Hyattsville (Prince George's County, Maryland)

Phoebus expects to play its non-district football game next fall against a team from Maryland, possibly on ESPN. Phantoms coach Jeremy Blunt said the opponent will be either DeMatha from Hyattsville or Potomac from Oxon Hill. The game would be played...

The plan to move 450 jobs from the Financial Management Services facility in Hyattsville to West Virginia has been postponed for five years. The move — proposed by the Obama administration to save $96 million over five years — was set to...

Jim Brochin, a state senator from Baltimore County, had a letter to the editor published in this newspaper last week. In it, he complained about a lack of facts in my recent column on the mob scene and brawl outside the Recher Theatre in Towson on Sept....

John “Jack” Ewald’s life was full of interesting coincidences and connections through his work as a Methodist pastor and his community involvement. There were many times when things seemed to come full circle, said his wife, Barbara...

Maryland lawmakers are protesting a plan by the Obama administration to eliminate 450 federal jobs in Prince George's County, but it is unclear whether they will be able to reverse it. The move to consolidate the Financial Management Services facility in...

A Baltimore man who helped rob hundreds of thousands of dollars and multiple handguns from five armored vehicle drivers over the course of three years pleaded guilty to multiple robbery and gun charges Thursday, according to the Maryland U.S. Attorney's...

Lester J. “Pop-Pop” Carrick, 87, of Boonsboro, Md., and formerly of Hyattsville, Md., passed away peacefully on Sunday afternoon, July 8, 2012, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. Born April 2, 1925, in Hyattsville, he was the son...

Contemporary Family Services, Maryland's second-largest foster care provider, has appealed the state's decision to terminate its license when it expires in mid-March. The appeal, which will be heard by a state administrative law judge, puts on hold a...

State officials said Tuesday that they would not renew Contemporary Family Services' license to place foster care children, alleging that the Hyattsville-based company falsified minutes of board meetings and failed to pay its foster parents and...

Maryland officials plan to announce this week whether the state will sever ties with the state's second-largest foster care provider, a decision that also could determine whether the company keeps its contract in the District of Columbia. Officials...

Advocates for Maryland's abused and neglected youths said Wednesday that the state's second-largest foster care placement company failed the children in its care by allowing the qualification assessments of the homes they live in to lapse. Ed Kilcullen,...

Maryland's second-largest foster care provider failed to track background checks, training and other requirements for its foster parents, putting the children at risk, according to state officials who are moving to suspend new placements in its homes....