If you look at a Capital Bikeshare station map, you'll quickly notice that there are no stations in Maryland. None. That could soon change, expanding the scope of the popular bike-sharing program beyond the District and Arlington County. more ›

Prince George's Police announced today that charges will be filed in the shocking death yesterday of a six-year-old boy in Clinton, Md., who died after he accidentally shot himself with a gun he found at home. more ›

A Prince George's County councilmember who was pulled over last month for driving well over the speed limit on the Capital Beltway has been cited for reckless driving and slapped with a steep fine. more ›

A few weeks after it seemed doomed to failure, a five-cent bag fee for Prince George's County passed a key Maryland House Committee this morning and could well become law later this year. more ›

A Prince George's County policeman did not have a properly calibrated speed gun nor could he pace Councilwoman Karen Toles for long enough to determine that she was speeding, even though he had to drive over 100 miles-per-hour to catch up to her on February 22. more ›

Prince George's County has endorsed the notion of making the District of Columbia the 51st state. Unlike attempts to get New Hampshire and Florida to embrace D.C. statehood, this came without a big plane trip. more ›

Occupy D.C. re-emerged Monday with a very specific purpose—to prevent a Prince George's County woman from being evicted from her home after it was foreclosed upon by the federally backed mortgage giant Freddie Mac. more ›

With all the complaints about speed cameras in D.C., just wait until Montgomery County starts installing its new cameras. more ›

If Walt Disney didn't want a to build a resort hotel at the National Harbor, a high-end casino would seem like a good alternative, right? That's what Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker is hoping. more ›

Despite a unanimous vote in support of a five-cent bag fee in the Prince George's County Council this week, a Maryland State House committee voted the proposal down yesterday. more ›

Prince George's County police this afternoon released the identities of the victims of two nearby homicides Monday night. more ›

The deaths of two young men whose bodies were discovered last night in New Carrollton have been ruled homicides, Prince George's County Police said. more ›

Prince George's County is considering imposing its own five-cent fee on plastic bags. more ›

There has to be a Footloose-like spinoff in the making in Prince George's County. more ›

Stuffing your underwear full of cash that your husband got as bribes does have consequences, after all. more ›

Former Prince George's County Chief Executive Jack Johnson was sentenced to seven years in prison and fined $100,000 today. more ›

Good morning, Washington. There’s quite a bit of gray in the forecast for the next few days -- meteorological and otherwise. Clouds will increase over the District with a chance of showers in the suburbs this afternoon, and this morning Mike Allen reports that the bipartisan deficit supercommittee will declare failure Monday. more ›

Prince George's County is often referred to as Ward 9, but that may be no more true than with Peter Shapiro, a former member of the County's council who has decided to try his hand at D.C. politics with a run for an At-Large seat on the D.C. Council. more ›

We here at DCist headquarters are currently enjoying a brief respite from the rain, but Prince George's County is battling hard to try and get out from under some serious flooding. more ›

Pepco power outages are emerging across the D.C. region, with at least a few hundred people already affected in D.C., Montgomery County and Prince George's County. more ›

Prince George's County authorities have taken 15-year-old William Roger Fitts into custody in connection with the murder of 92-year-old Thelma Steele, who was found dead inside her District Heights home yesterday. more ›

The Post brings us this report on what has to be a candidate for the most senseless act of violence in the area so far this year -- a taxi driver who killed a D.C. man over a broom. more ›

Leslie Johnson, the wife of former Prince George's County executive Jack Johnson and a member on the county's legislative Council, is set to announce she'll resign from her position today. more ›

Sitting Prince George's County Councilwoman Leslie Johnson pled guilty this morning to charges stemming from her involvement in a federal corruption probe. Johnson admitted guilt on two charges of witness and evidence tampering. more ›

It's no secret that Prince George's County has been one of the hardest hit areas of the country during the foreclosure crisis -- but check out this map, courtesy the Wall Street Journal, which vividly depicts the county's struggles. more ›

Every now and then, we wonder how people serving in local government can be so out of touch with reality. To wit: the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission's Department of Parks and Recreation, which recently advertised an upcoming video production class for teenagers in Prince George's County under the title "We Shoot Film, Not People." more ›

A D.C. vice detective, already charged with first-degree murder in the death of a woman who was found dead earlier this week in Prince George's County, has now also been charged with manslaughter in the death of her 11-month-old daughter. more ›

While we have a brief break between the breaking news regarding D.C. Councilmember Harry Thomas, Jr.'s being sued for inappropriately spending city money and the upcoming testimony of Cherita Whiting and Sulaimon Brown, it feels appropriate to highlight the work done by Paul Schwartzman and Ovetta Wiggins in this long piece on the rise and fall of former Prince George's County executive Jack Johnson. more ›

UPDATE: The Post now reports that active duty D.C. police officer Richmond Phillips has been charged with two counts of murder in connection with the deaths of Wynetta Wright and her daughter in Prince George's County. more ›

A Prince George's County Schools bus driver is being hailed as "heroic" after he fought off an American bulldog which boarded a school bus and attacked multiple children early this morning. County police officers then shot and killed the animal after attempts to control it were unsuccessful. more ›