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Prince George's County

    Black women’s foothold in the federal workforce is at risk
    Black women are about 6% of the nation’s employed, but account for 11% of all federal workers.
    Ronicsa Chambers worked for the Federal Aviation Administration for almost 20 years.
    Driver who allegedly plowed into children’s birthday party fled, then turned himself in
    The driver fled the scene but turned himself in the next morning, police said. They are investigating alcohol and speed as possible factors in the crash.
    Acting chief Daniel Frishkorn of the Bladensburg police discusses a Saturday night crash in which a Washington, D.C. man allegedly drove into a children's birthday party in the front yard of a private home. One woman died and 14 were injured, including eight children.
    Crash into Bladensburg children’s party injures 13 people and kills Washington woman
    Bladensburg Police are searching for a driver who plowed into a children’s birthday party Saturday night, injuring 13 people and killing one.
    A Baltimore County police vehicle’s lights flash while parked outside of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Md. on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
    Mom says state agency knew foster teen was ‘high risk’ before placing her in hotel
    For years advocates had warned the practice of housing vulnerable children in hotels and hospitals could have tragic consequences.
    Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025 — Residence Inn Baltimore at The Johns Hopkins Medical Campus, 800 N Wolfe St.
    Parents and teachers need state child care funding. So why is the money frozen?
    The state projected getting back down to 40,000 child care scholarships by September. But the program is still thousands of vouchers over budget.
    Students take advantage of the nice weather and play outside in the sandbox and on the playground
    ICE officer drops gun, points it toward bystanders during Hyattsville arrest
    An Immigration and Enforcement Customs (ICE) Officer was captured fumbling and then pointing a gun toward bystanders during an arrest on Wednesday morning in a busy Hyattsville intersection.
    An ICE officer points a gun toward bystanders during an arrest on Wednesday in Hyattsville.
    Maryland is losing federal jobs faster than any other state. When should we start worrying?
    Nearly 15,000 federal jobs in Maryland have been lost since the start of the year. Economists aren’t worried — yet.
    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.
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