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Prince George’s County moves closer to stiffer punishment for illegal off-road vehicles ‘Movies on the Potomac’ returns to National Harbor May 1 NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters Want Prince George’s Co. High Schoolers to Join Their Ranks VC That Backed Fanduel, Peloton Leads Round for D.C.-Based AI Firm Prince George’s Co. Begins Offering Reimbursements for New Security Cameras Trone, Alsobrooks Offer Contrasts in First and Possibly Only Televised Debate Activists at Supreme Court Protest Move to Penalize Homelessness
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Local News April 22, 2024

Activists at Supreme Court Protest Move to Penalize Homelessness

by Kyle Swenson

WASHINGTON POST: Homeless activists gather Monday to protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court as the justices heard City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, a case centered on an Oregon city’s laws on people camping and […]

Local News April 18, 2024

PGC Council Introduces Voluntary Curfew Legislation Ahead in Time for Summer Months

by John Domen

WTOP NEWS: A Prince George’s County Council member has reluctantly proposed an expanded curfew, saying there’s “no reason to have a 15-year-old or a 16-year-old” without a chaperone during the wee hours on a school […]

Local News April 17, 2024

UMD Food Pantry Sees 60% Increase in Need

by Irit Skulnik

DBK NEWS: The University of Maryland’s campus food pantry saw a more than 60 percent increase in users between 2022 and 2023, according to pantry manager Larry Tumlin. The pantry, which offers students and staff […]

Local News April 9, 2024

Concerns About Crime in Downtown DC? Talk to the People Wearing Red Shirts

by Nick Lannelli

WTOP NEWS: More help is coming in downtown D.C. for residents and business owners who have questions or concerns about crime. The DowntownDC Business Improvement District (BID) announced Tuesday that it was adding a team […]

Local News April 8, 2024

PGC Company ‘New Digz’ Offer a More Sustainable Way to Sell, Buy Clothes

by Stephanie Gaines-Bryant

WTOP NEWS: A Prince George’s County, Maryland, business owner wants you to think before you throw out that used dress or shirt. Sadiqa Brown, co-founder of New Digz Consignment, wants residents to know that donating […]

Local News April 1, 2024

A Channel Has Opened for Vessels Clearing Wreckage at the Baltimore Bridge Collapse Site

by The Associated Press

WTOP NEWS: The U.S. Coast Guard has opened a temporary, alternate channel for vessels involved in the clearing of debris at the site of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, part of a […]

Local News March 28, 2024

Recovery Efforts at Key Bridge Shift to Salvage Operation

by Hugo Kugiya

BALTIMORE BANNER: The day after the bodies of two victims were recovered from the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, the focus at the site of the wreckage turned from recovery to salvage. “This is not […]

Local News March 26, 2024

Search For 6 Missing Construction Workers Continues After Baltimore Key Bridge Collapse

by Jessica Kronzer

WTOP NEWS: More than 12 hours after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed early Tuesday morning, six members of a road crew who were on the Baltimore bridge at the time it was rammed by a […]

Local News March 21, 2024

140 Iconic DC Cherry Trees to Be Removed for 3-Year Repair Project at Tidal Basin

by Jessica Kronzer

WTOP NEWS: As part of a multimillion dollar rehabilitation project to address flooding issues, officials say 140 of D.C.’s famed cherry trees will be cut down along the Tidal Basin and Potomac River for construction. […]

Local News March 20, 2024

Md. Health Officials Have Applied for New Federal ‘AHEAD Model.’ Here’s What It Means.

by Danielle J. Brown

MARYLAND MATTERS: State health officials have placed their bid for Maryland to be among the first participants in a federal program that will help fund state initiatives to improve patient outcomes and bridge inequities, while […]

Local News March 18, 2024

Another Legislative Session, Another Late, High-Priced Debate Over Sports Venues

by Josh Kurtz

MARYLAND MATTERS: In 1996, the Maryland General Assembly spent its entire legislative session debating a proposal to build a new state-funded football stadium in downtown Baltimore, along with plans to spend millions more on infrastructure […]

Local News March 13, 2024

Bald Eagle Rescued from Car Grill After Collision in Maryland

by Thomas Robertson

WTOP NEWS: A Calvert County, Maryland, Animal Control officer swooped in to save a bald eagle after a collision Saturday. A driver alerted Animal Control early Saturday that they collided with an eagle on Route […]

Local News December 1, 2023

Ward 1 Residents Voice Concerns About Crime to DC Police, City Leaders

by Dick Uliano

WTOP NEWS: Troubled by the city’s violent crime, Ward 1 residents gathered Tuesday night for a town hall-style meeting with D.C. police Chief Pamela Smith. Smith told residents meeting at 8th and Florida Avenue NW […]

Local News November 30, 2023

UMD Student Turns Experience with Incarcerated Parent Into Support Group

by Ruby Siefken

DBK NEWS: Twice per year when Anna Tovchigrechko was a teenager, she embarked on an eight-hour car ride to a New York State prison from her home in Maryland to visit one of her parents, […]

Local News November 30, 2023

Probable Cause? Baltimore Police are Making Fewer Improper Arrests, Monitoring Team Finds

by Ben Conarck

BALTIMORE SUN: The number of Baltimore Police Department arrests lacking in “probable cause,” or a legally sound and properly documented reason to arrest someone, has dropped significantly in recent years, a recently released independent audit […]

Local News November 29, 2023

She Was Once Without a Home. Now She Helps Others Get Off the Streets.

by John Kelly

WASHINGTON POST: April Veney joined the staff of Miriam’s Kitchen in 2018, where she works to find permanent homes for people experiencing homelessness. She was herself without a home from age 16 to 23. April […]

Local News November 29, 2023

‘Tired and Fed Up:’ Juvenile Crime Top of Mind in PG County as Numbers Rise

by Nana-Sentuo Bonsu

FOX DC: How to fight violent crime was the topic of discussion at a forum Tuesday night in Prince George’s County – especially surrounding the youth.  “We the youth of this county are tired and […]

Local News November 27, 2023

First Year of Mobile Sports Betting in Maryland Generates Revenue, but Also Concerns. Could ‘iGaming’ come next?

by Hayes Gardner

BALTIMORE SUN: Once sequestered to the desert of Las Vegas, whispered about over pay phones, and deemed to be a threat to “the integrity of” football by the NFL’s commissioner, the practice of betting on […]

Local News November 27, 2023

Picking the White House Christmas Tree is All About Height, Sight and Light

by Andrea Salcedo

WASHINGTON POST: Monday, first lady Jill Biden is expected to reveal this year’s White House holiday decorations. Among them is the focal point of the Blue Room: the floor-to-ceiling Fraser fir Christmas tree. The tradition […]

Local News November 24, 2023

Ringling Bros. Circus Returning to Baltimore After 6-year Hiatus, Minus the Lions, Tigers and Bears 

by Abigail Gruskin

BALTIMORE SUN: When Wesley Williams begins pedaling the world’s tallest ridable unicycle — it’s over 34 feet high, weighs more than 120 pounds and has just a single 20-inch wheel — he really has to […]

Local News November 24, 2023

‘I’ll Take It, You Give It’: Trash-Talking D.C. Checkers Club Thrives 

by Ian Shapiro

WASHINGTON POST: It was a foregone conclusion that Robert “Z Man” Mackey would trounce Bryant “Buster” McClain in checkers on a recent Thursday night. The fundamental uncertainty at the Capital Pool Checkers club in Northwest […]

Local News November 22, 2023

What’s Open, Closed for Thanksgiving and Black Friday 2023 in the DC Area

by Abigail Constantino

WTOP NEWS: Here’s what’s open and what’s closed in the D.C. area for the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday and the following day known to shoppers as Black Friday. Metro said that it will run on […]

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