Hyattsville (Prince George's County, Maryland)

Woman injured in I-95 crash in Harford

2013-03-19 13:32:15

Two lanes of northbound I-95 near Route 543 in the Belcamp area were closed Saturday afternoon in the wake of a hit and run accident that left one woman injured, Maryland State Police reported. Sgt. Behringer of MSP's JFK Memorial Highway Barrack in...

Plan to move 450 federal jobs from P.G. delayed

2013-01-04 14:55:55

The plan to move 450 jobs from the Financial Management Services facility in Hyattsville to West Virginia has been postponed for five years. The move — proposed by the Obama administration to save $96 million over five years — was set to...

Perryville: Privily residents celebrating birthdays

2012-10-31 10:19:00

The all-you-can-eat breakfast is at Harmony Lodge on Tome Highway Saturday, Nov. 10 from 7 to 10 a.m. Moore's Chapel United Methodist Church invites guests to The Pumpkin Prom – a dance for all ages on Saturday, Nov. 10 from 6 to 8 p.m. Tickets are...

Rodricks: Doubtful Towson mob 'came from Baltimore City'

2012-10-08 15:45:18

Jim Brochin, a state senator from Baltimore County, had a letter to the editor published in this newspaper last week. In it, he complained about a lack of facts in my recent column on the mob scene and brawl outside the Recher Theatre in Towson on Sept....

'Cops on Rooftops' raises $38,000 statewide for Special Olympics

2012-10-04 10:25:00

The Cops on Rooftops campaign, started and led by Laurel Police Department Cpl. Beth Thomas, released the results of its annual fundraiser for Special Olympics Maryland. Thomas, who spent 31 hours on the roof of Dunkin Donuts on Baltimore Avenue in...

Md. lawmakers protest agency move to W.Va.

2012-09-10 09:40:53

Maryland lawmakers are protesting a plan by the Obama administration to eliminate 450 federal jobs in Prince George's County, but it is unclear whether they will be able to reverse it. The move to consolidate the Financial Management Services facility in...

Baltimore man pleads guilty to robbing armored vehicles

2012-09-06 16:13:00

A Baltimore man who helped rob hundreds of thousands of dollars and multiple handguns from five armored vehicle drivers over the course of three years pleaded guilty to multiple robbery and gun charges Thursday, according to the Maryland U.S. Attorney's...

Harford County police blotter

2012-05-29 16:31:00

Aberdeen Worthington Foster, 38, of the 100 block of Spesutia Street was charged Thursday with marijuana possession. Marcus Leon Haynes, 24, of the first block of East Bel Air Avenue, was arrested on a bench warrant Friday in a case in which he was...

Foster care provider appeals state decision to end license

2012-02-28 17:53:54

Contemporary Family Services, Maryland's second-largest foster care provider, has appealed the state's decision to terminate its license when it expires in mid-March. The appeal, which will be heard by a state administrative law judge, puts on hold a...

Maryland severs ties with second-largest foster care provider

2012-02-21 17:44:09

State officials said Tuesday that they would not renew Contemporary Family Services' license to place foster care children, alleging that the Hyattsville-based company falsified minutes of board meetings and failed to pay its foster parents and...

State to decide on contract that affects 157 Maryland foster children

2012-02-20 18:07:46

Maryland officials plan to announce this week whether the state will sever ties with the state's second-largest foster care provider, a decision that also could determine whether the company keeps its contract in the District of Columbia. Officials...

Advocates voice concerns over embattled foster care provider

2012-02-01 19:04:52

Advocates for Maryland's abused and neglected youths said Wednesday that the state's second-largest foster care placement company failed the children in its care by allowing the qualification assessments of the homes they live in to lapse. Ed Kilcullen,...

A Prince George's County, Md., firefighter dressed in a protective suit walks into a government mail screening facility in Hyattsville, Md., Wednesday. Police swept across the U.S.

2013-04-17 00:00:00

Nichole Mullins, Woodbridge , VA, "Penelope Scrubbins," Melissa McGinley, York, PA, "Rose Jones" and Nastassia Gross, Hyattsville , have food and drink at the 2012 Maryland Renaissance Festival . Mullins and McGinley are cast members playing, respectively, a village washerwoman and an Irish

2012-06-27 00:00:00