Matt Connolly

Updated: Wed, May 15, 2013

Greenwood Racing's bid to build a Parx Casino in Fort Washington came as a surprise to many following Maryland's gambling saga, but company officials say the move had always been in the cards. "We've had our eye on the Prince George's County area going back almost 15 years," Greenwood CEO...

Andy Brownfield

Published: Wed, May 15, 2013

Gov. Martin O'Malley is set to sign into law some of the toughest gun restrictions in the nation on Thursday at a time when gun deaths in Maryland are at their lowest point since the FBI started collecting data in 1995. In Maryland, 272 people were killed with a gun in 2011, the most recent...

Andy Brownfield

Published: Wed, May 15, 2013

The new gun law to be signed by Gov. Martin O'Malley on Thursday would make Maryland among the most restrictive states in the nation for gun ownership, though other states impose even more burdens on those looking to purchase or own guns. Maryland's new law -- one of many increasing...

Naomi Jagoda

Published: Wed, May 15, 2013

A fourth man has been arrested in connection with the 2011 slaying of a Capitol Heights man whose body was found in a burning vehicle. Jermaine Livingston, 41, of Southeast D.C., was arrested Tuesday and charged with second-degree murder in the death of 34-year-old Antwain Henderson, D.C....

Kate Jacobson

Published: Wed, May 15, 2013

Property taxes are set to rise again in Montgomery County, after the County Council voted to support County Executive Ike Leggett's 1.8-cent increase per $100 of value. The average homeowner, with property valued at $460,000, will see an increase of $80 a year. This is the first time the...

Scott McCabe

Published: Wed, May 15, 2013

Prince George's County police have a photo of a suspect in a burglary of a home in University Park, and they are asking the public to help identify him. On Tuesday, police officers responded to the 6500 block of 43rd Avenue in University Park for a breaking-and-entering call, in which several...

Liz Essley

Published: Wed, May 15, 2013

Commuters going home on the Virginia Railway Express or MARC trains Wednesday evening will face delays as the trains go slower to avoid running into heat kinks in the tracks. VRE officials said Wednesday's forecasted temperature of 88 degrees varied so widely from Tuesday's high of 67 degrees...

Scott McCabe

Published: Wed, May 15, 2013

A Prince George's County jury has awarded $8.6 million to the family of a man who was fatally stabbed at a club in Forestville, but the verdict may be merely symbolic. The jury found that the CFE Event Center failed to provide adequate security the night George Cooper, 25, was stabbed inside...

Naomi Jagoda

Published: Wed, May 15, 2013

A man was found slain inside a Seat Pleasant home, police said. About 10:15 p.m. Tuesday, police responded to the report of a shooting in the 600 block of Cabin Branch Drive and found a man suffering from trauma to the upper body. The man was pronounced dead at the scene, Seat Pleasant police...