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...

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....

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...

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...

Matt Connolly

Published: Tue, May 14, 2013

Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker is asking for an exemption to a law passed seven months ago mandating that appointees to county boards and commissions live within the county. In a proposal submitted to the council Tuesday, Baker requested that he be allowed to appoint Public...

Naomi Jagoda

Updated: Mon, May 13, 2013

Prince George's County police are investigating the slaying of a 55-year-old man whose body was found in his Brandywine home. About 5:30 p.m. Sunday, a family member found Alphonso Ray Drew unresponsive in the 12900 block of Cherry Tree Crossing Road. Drew was pronounced dead at the scene,...

Naomi Jagoda

Published: Sun, May 12, 2013

Prince George's County police are hoping to catch a break in their investigation into the slayings of a Laurel couple. Tina Lynn Fowler, 45, and James Vell Ferguson, 42, were found May 2 in their apartment in the 9600 block of Muirkirk Road, both suffering from trauma to the upper body. They...

Rachel Baye

Updated: Sat, May 11, 2013

Maryland student robbed at gunpoint A University of Maryland student was robbed at gunpoint in College Park early Saturday morning, Prince George's County Police report. At around 3:45 a.m., the suspect approached the male student near Baltimore Avenue and Berwyn House Road. Showing the...

Naomi Jagoda

Published: Sat, May 11, 2013

Law enforcement staff in the region and across the country are participating in National Police Week events to honor fallen officers. Many of the region's tributes will honor a young Prince George's County police officer killed in the line of duty last year. Officer Adrian Morris, 23, died...

Kate Jacobson

Updated: Fri, May 10, 2013

Editor's note: This article has been updated to reflect corrections to the size of the WSSC rate increase and its budget, and to clarify that utility workers, not county employees, will be receiving raises. Workers at Montgomery and Prince George's counties' water and sewer provider will...