Prince George's Headlines: Three School Buses Crashed, Man Found in Burning Car

This week's top headlines from Prince George's County, MD.

Police Investigating Murder of Greenbelt Man Found Inside Burning Car Prince George's County police pulled a Greenbelt man with multiple gunshot wounds from a flaming car on Wednesday morning in Fort Washington, according to police. Marcellus Jermaine Jackson, 33, was pronounced dead on the scene, said Cpl. Henry Tippett, spokesman for Prince George’s County Police Police: Woman Endangered Infant, Assaulted Parents with Knife Kyra Chimere Smith, of Bowie, reportedly tried to jump from a window while holding her child after she allegedly assaulted her parents, according to police. Upper Marlboro Crash Involves 3 School Buses A crash on Monday afternoon resulted in 34 students being transported and treated for minor injuries, according to …

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Dying for a Smoke

Even as smoking killed my father, he would have protested the new Bowie smoking ban.

My dad would be soooooooooooo pissed. He'd fuss. He'd argue. He'd profess outrage. How DARE the City of Bowie try to dictate where people can and cannot smoke when outside, in an open area, he'd declare. He would rant as he breathed through his canula, attached to a constant supply of oxygen. He would bellow while popping 18 different medications. Notice I say he "would," instead of he "will," because he passed away three and a half years ago of smoking-related illnesses. Still, the recent City Council decision to ban smoking on city property, including parks like Allen Pond, would have him up in arms. As a heavy smoker for 40 years, even as his lungs were fighting him, he would have spouted phrases about freedom and the wrongness of …

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