Laurel News

Internal investigations into recent escapes from the New Beginnings Youth Development Center on D.C.-owned property in Laurel, Md., found staff members at fault, so five of them have been fired.

Laurel Mayor Craig Moe receives the gavel from the outgoing Maryland Municipal League president, Mayor Sidney Katz, of Gaithersburg , at the annual convention June 30.

Prince George's County Fire Department officials say a pedestrian was struck by a car in Laurel Wednesday evening.

Six juveniles briefly escaped from Washington, D.C.'s $46 million youth detention center in Laurel on Sunday, marking the second escape since the center opened in May.

The Maryland Transportation Authority and the Maryland Department of Transportation have called for conceptual proposals for the area around the Laurel MARC Train Station.

Two family pets are now safe in Laurel after firefighters pulled them from a smoky basement.

Domestic violence can be perpetuated in various forms ranging from physical, sexual and psychological mistreatment to emotional and verbal abuse.

Laurel Mill Playhouse announces auditions for Don Juan in Hell by George Bernard Shaw.

The Independence Day festivities at National Harbor are scheduled to include fireworks outside the Gaylord National Resort.

A Prince George's County 16-year-old accused of backing an SUV into a police officer early yesterday morning will be charged as an adult with assault on a police officer, county police said.

Anne Arundel County police said an officer shot a 16-year-old Hyattsville boy who had hit the officer twice with an SUV.

A "Picture Book Parade!" for ages 2-5 with an adult will be offered at 10 a.m. Thursdays.

The Prince George's County Council last week urged state officials to get going on their end of the long-planned and controversial Purple Line.

" Ocean City police this week arrested a local man who was allegedly posing as a doctor and calling in fake prescriptions for painkillers to local pharmacies.

A fundraiser dinner at Pasta Plus June 1 netted $13,766, and all the proceeds will go to help the victims of the April 6 earthquake that rocked Italy's Abruzzo province on the east coast.

Mary Lehman said in a press release today that she expects to formally announce her candidacy for the Prince George's County Council District 1 seat on Tuesday, June 23 at 6 p.m. Lehman would be familiar with the seat if she wins, having previously served as an aide on education matters to current District 1 council member Tom Dernoga.

Emergency crews rescued nine kayakers who became stranded on the Patuxent River in Prince George's County on Friday morning, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources said.

Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler announced today that former caregiver Mary Arung has been charged in the District Court of Maryland for Prince George's County with abuse of a vulnerable adult in the second degree, and second degree assault for an incident that occurred in November, 2008 when Arung was employed as a counselor at the Center for ...

The Virtual Stamp Club is reporting the death of Charles J. Peterson who died at home in Laurel, Maryland last Friday according to a post by Nancy Clark.

LAUREL, Md. - Officials at Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory have taken down their Web site to analyze their computer systems after a cyber attack.