Black History Month celebration Feb. 10
By Hayden Smith The city of Laurel will host a Black History Month celebration at the city’s Multiservice Center Feb….
PGCPS confronts budget gaps
By KAYLA NAZAIRE Superintendent Millard House’s proposed county schools budget for fiscal year 2025 increased by $24.3 million, compared to…
Iron Rooster Opens in College Park
By KAYLA NAZAIRE College Park no longer has to wait for the sweet spot between breakfast and lunch. Iron Rooster,…
College Park exhibit honors Black history month
By ADELIA MCGUIRE In 1850, Prince George’s County had the largest number of enslaved people of any county in Maryland:…
Pedestrian dies after being hit by car
By Joe Murchison An 86-year-old woman died Jan. 30 after being struck by a vehicle in the Food Lion parking…
Bicycle advocates roll out 2024 agenda
By PAUL RUFFINS On Jan. 16, Seth Grimes, Maryland organizer for the Washington Area Bicyclist Association (WABA), introduced the group’s…
Fentanyl ring busted in South Laurel
By KATIE JONES In a Jan.18 press release, the Prince George’s County Police Department announced the arrest that day of…
Buddhist temple plan sent back
By JOE MURCHISON A Buddhist congregation suffered a setback in its plan of building a temple in South Laurel on…
State spotlight: State legislative preview
The Maryland General Assembly will be in session from Jan. 8 to April 10. We thought our readers would want…
Neighbors oppose Buddhist temple
By JOE MURCHISON A Vietnamese Buddhist congregation is planning to build a temple in South Laurel, but they have run…