Landover Hills News

Prince George's County Fire Chief Lawrence Sedgwick says the death of a volunteer firefighter in 2007 has been ruled a line-of-duty death.

This is Part Two of a series of articles that will explore what happens when a Wal-Mart Supercenter comes to town.

It's not just lobbyists that Wal-Mart wants to send to Washington - it's supercenters as well .

The Washington Post yesterday looked at how the Wal-Mart Effect has played out in suburban Landover Hills, Maryland, a suburb of Washinton D.C. The news there is good with local retailers reporting little or no ...

The Washington Post yesterday reported on how the conventional wisdom that Wal-Mart is the bane of small mom-and-pop businesses is being shattered in the wake of a new Wal-Mart opening in Landover Hills, Md., a ...

Wal-Mart is paying for newspaper advertising for businesses around its Landover Hills store, which is managed by Emanuel Gilliam, center.

BORED BY your basic tumblers, elephants and clowns? The Universoul Circus gives a new twist on the old ho-hum three-ring with hip-hop music and audience participation.

“The glory days in the hubcap business was in the '80's and '90's, we just evolved with it”

Whole rims are becoming the norm in the auto world. In the winter of 1979, a blizzard blew through the area, followed by a pothole breeding period of freeze and thaw that turned out to be a blessing for Tom and ... via Alexandria Times

“A New Gnome in the Neighborhood.”

When Jim and Judy Guntow moved from Landover Hillls to Crofton four years ago, they knew it would be a nice place to live. via The Capital

COMMENT By Ruben Castaneda Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, May 2, 2008; Page B05 In a plea agreement yesterday, a Landover man admitted wounding his sister and fatally shooting her boyfriend last year ... via The Washington Post

A Landover man has pleaded guilty in a shooting that wounded his sister and killed her boyfriend as they were leaving a baby shower in Landover Hills. via WMAR

“I can't even think, I'm so excited”

A Maryland woman is celebrating a $100,000 win on a Maryland Lottery scratch-off ticket. via WBALTV.com

Italian Inn waitress Stacy Barber shows off some of the Landover Hills restaurant's most popular meals: Capellini with muscles , the Godfather pizza and fresh filet of salmon with fresh vegetables. via Gazette.Net

“We want them to know there are many people in this country who honor and respect their son for doing what he did for us”

A Maryland National Guardsman was buried as a hero Tuesday. As Alex DeMetrick reports, First Sergeant Collin Bowen died last week after receiving severe injuries in a roadside bomb attack in Afghanistan. via WJZ-TV Baltimore

“I was standing there thinking, 'What can I do to convince them that I can do this?' ”

Plucked From Field of 550, Singers Calm Their Nerves to Prepare for the Pope COMMENT By Ovetta Wiggins Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, March 20, 2008; Page PG01 Sitting in the vestibule of St. via The Washington Post

Prince George's County Police are hoping surveillance photos will help them catch a bank robbery suspect. via WRC Washington DC Channel 4

A New Carrollton man has been sentenced to 70 years in prison for the February 2007 attempted robbery and murder of a Hyattsville man. via Gazette.Net

“Drag show. They're more fun than baseball games. Not that I hate baseball”

"I like both so I can't say." RAY LAVIN, 35 Realtor Washington "Drag show. They're more fun than baseball games. via Washington Blade

“But that help is gone now. "He was a good-hearted person and he loved to help people”

Shooting victim dies in hospital Police still searching for 'very dangerous' suspect 01/31/08 By Pete Pichaske Family members recalled Dominic Reese, above with infant daughter Javonni, as someone who cared ... via Laurel Leader

Prince George's lawmakers say five candidates have emerged as likely replacements for the seat left vacant by Sen. via Gazette.Net