Capitol Heights News

Michael Gilchrist, an assistant principal at William Hall Academy in Capitol Heights, said he wants to be involved in the day-to-day changes that go on in students' lives by becoming a principal.

Top featherweight prospect Gary Russell, Jr. has enjoyed a full recovery from a left hand injury, which he suffered in a March 2 victory over Vyacheslav Gusev .

A 2-year-old is fighting for his life after a Capitol Heights man allegedly assaulted the toddler while under his direct care Wednesday - and Prince George's police said the man has admitted to the abuse.

A new law in Maryland aims to increase the likelihood that people's lives will be saved by smoke alarms during a fire, officials said.

District police are investigating a possible incident of road rage that occurred Tuesday night when authorities said a man pointed a handgun at two female occupants of a car on New York Avenue.

Drug Enforcement Administration agents broke up a meth lab at a home on Bayou Avenue in Capitol Heights, Md., Wednesday.

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.

Police issued an arrest warrant for 41-year-old Jermaine Livingston on Tuesday and charged him with second degree murder in the shooting death of Henderson.

Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown became the first candidate to join the 2014 Maryland governor's race Friday with a call to close the gap between rich and poor in education, health and economic opportunity.

A Capitol Heights man led Frederick police on a car chase early Friday morning near Pearle Street in Frederick, MD, according to The Frederick News-Post. Bryan Patrick Davis, 28, of the 4200 block of Vine Street, would not pull over after police attempted to make a traffic stop around 2:15 a.m., the Post reported.

Firefighters responded to the home in the 1100 block of Addison Road South in Capitol Heights around 3 p.m. They initially entered the two-story, wood-frame home engulfed in flames to search for the home owner, but were forced to evacuate shortly after when conditions became too dangerous.

Prince George's County's 2013 Teacher of the Year almost took a different career route, but couldn't turn away from the calling he felt to become a teacher.

Prince George's County Firefighters and Capitol Heights Volunteer Fire/EMS Department members work together to repair the gate opening of a chair lift.

Home Depot subsidiary White Cap, a distributor of contracting supplies and materials, has leased all of a 92,699-square-foot warehouse in Capitol Heights that Atapco Properties developed speculatively at its Steeplechase 95 Business Park in Prince George's County.

Investigators say 22-year-old Sterling Thornton and 21-year-old Montero Valentine, both of Capitol Heights, and 21-year-old Michael Richards of Landover are facing charges.

Three Maryland men were arrested Saturday in connection with an early morning robbery in Adams Morgan.

A house in Capitol Heights that was to be renovated by volunteers Saturday was heavily damaged Friday by fire, authorities said.

The Prince George's County Fire/EMS Department says a Capitol Heights house scheduled to undergo a renovation as part of a volunteer project has been damaged in a fire.