District Heights News

The Charles County trial of a man charged with brutally sexually assaulting a woman who had advertised "erotic services" online began Wednesday with the defense arguing the encounter was consensual and a prosecutor saying the defendant threatened the victim with a gun.

A Washington County District judge found probable cause Monday to forward to Washington County Circuit Court charges against two men involved in an Oct.

Mitchellville resident Derrick Leon Davis , 42, announced Tuesday that he is running for the Prince George's County Council District 6 seat in the November 2010 elections.

Prince George's County authorities say four people, including a Federal Protective Service officer, have been hospitalized with minor injuries following a multiple car accident.

A couple of dozen folks who might actually be described as public - not media, not state officials or contractors - took seats in the sparsely occupied cafeteria at High Point High School.

Sharon Hamlet and her nephew, Marcus Hamlet, 15, stand Monday outside their District Heights home.

Eight Prince George's County schools that were shut down to save money may have yet another cost-cutting use: office space.

Last year's deadly medevac helicopter crash in Maryland was caused by a combination of factors including a pilot who was not proficient in instrument landing approaches, and air traffic controllers who provided outdated weather information, federal investigators said yesterday.

The National Transportation Safety Board today determined that the probable cause of the crash of a Maryland State Police helicopter emergency medical services flight was the pilot's attempt to regain visual conditions by performing a rapid descent and his failure to arrest the descent at the minimum descent altitude during a nonprecision approach.

Federal investigators are pointing to concerns with pilot and air traffic control operations and several other issues that likely caused the Maryland medevac helicopter crash that killed three people.

Originally published October 27, 2009 at 2 a.m., updated October 27, 2009 at 3:05 a.m. WASHINGTON a ' The National Transportation safety board will conduct a public board meeting on the fatal crash of a Maryland State Police medevac helicopter in 2008.

Bowie area parents came to a school boundary meeting Tuesday armed with suggestions - and one petition - to guide Prince George's County officials as they consider enrollment adjustments.

Beginning Thursday, October 29, 2009, at 8:00 a.m., AJWright will open its doors to offer the community fresh fall fashions .

The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public Board meeting on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 9:30 a.m., in its Board Room and Conference Center, 429 L'Enfant Plaza, S.W., Washington, D.C. The Board will meet on the following items: On September 27, 2008, an Aerospatiale , call sign Trooper 2, registered to and operated by the Maryland ...

A 25-year-old Maryland man was arrested last week on charges he sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl from Richlandtown whom he met online.

Hagerstown Police on Friday identified the second man taken into custody Thursday after a standoff with officers on Medway Road near Fairgrounds Park as 32-year-old James Carroll Midgette.

A House of Delegates panel created last year to examine the future of Maryland's Medevac helicopter fleet has been reconstituted to give lawmakers a closer look at procurement processes, safety operations and planning.

This Suitland home features hardwood floors on the main and top floors. From the outside, this Suitland Colonial looks like a typical aging all-brick home, built decades ago with a nice-sized front yard and a big backyard that has a storage shed.

Federal prosecutors say a Maryland woman has pleaded guilty to mail fraud in the fraudulent purchase of properties in Maryland, Virginia and Washington.

Amaris DeNeal, 17, of District Heights, a friend of Karissa Lofton, cries at a March 26 vigil commemorating the two-month anniversary of the deaths of Karen and Karissa Lofton of Largo.