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Commanders’ Stadium Plans Held Back By Maryland’s Request to Washington D.C.
The Washington Commanders are in need of a new stadium. Their current one in Landover, MD, is outdated and the club needs a fresh home to play in. They’re exploring building a new stadium, though there are some moving parts.
The club is eyeing the RFK Stadium site as a potential developmental site, though the government is involved. Re-developing the stadium site is the franchise’s ticket to getting back into the district and out of Maryland.
The RFK Stadium site shut down in 2019 with the venue slowly being deconstructed. The problem? The government owns the stadium, not the district. Leaders of Maryland have offered the district control, though they did so with a trade in mind. They want two Air National Guard squadron sites, and particularly the one with F-16 fighter jets.
The Washington Post reported on one current holdup the league is dealing with in trying to develop a venue on the stadium site. Maryland wants the club to redevelop the current stadium site while announcing its next site for its venue.
There are many more moving parts beyond those, but those are crucial to the development of the ongoing situation between the league, club, state and district to try and get the franchise into a new, updated home.
For now, the Commanders’ focus is on a playoff push as they’re well-positioned to earn a wild card bid in the postseason. With Jayden Daniels under center, the team is poised for long-term success, and they’ve got to invest in building a team and culture around him to become contenders.
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Police said Dequan Gravely, 23, of Charles County, was driving northbound on Route 210 near Pine Drive when his Mercedes collided with the school bus turning left from the southbound lanes.
The driver of a car involved in a crash with a Prince George’s County school bus in Accokeek, Maryland, on Friday has been identified.
Prince George’s County police said Dequan Gravely, 23, of Bryans Road in Charles County, was driving northbound on Route 210 near Pine Drive around 7:20 a.m. when his Mercedes collided with the school bus turning left from the southbound lanes.
Investigators said the crash happened in the intersection, causing the school bus to flip onto its side. Gravely died at the scene.
The school bus driver was transported to a hospital and treated for injuries that were not considered life-threatening. Police said no students were on the bus at the time of the crash.
Investigators said they believe debris from the collision damaged a third vehicle. The driver of that vehicle “declined medical attention,” police said.
The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating. Anyone with information is asked to contact investigators at 301-731-4422.
WTOP’s Acacia James contributed to this report.
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A D.C. man won $5 million from a scratch-off lottery ticket in Maryland last week, and the matching number that netted him the prize happened to be his age.
Talk about a birthday surprise! A D.C. man won $5 million from a scratch-off lottery ticket in Maryland last week, and the matching number that netted him the prize happened to be his age.
Maurice Williams, a school bus driver in D.C., claimed the first top prize on a $5,000,000 LUXE scratch-off. He had used his $50 winnings from a previous LUXE scratch-off ticket to buy a new one the next day.
In a release from the Maryland Lottery, Williams said he didn’t know he had won until he scanned the ticket: “It’s crazy because the matching number was 59 and I just turned 59 the other day.”
Williams said he sat in shock for a while before calling his mother.
He said he plans to buy his mother a house with the winnings and then save up.
Two more top prizes from the scratch-off have yet to be claimed, the Maryland Lottery said, as well as nine $200,000 prizes, 10 $50,000 prizes and thousands of prizes ranging from $50 to $10,000.
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