially in Maryland.
    Pumps at an Exxon gas station on North Howard Street.
    Prince George’s County is ending its decades-old ban on pit bulls
    The Prince George’s County Council passed a bill on Monday that will allow residents to adopt and foster pit bulls through a pilot program.
    Jasmine, a pit bull rescue, runs through light snow on the National Mall in Washington, Friday, March 20, 2015, on the first day of spring. Just when flowering bulbs were poking out their heads and snow shovels were getting a well-deserved rest, winter weather has come back. And on the first day of spring no less. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
    Fire watch issued across 7 Maryland counties for Sunday as 45 mph winds expected
    Residents of Howard, Prince George's, Anne Arundel, Montgomery, Charles, Calvert and St Mary’s counties could have increased fire risk on Sunday.
    Baltimore Fire Department crews respond to a fire at West 34th Street and Keswick Road in Baltimore's Hampden neighborhood on Monday, November 10, 2025.
    MacKenzie Scott gives $50M to Bowie State, marking her 3rd major gift to Maryland HBCUs
    The billionaire philanthropist has given $50 million to Bowie State University, the historically Black university’s largest gift in school history.
    Banners at Bowie State University.
    The federal shutdown is ending, but it’ll leave economic scars in Maryland
    Much of the shutdown's economic harm will be "undone," but it still did some permanent damage to Maryland, a state especially reliant on federal dollars.
    WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 5: A pedestrian walks along Pennsylvania Avenue near the U.S. Capitol during sunrise on November 5, 2025 in Washington, DC. The record for longest shutdown in the U.S. Government was broken Wednesday as it entered its 36th day.
    ICE took her husband. She’s fighting to keep the lights on and hope alive.
    Dania Bautista is among Maryland families facing the daunting task of raising kids and covering bills while navigating the immigration system on behalf of their detained loved ones.
    A Bowie man was arrested by ICE in front of his wife, Dania, and their children.
    Federal contractor bleeding $110K a month amid shutdown, braces for more
    The shutdown is leaving contractors, like Prince George’s County-based Melwood, reevaluating their future and asking: How reliable is the federal government anymore?
    Founded in the 1960s and based in Prince George’s County, Melwood Inc. is the nonprofit umbrella organization for three related companies that support people with a wide range of disabilities.
    ‘Our lawyer is going to kick his butt’: Maryland sues Trump over FBI HQ
    The State of Maryland and Prince George’s County are suing President Donald Trump for interfering in the long-planned relocation of the FBI to Greenbelt.
    U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer speaks in support of a lawsuit challenging  President Donald Trump’s decision to move the FBI to the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center.
    Maryland to sue Trump administration for blocking Greenbelt FBI headquarters project
    A press conference is scheduled for Thursday afternoon in Prince George’s County. It will include the attorney general, the governor, the county executive and state and federal lawmakers.
    U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D., Md.) displays an autographed sign beside state and local officials, during a press conference on the Selection of Greenbelt for the FBI's New Headquarters in Greenbelt, Maryland, on Friday, November 10, 2023.
    Family and friends remember Maryland child actor with humor, heart and hometown roots
    Floyd Roger Myers Jr., a former child actor known for roles in “The Fresh Prince of Belair” and “The Jacksons: An American Dream,” was 42.
    Floyd Roger Myers Jr.
    Happy homecoming, Bowie State. Blexit is here.
    The Turning Point USA-affiliated group stopped at the Maryland campus on its HBCU tour.
    Conservative commentator Siaka Massaquoi, left, interviews junior DeeAndrew Hogan at Bowie State University on behalf of Blexit.
    ‘That’s all folks!’ Future of Six Flags America site unclear as park closes Sunday
    The amusement park, which first opened in the 1970s and has operated as a Six Flags since 1998, shuts down after it closes at 6 p.m. What’s next for the massive tract in Bowie remains unclear.
    Visitors arrive to Six Flags America in Bowie, MD on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. The amusement park will close permanently at the end of the 2025 season.
    Heat-related deaths in Maryland top 30 for the first time since summer 2012
    This past summer, 34 people died from heat in Maryland, according to data from the state Department of Health.
    The sun sets over the Cherry Hill festival in Baltimore on July 4, 2025.
    The $148 fee at the center of the University of Maryland’s free speech controversy
    Turning Point USA claims a security charge targets the group’s free speech at the University of Maryland, College Park.
    The University of Maryland College Park chapter of Turning Point USA was asked to pay for security when it brought a speaker to campus.
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