Fort Washington News

Ingrid R. Williams earned the degree of Doctor of education in educational leadership from Bowie State University on May 18.

She and Anthony Brown had exchanged pleasantries at many Maryland civic events over the years as both raised kids and built careers, she in business, he in Democratic state politics.

A Center City May 18 at 11:58 p.m.: Burglary. 200 block Lakeside Drive. Jewelry and electronics were taken.

Two males are in Prince George's County police custody for allegedly shooting BB gun pellets at a school bus Thursday afternoon, according to the Prince George's County School system.

As it prepares to open its first new roller coaster in a decade, Six Flags America has raised its seasonal hires by almost 90 from last year, bringing its total to 1,538 for its big summer season, which runs from late May through August.

The proposal to build a Walmart on Oxon Hill Road will not be quietly approved Thursday by the Prince George's County Planning Board - if parents of the neighboring John Hanson Montessori School have their way.

EPM Music Group recording artist, Keith Williams , has finished work on his new single, "I Believe God," that hits radio in June.

State and county officials announced Tuesday that criminal charges have been filed against seven "illegal nightclub operations" across Prince George's County, including one in Bladensburg.

A 23-year-old Fort Washington man was arrested in connection to Sunday's early morning break-in at Lowes in the Kentlands , according to Gaithersburg City police.

Tanzi Brannum receives a welcomed kiss on the cheek from her son, Bijan Richardson, during the spring commencement ceremony at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore on Friday.

In Prince George's County, homes built after 2008 are required to have carbon monoxide detectors.

Investigators are searching for the cause of a Fort Washington house fire that displaced an adult woman Wednesday afternoon, according to Prince George's County fire officials.

Reames Wooten, 67, of Oxon Hill said there's nothing worse than seeing someone die of something that could have been prevented.

Five men accused of plotting to bomb a highway bridge near Cleveland have entered not guilty pleas.

Al-Qaida has released a video of American hostage Warren Weinstein in which the 70-year-old humanitarian aid worker says he will be killed unless President Barack Obama agrees to the militant group's demands.

Prince George's County Police are at the scene of a school bus accident in Fort Washington, Md., that left three students injured.

The Office of the Sheriff's Warrant Squad arrested a man on a second-degree rape warrant at the Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport as he was disembarking a flight from Jamaica, authorities said.