President Obama is speaking out on allegations involving the Secret Service and prostitutes in Colombia. Several Secret Service agents are on leave after allegedly bringing prostitutes to their hotel rooms in Colombia. The President says he holds the Secret Service to a high standard of behavior. He says the agency overall is very professional and […]
Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell says today has been declared “Virginia Tech Remembrance Day” to mark the 5th anniversary of the Virginia Tech shootings. An official moment of silence will be held at 9:43 a.m. After that will come the ringing of the Capitol Square Bell Tower once for each of the 32 victims in the […]
(McLean, VA) — The nation’s fifth-largest bank is cutting more jobs. In its latest reorganization, McLean-based Capital One Bank has announced that nearly 500 assistant branch managers are being let go, including 166 in the Washington, DC area. They can accept severance packages or apply for other company jobs. Analyst Scott Valentin of FBR Capital […]
(District Heights, MD) — Three Prince George’s County police officers will receive awards today from the county’s fire department. Fire Chief Mark Bashoor will recognize the officers, who assisted in the rescue of two children and a wheelchair-bound man from a house fire. The officers, without hesitation and without protective equipment, assisted in the February […]
Join Sheila Stewart as she talks with local leaders about reactions to George Zimmerman’s arrest Sunday Morning from 6:00a- 6:30a on In The Community with Sheila Stewart on MAJIC 102.3! Stewart will also be addressing race relations and racial profiling with guests D. Michael Lyles, Esquire Executive Director, representatives from The Prince George’s County Human […]
(Washington, DC) — A District man faces jail time for allegedly beating his roommate’s dog to death. Twenty-three-year-old Ishmaaiyl Mulheron was arrested April 8th one one count of felony animal cruelty. Humane Society Law Enforcement found the body of a six-year-old Yorkie inside Mulheron’s apartment. Necropsy reports show the dog died of blunt trauma and […]
(Potomac, MD) — Three people are under arrest in connection with a pair of February inside-job armed robberies at a CVS pharmacy in Potomac. Montgomery County Police say 35-year-old Fenton Graham of Silver Spring worked as a supervisor at the store in the 79-hundred block of Tuckerman Lane and was on the job February 6th […]
(Alexandria, VA) — Two gang members from Northern Virginia are pleading guilty to charges of playing a role in a sex ring which preyed on high school girls. In Alexandria federal court today, 21-year-old Michael Jeffries of Woodbridge and 23-year-old Christopher Sylvia of Springfield admitted they helped recruit girls by flattering them about their looks […]
(Lorton, VA) — A U.S. State Department employee faces multiple counts of possession of child pornography. Fifty-four-year-old Carl Carey was arrested at his home in Lorton. His arrest comes about a year-and-a-half afterFairfax County police executed a search warrant on his home in 2010. The State Department suspended Carey without pay at that time. Carey […]
(Prince George’s County, MD) — Prince George’s County police say a six-year-old boy was killed Monday in a shooting that appears to have been an accident. Police say the boy was handling a gun that he found in a backpack, when it went off inside a home on Arbutus Lane. County homicide detectives are considering […]
MEDIA ALERT Contact: Director of News/Community Affairs Sheila Stewart, 301-429-2639 WPRS-FM (Praise 104.1) Teaming Up Again With St. Jude In The Fight Against Childhood Cancer Lanham, MD– Radio One DC Station WPRS-FM Praise 104.1 will host The Annual St. Jude Radiothon onThursday, April 5th, 2012 from 6a-10pat their new facility located at 8515 Georgia AvenueSilver […]
(Washington, DC) — Maryland Senator Ben Cardin easily won his Democratic primary. His closest competitor, Prince George’s County state Senator Anthony Muse, got 16-percent of the vote to Cardin’s 74. Cardin will next face former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino who won the Republican primary. In Maryland’s 6th District, Republican Roscoe Bartlett was the winner […]