Lanham

County police arrested a Lanham man and a Riverdale boy early yesterday on charges of throwing rocks through the windows of houses in a Davidsonville neighborhood.Kevin Michael Keys, 19, of the 6300 block of Cipriano Road in Lanham, and the youth, 15, were each charged with five counts of destruction of property. Police said the pair admitted breaking windows in 12 houses, causing more than $20,000 in damages.At least five residents in communities off Governor's Bridge Road called police about 3 a.m. after vandals threw rocks through their windows.

In Prince George's Dead bird tests positive for West Nile virus LANHAM - A grackle found near Lanham is the first Maryland bird that has tested positive for the West Nile virus this year, the state Department of Health and Mental Hygiene said yesterday. State officials monitoring the virus, which is spread by mosquitoes, said they have tested 231 birds since May 8. The bird that tested positive for the virus was found in the 7200 block of Patterson St. Officials urge residents to remove standing water on their property that could provide a breeding site for mosquitoes.

The resilient Chesapeake Cougars keep finding new ways to win games and remain unbeaten.Yesterday the second-ranked Cougars manufactured four runs in the last of the fifth inning to score a come-from-behind 6-5 victory over eighth-ranked Glen Burnie at Chesapeake.The four Chesapeake (5-0) runs that wiped out a 5-2 Glen Burnie lead scored as a result of two bases-loaded walks, a dropped fly ball in right that allowed the tying run to score and a groundout to first by Bonnie Gibson that pushed across what proved to be the deciding run.Only one of the four runs was earned.

Chapelgate Christian found the perfect way to bow out of the Maryland Christian Athletic League -- with the championship.Last night, the Flames defeated Lanham Christian, 53-33, at Essex Community College for their first -- and last -- MCAL tournament title. Chapelgate will move to the Washington-area Christian Schools Athletic League next year, but in the meantime will savor this title."I kind of wish we could [defend the title next year]," said league MVP Heather Davison, who led the Flames with 20 points yesterday.

If you have questions about filing your taxes, the Internal Revenue Service is ready to help. You could call the IRS   , but if you'd like to talk to someone in person and can't make it during business hours, three Taxpayer Assistance Centers at local IRS offices in Baltimore, Wheaton and Lanham will be open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 26. Here are the addresses of the participating locations: Baltimore: ...

On Sunday, October 2, 2005, at his residence STEPHEN ZEIBA JR. of Annapolis MD, beloved husband of Doris Zeiba; father of Justin, Stephen, and Stephanie Lynn Zeiba; brother of Lillian Brodsky; he is also survived by two stepchildren, Lisa Musheno and herhusband Matthew and Keith Reed and his wife Sherryl; grandfather of Nicholas. The family will receive friends on Thursday, October 6, 2005 from 9:30 until service time at 11 A. M at Calvery United Methodist Church, 301 Rowe Blvd, Annapolis MD. Interment will be private at a later date.

How do you put a price tag on a shrine? Try this: $104,900. That's the Realtor's asking price for Miss Bonnie's Elvis Shrine and Bar, on Fleet Street in East Baltimore, the slightly rambunctious cultural mecca that went on the selling block three weeks ago, after owner Bonnie Hunt's death from a heart attack last fall.Meet the price and take custody of a religious treasure trove: not only the bar and Miss Bonnie's furnished apartment directly above it, but all imaginable morsels of Elvis memorabilia, including photographs and ministatues of Elvis thin and fat, Elvis on movie posters, on mirrors, on vinyl and on velvet, Elvis with that novocaine lip and that hormonal hair, Elvis laughing and Elvis weeping, Elvis in a green Army uniform and a white jump suit, Elvis with guitar and without, Elvis inside a jukebox filled with his music, Elvis on the covers of such literary epics as "The World According to Elvis" and "Soldier Boy Elvis," and a huge Elvis mural on the Port Street side of the bar which is, for those who would deny Elvis' death, simply to die for.All this, for a mere $104,900?

LANHAM -- Stacy Robinson and Duane Simpkins have always been able to turn to each other at the important moments of their lives.So, when Robinson, a 6-foot-5 senior at DuVal High, was in the midst of the most important moment of his life yesterday -- namely announcing where he would be attending college and playing basketball -- where was his best buddy, Simpkins?Caught in traffic. And Robinson read Simpkins the riot act when he finally arrived, albeit in jest."I was there when you signed, man," said Robinson.

LANHAM -- Robert Harrell came to Prince George's County for the very things that have lured Americans to the suburbs for more than a generation: better schools, a bigger yard, a snazzier home, more peaceful streets.Since moving here 26 years ago, the public relations executive has found all those things, and more. Like Mr. Harrell, most of his neighbors in the fast-growing county are black and middle class. It is a situation he finds appealing."We are comfortable around our own," he explains.