Laurel News

Laurel Mill Playhouse announces auditions for Don Juan in Hell by George Bernard Shaw.

The Independence Day festivities at National Harbor are scheduled to include fireworks outside the Gaylord National Resort.

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.

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

A "Picture Book Parade!" for ages 2-5 with an adult will be offered at 10 a.m. Thursdays.

The Prince George's County Council last week urged state officials to get going on their end of the long-planned and controversial Purple Line.

" Ocean City police this week arrested a local man who was allegedly posing as a doctor and calling in fake prescriptions for painkillers to local pharmacies.

A fundraiser dinner at Pasta Plus June 1 netted $13,766, and all the proceeds will go to help the victims of the April 6 earthquake that rocked Italy's Abruzzo province on the east coast.

Mary Lehman said in a press release today that she expects to formally announce her candidacy for the Prince George's County Council District 1 seat on Tuesday, June 23 at 6 p.m. Lehman would be familiar with the seat if she wins, having previously served as an aide on education matters to current District 1 council member Tom Dernoga.

Emergency crews rescued nine kayakers who became stranded on the Patuxent River in Prince George's County on Friday morning, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources said.

Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler announced today that former caregiver Mary Arung has been charged in the District Court of Maryland for Prince George's County with abuse of a vulnerable adult in the second degree, and second degree assault for an incident that occurred in November, 2008 when Arung was employed as a counselor at the Center for ...

The Virtual Stamp Club is reporting the death of Charles J. Peterson who died at home in Laurel, Maryland last Friday according to a post by Nancy Clark.

LAUREL, Md. - Officials at Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory have taken down their Web site to analyze their computer systems after a cyber attack.

For those who have driven past Contee and Van Dusen roads wondering when construction crews will begin work on the new Beltsville/Laurel Senior Center on the grounds of Laurel Regional Hospital, officials overseeing the project said a few minor legal details still have to be worked out on the project.

Legislation was introduced at the June 8 City Council meeting that, if passed, would authorize the city to issue up to nearly $16 million in bonds, sometime in the future, to provide financing for the stalled Laurel Mall renovation project.

A Silver Spring man who led county police on a 32-mile high-speed chase over the Bay Bridge in December was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison.

Highbanks Court, 6400 block, between 1 a.m. and 8:38 a.m. June 7. White 2001 Ford E-350 van stolen.

" Laurel Racing Association Inc. on Tuesday urged the state's highest court to permit the company to re-bid on a slot-machine license after the slots commission rejected its first proposal, which did not include a $28.5 million fee.

Lawyers for Laurel Racing went to Maryland's highest court on Tuesday to argue that its rejected bid for a slot machine license should be put back into consideration by a state commission.

The Baltimore City Council is looking to a slots palace of sorts to bring jobs to the area.