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 ›

Jack Johnson, who pled guilty to one count of extortion and one count of evidence tampering inside a U.S. District Court in Greenbelt this afternoon, is likely facing around 11 to 13 years in prison, according to media sources. more ›

UPDATE (3:15 p.m.): According to Pepco, a large snake is blamed for the electricity outage this morning. Apparently, the snake became stuck at a substation, was electrocuted and interrupted service to customers. UPDATE: Pepco reports that power was restored to customers at approximately 1 p.m. more ›

During his arraignment in federal court this afternoon, former Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson pled not guilty to eight criminal charges. Johnson's attorney, Billy Martin, entered the plea and also requested a jury trial. Johnson's wife and alleged co-conspirator Leslie Johnson was not in attendance at the arraignment. After entering his plea, Johnson told reporters that he was "extremely disappointed" and didn't "recognize the person" in the charges. Johnson also promised that he was "going to fight" for his reputation. more ›

Former Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson will be arraigned in a federal court this afternoon, and is expected to enter a plea on eight counts of bribery, conspiracy and extortion. more ›

911 is a joke, indeed: according to a WTOP report, Verizon never informed Montgomery, Fairfax and Prince George's Counties officials about technical issues which led to busy signals on its emergency hotlines at various points over the past few weeks. Verizon Vice President James McLaughlin told the Maryland Public Service Commission that the telecommunications company took an internal approach to fix the technical issues, thinking that they could fix it before anyone really noticed. Of course, since most counties usually have alternate hotlines that they can inform residents to use when 911 is out of service, that explanation doesn't really hold a whole lot of water. The Federal Communications Commission is now reportedly looking into the issue. Hey, at least these jurisdictions had people on the other end to answer once callers could get through, unlike some cities we know. more ›

Last year was a rough one when it came to ethics in Prince George's County. After all, whenever the year is capped with the arrest of the County executive and his wife which led to several indictments on bribery and conspiracy charges, there are obviously some issues at play. If only there had been some kind of organization tasked with keeping ethical violations in the County in check! more ›

Jack Johnson, the former Prince George's County executive who taken into custody last November on charges of evidence tampering and the destruction and falsification of records, was officially indicted on eight counts of conspiracy, bribery and extortion today in federal court. more ›

Congratulations, portions of southern Prince George's County -- you may not have any power right now, but at least you should be able to drink water from the tap again! The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission has lifted the boil-water advisory which had been in effect for a large majority of the County since Monday, when a massive water main broke near Capitol Heights. Recent tests conducted on the County's water supply showed no contamination. WSSC is informing customers that though they don't need to boil their water, it's a good idea to run all taps on cold for five minutes before you drink, throw away any ice made in the last few days, disinfect icemakers with a diluted bleach solution and flush refrigerator lines. more ›