Hyattsville News

EDEN -- Shirley Hazel Holbrook White, 66, of Eden was born Dec. 13, 1942. She peacefully departed this life Saturday, June 27, 2009, at her home in the presence of her family.

Prince George's County firefighters and paramedics say they were called to a report of pedestrian and bus accident at Belcrest Road and Queens Chapel Road in Hyattsville at about 5:50 p.m. Thursday.

Gay and lesbian Mennonites dressed in bright pink have gathered with others outside the church's biannual convention in Columbus to criticize its leaders for trying to push them out.

A Prince George's County 16-year-old accused of backing an SUV into a police officer early yesterday morning will be charged as an adult with assault on a police officer, county police said.

The district attorney in Prince George's County, MD, is considering filing charges against an officer after dashcam video shows the officer punching a suspect who was hesitant to get out of his car during a traffic stop.

Anne Arundel County police say an officer shot a 16-year-old Hyattsville boy who had hit the officer twice with an SUV.

Sunday's Washington Post has two stories about Cpl. Steven Jackson , the Prince George's County police officer accused of beating and then fatally shooting Manuel de Jesus Espina .

Takoma Park's Crossroads Farmers Market will open for its third season today, offering a smorgasbord of food and produce, from locally-grown fruits and vegetables to Salvadoran pupusas and Korean bulgogi dishes.

An MS-13 gang member will serve more than 12 years in prison for trying to kill a Hyattsville man in Adelphi in 2008.

A 40-year-old Hyattsville woman who leaves behind six children was among nine people killed in Monday's Metro crash, a tragedy that has left her family devastated this week as federal investigators try to pinpoint what led to the crash.

The friend of a Metro crash victim says the Hyattsville woman worked evenings as a housekeeper to raise six children.

An investigation, search and recovery effort severely impacted travel Tuesday from suburban Maryland to downtown D.C. after Monday's fatal crash involving two Metro trains.

The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a $2.7 million grant to hire more police and provide funding for programs to combat gang activity in Prince George's and Montgomery counties.

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An Arizona man who says he was abused by a priest in the 1960s, has sued the Archdiocese of Washington and one of its parishes.

Prince George's County police charged a homeless man on Wednesday in the death of one of two unidentified people whose decomposing bodies police found Tuesday near an elementary school just outside of Hyattsville city limits.

Authorities in Maryland say they've confiscated 400 cases of beer worth $10,000. They say the beer was stolen and then resold, but nobody paid taxes on it.

Prince George's County Police have made a quick arrest in connection to two bodies found buried in a field on Tuesday.

Prince George's County Police say two decomposed bodies have been found near a Hyattsville church and an elementary school.

Pitt coach Dave Wannstedt received some good news on the recruiting front last night when Jeff Knox, a 6-foot-2, 190-pound safety from Hyattsville, Md., verbally committed to the Panthers.