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Police Sergeant In Charles County Pleads Guilty To Driving While Impaired, Sheriff Says
In June, Sgt. Robert Smith was suspended with pay after the sheriff's office learned that he was being charged in the neighboring jurisdiction. The incident was reported on Tuesday, June 11 in Mechanicsville. Smith was off-duty at the time. This week, Smith pleaded guilty to one count of driving while...
Changes coming to Prince George’s County Board of Education ahead of the school year
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — The Prince George’s County Public School Board has undergone some major changes in leadership. In July, officials announced that Lolita Walker would be the new chair of the board, and Dr. Kenneth Harris would serve as vice chair. The decision followed a Maryland state law that just […]
Prince George’s board seeks probe of member who also held a job in Missouri
By Thomas Robertson The Prince George’s County Board of Education has asked for an investigation into former member David Murray, who resigned earlier this month, several months after he’d taken a job with a school system in Missouri and started working in that state. The board said in a letter dated Wednesday that it has […]
Resident questioning Prince George's County council member's residency hires detective
Council member Ingrid Watson was previously a Bowie City Council member who ran and won a seat in Prince George's County's Councilmanic District 4 in 2022. While she lived in Bowie and inside District 4 for years, some of her constituents grew concerned that something had changed, so one of them hired a private investigator to find out.
Apple has reached its first-ever union contract with store employees in Maryland
Apple has reached a tentative collective bargaining contract with the first unionized company store in the country. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers’ Coalition of Organized Retail Employees, which represents the employees at a retail location in Maryland, announced Friday evening that it struck a three-year deal with the company that will increase pay by an average of 10% and offer other benefits to workers.
Big eighth inning fuels Pa. victory over Maryland at Big 26 Baseball Classic
Thanks to a four-run burst in the eighth inning, Pennsylvania kickstarted the annual Big 26 Baseball Classic Friday with a 6-3 victory over Maryland. At FNB Field, Pa. trailed 3-0 through five complete innings before inching within 3-2 with single runs in the sixth and seventh frames. Chris Schaller tagged a solo home run in the seventh.
Man shot, killed in Northwest DC; police investigating
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — A man was shot and killed in D.C. late Friday night, police said. The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said that it received a report of gunshots in the 300 block of N St. NW. Officers responded just after 10:30 p.m. and found a man who had been shot. He was […]
Evan Economo Joins UMD to Chair the Department of Entomology
Evan Economo will join the University of Maryland on September 1, 2024, as the James B. Gahan and Margaret H. Gahan Professor and chair of the Department of Entomology, following an international search. He is currently the dean of faculty affairs and professor at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) in Japan.
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