Chillum News

Commuters on various state roads and highways will face delays next week as Maryland's State Highway Administration will be cleaning and repairing bridges in Prince George's County.

Authorities say a car crashed into a hair salon in Chillum Friday night. The incident occurred around 6 p.m. at the Dominican Image Hair Salon in a shopping center located at 5801 Eastern Avenue.

Evening shift officers in District 1 started out Friday night like most Friday nights: unsure of how many calls they'd have to respond to but knowing it'll likely be plenty.

State officials are giving Prince George's County an additional $48.2 million in federal stimulus money for roads and buses following weeks of complaints from county leaders that they were stiffed by the state in the first round of stimulus funding.

A fire in a Chillum-area apartment was quickly extinguished by Prince George's and Montgomery county firefighters on Friday.

A homeless man was found dead Friday morning in a wooded area in Chillum and paramedics believe cold weather contributed to his death.

Prince George's officials and advocates for the homeless are urging those who most painfully experience winter's chill to avoid meeting the same suspected fate as a man whose body was found in the Hyattsville ...

Two Hyattsville Middle School students will attend the presidential inauguration and other inaugural events as part of the Junior Presidential Youth Inaugural Conference.

One of the things that I love most about being involved in a community newspaper is catching people at their best.

At about 9:30 a.m., an unattended pot on the stove caused a fire on 23rd Avenue in Chillum, estimated at $80,000 and displaced the family of eight from their home over the holidays.

Officials say it could be weeks before they know what caused a massive water main to burst along a suburban Washington road.

At about 9:30 AM, Wednesday, December 24, 2008, Firefighters and Paramedics from Chillum and surrounding communities were alerted to a house fire.

Prince George's County Fire Department says firefighters and paramedics have helped to save Christmas for a Chillum family after a fire at their home.

Monday, December 22, 2008 Old plans never die, they just fade away At an antique shop in Frederick, MD yesterday, I found a copy of a Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission study for Takoma ...