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(Los Angeles, CA)  —  TMZ is reporting that officials told Whitney Houston’s family that the singer apparently died of a mix of pills and alcohol.  Houston was found dead Saturday in a bathtub in her room at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.  Citing family sources, TMZ reports they were told there wasn’t enough water in Houston’s […]

(Bowie, MD)  —  Sixteen-year-old Garrett Bailey of Bowie is facing charges after reportedly threatening a Circuit Court Judge.  The Bowie High School freshman is being charged as an adult with solicitation to commit first degree murder, possession of an illegal firearm, and threats against a state official.  Bailey was in court on a break-in charge […]

(Prince George’s County, MD)  —  The trial of a 29-year-old man charged with killing a state trooper begins today.  Cyril Cornelius Williams is accused of murder in the death of 24-year-old Trooper First Class Wesley Brown of Seat Pleasant.  Police say Brown escorted Williams out of a restaurant in 2010 because he was being disorderly, […]

(Baltimore, MD)  —  The state of Maryland will get a big chunk of chance out of a mortgage settlement announced with the nation’s largest banks.  Attorney General Doug Gansler says the state will receive about 960-million dollars in benefits and relief for distressed homeowners in the state. The nation’s largest mortgage providers — Wells Fargo, […]

(Washington, DC)  —  A DC Police lieutenant, who already faces a charge of DWI, could soon be facing more serious charges.  WJLA-TV reports that Kenneth Hargrove was off-duty and not driving a departmental vehicle early Saturday morning when he was arrested on “K” Street after a response to a call for a man with a […]

District Launches New Ad Campaign Promoting School Attendance Effort Part of Cross-Agency Initiative to Improve Outcomes Through Truancy Prevention WHAT/WHO: Mayor Vincent C. Gray. Deputy Mayor for Education, De’Shawn Wright, Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Beatriz “BB” Oteroand, the Honorable Zoe Bush, Associate Judge, D.C. Superior Court will unveil a new citywide ad campaign that reinforces the link between consistent school attendance and academic success. Research shows that missing […]

(Brentwood, MD)  —  Some but not all charges are being dropped by the Prince George’s County state’s attorney’s office against a man who was the target of police gunfire this past weekend in the Brentwood area. Two county police officers have been suspended in the incident in which 19-year-old Ryan Dorm of Cottage City escaped […]

(Washington, DC)  —  The City Council has voted to enact a ban on new strip clubs in a section of Northeast, DC.  Members unanimously approved a measure placing a moratorium on strip clubs in Ward Five, which already features four of the clubs.  According to the “Examiner,” some residents in the area of Queens Chapel […]

Receive free tax preparation assistance from Prince George’s Community College’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, now through April 14 at the Largo campus. County residents with basic income tax returns, including free electronic filing can schedule an appointment by visiting http://academic.pgcc.edu/cfc. Services are offered by appointment only, Tuesdays, 6-9 p.m. and Saturdays, 9 a.m.-4 […]