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A police officer was struck and killed after the driver of a stolen pickup truck ran him over Friday morning in Laurel.

Prince George's County police officers are searching for a person who struck another officer with a car.

Prince George's County State's Attorney Glenn Ivey refers to a diagram that shows the projected distribution of slots funds in 2013 during an anti-slots rally Tuesday in front of Deerfield Run Community Center ...

Prince George's State's Attorney Glenn F. Ivey led a group of county politicians yesterday who announced they will work to convince local residents to vote against a November ballot referendum that would ...

LAUREL, MD, GE Healthcare received a 2008 Medical Design Excellence Award for the new Panda iRes Warmer for labor and delivery and the new Giraffe Warmer for neonatal intensive care.

Howard County Council members hope to resolve their differences today on several bills and resolutions set for a July 7 vote, including one intended to help preserve small, open lots in older, developed neighborhoods.

The bill, introduced by council chairman Courtney Watson, an Ellicott City Democrat, would allow the owners of developable lots to sell the building rights, leaving the lots vacant and preventing large new homes from popping up amid staid, more traditional homes.

Builders who buy these rights would get a 10 percent density increase, allowing more new homes to rise on parcels of more than 15 acres in certain zones. The county planning board approved it unanimously.

The Prince George's County Planning Board has unanimously approved the concept plan for the massive, mixed-use Konterra Town Center East development, which will be built in Laurel next to the Intercounty ...

Health officials in Howard County are testing how quickly and efficiently they can distribute medicines during an emergency.

The tests are part of a statewide flu pandemic exercise. The Howard County Health Department will conduct the tests Wednesday evening in the neighborhoods of Chateau Ridgelake in Ellicott City and at Hammond Elementary/Middle School in Laurel.

One test will involve door-to-door delivery of medication, although granola bars and candy will be used in the test in the place of actual medicine. County Health Officer Dr. Peter Beilenson says Howard may be the first jurisdiction on the East Coast to try a door-to-door test.

Prince George's County residents seeking to add solar power to their homes may soon be eligible for an additional tax break.

Prince George's County and state officials will begin negotiating the costs involved in selling the county hospital system now that they have accomplished the first step - selecting a panel to prepare the ...

Iraqi War veteran Luis Rosa-Valentine, 25, of Laurel smiles as he poses with his parents, Lilliam Rosa and Luis Rosa, at their Laurel home.

The National Wildlife visitor Center at the Patuxent Research Refuge will sponsor a Kids Fishing Day for children ages 15 and younger from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

Prince George's County police are in the midst of a standoff with a man who has barricaded himself in his apartment building outside of Laurel city limits.

Prince George's County clergy members expressed concerns Tuesday over the future of the hospital system to council members, urging them to reach a deal with the state on funding for the county's medical centers ...

They spent most of a week there, enjoying the beach, playing scrabble, even visiting an old friend of Christen's in Delaware, whom Christen, three months pregnant, asked to be her child's godmother.

More on IPv6 from GCN As the June 30 deadline for having a backbone for the new protocol approaches, GCN and its affiliate publications, Federal Computer Week and Washington Technology, assessed where agencies ...

Somera Capital Management of California, and Boston-based AEW Capital Management want the city and Prince George's County to approve $18 million each in tax increment financing for the project.

Someone used an 87-year-old woman's credit card without permission earlier this month, city police said.

Christen Hawkins Laurel police are investigating as a homicide the death of a woman whose body was found earlier this week near the Laurel dam ruins in Riverfront Park, behind the Municipal Pool at Ninth and ...