Hyattsville News

Barbara Simon of Greenbelt teaches Abrielle Pearson , 6, of Lanham and Tiffany Bland, 7, of Hyattsville during Simon's painting class at the Greenbelt Methodist Church on Tuesday afternoon.

SATURDAY: Improvisatory trio Anorak works with sound, sure, but also texture, atmosphere and history.

D.C. police made an arrest Tuesday morning in connection with the fatal shooting of a 9-year-old inside a Northwest apartment building.

D.C. Police have arrested a man in connection with the shooting death of a nine year old in Columbia Heights.

Tracy Cutler, Hyattsville Middle School creative and performing arts department coordinator, stands looking over some of the overflow buildings.

They're not as fearsome as a white whale on the high seas, or as portentous as a white buffalo calf on the Great Plains.

Montgomery County Police are investigating the death of a well-known Bethesda activist who was struck by a school bus and killed on Arlington Road here on Wednesday afternoon.

A Prince George's County woman has acknowledged in court that St. Mary's prosecutors had evidence to support a charge against her of reckless endangerment from a trailer fire last summer in Hermanville.

The jukebox is thumping atA Taqueria La Placita , this humble Hyattsville operation with the rusting-metal mariachi frogs perched on theA roof.A The song is Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean," whose bass line is almost rattling the wood tables, where Latino families have gathered on a Saturday afternoon to socialize andA sample some of the best tacos ...

County police have arrested three suspected members of the MS-13 gang for allegedly assaulting several area residents last month in what appears to be a hate crime, according to a Montgomery County Police press release.

Twelve people have been charged with checking out $87,000 worth of books from Prince George's County public libraries to sell them for quick cash.

Montgomery County Police have charged three men with committing a crime by assaulting the victims because of their sexual orientation.

DC Police are searching a Northwest neighborhood today, hoping to find two men whom they say killed a popular liquor store owner.

Police are searching for two suspects in the slaying of a clerk during a robbery at a liquor store in Northwest D.C. Police say Rufina Hernandez was found with multiple gunshot wounds to the face and neck about 9 p.m. Saturday.

No one at the busy corner station offered much information after the thief smashed a window and sped off with her house keys, checkbook, drivera s license, car insurance, vehicle registration, nearly $100 in cash, as well as her credit, ATM, and health insurance cards.

Had a chance to talk to Quinn Cook after his weekend visit to Wake for the Miami game and a tour of the campus.

Juan Martinez of Mount Rainier has a familiar routine: He arrives at work at around 11 a.m., takes phone calls, chops vegetables and prepares an array of Latin American foods - pupusas, tacos and carne asada - all within a truck.

A suspect who had barricaded himself in a residence in the Hyattsville area is in custody, after a several hour stand-off involving Prince Georges county police and members of the U.S. Marshals service.

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany a ' A U.S. soldier was killed in a motorcycle accident in Jurbise, Belgium, Monday morning.

When asked who frequents Hyattsville's newest park, park-goers rattle off their names - and the breeds of their dogs.