this video made at a beach house in delaware last summer where he was a lifeguard. now this active and outgoing young man is in jackson memorial hospital in coral gables, florida, in a coma, the victim of a hit-and-run driver. police say jones was crossing red road near the university of miami campus when witnesses say an elderly man driving a large oldsmobile hit him in the crosswalk. witnesses say the man got out of the car, looked at the victim and then drove off. his family is devastated by the news. >> getting ready to celebrate thanksgiving. we're going to miss him. for him to come down an see us. we would just like anyone with information to step forward >> reporter: a junior chemistry major, he's a 2008 graduate from loch raven high school. his mom says she just wants the person who hit this popular young man who realize what they've done and come forward. >> he's a great young man. he's an eagle scout.

an avid duck and goose hunter. he's a beach lifeguard during the summer at bethany beach in delaware. please, please help us. to find information that could lead this investigation to find out who struck our son. >> witnesses did give police a partial license plate number but have few leads in the case. jones remains in the hospital in critical condition tonight. roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. on the radar, it's wet out there. wet weather up and down the center part of the state. that's going to kind of continue to be the case for us as we look off to the south there's more rain, down south

of severna park and back across the lower part of the eastern shore. definitely looking wet out there now. let's show you a look at the current radar picture. up and down the east coast. active stuff. very wet weather, big storm, temperatures not that frigid at least but it's windy and it will continue to be wet through the day tomorrow. a slow climb back through the 50s, wet weather into the afternoon. i will say this, the sun will actually come out as we go after the morning hours, so that is probably a little pessimistic. more sun into the afternoon. we'll have much more on the forecast coming up in a couple of minutes. a baltimore police officer is out of a job tonight after turning up in the middle of a federal wiretap. according to officer keith nowlin's attorney the officer ran a license plate for the drug suspect which raised suspicions about nowlin. feds questioned him but haven't charged him. it was enough for city police to fire nowlin. with less than a year on the job and was on probation and according to police the allegations alone were reason

enough to fire him. >> the allegations are concerning. we work very hard not only to uphold the public safety but to really gain the public trust and if these allegations prove to be true incredibly egregious violation of that trust. >> the u.s. attorney's office had no comment on the case. it's unclear if they can or are willing to charge nowlin. tonight's maryland state police are investigating an apparent homicide after highway workers discovered a body along i-70. along i-35 crews noticed a box sitting near the mile marker 48, close to braddock mountain. the victim is described as an adult. police are asking anyone with information to call frederick county police, at 401-600-4151. the driver in a 2009 crash that injured u.s. soccer player charlie davies and killed his female passenger pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and drunk driving charges.

23-year-old maria espinosa of parksville faces up to 13 years in prison when sentenced in february. but sentencing guidelines suggest she will only spend closer to three or four years behind bars. 22-year-old ashley roberta of phoenix in baltimore county was killed. nearly a year ago there was a murder in annapolis. as the anniversary of the death of kenneth graham nears police are still without a suspect. don harrison has a look at the case and hopes you can help the family rest a little easier. >> 911, where is your emergency? >> reporter: it was almost 2:00 a.m. november 18, 2009 when that 911 call came into annapolis police. >> i'm not sure if the guy is dead or alive. he's laying down on the curb. >> reporter: ken graham was at the whiskey, a bar in the 1,800 block of west street most of the town. he was in town from california visiting friends.

he was set to fly back just two days later but around 1:30 he had a small argument with his girlfriend and left the bar. he was later found dead stabbed in the upper body a couple of miles away on skipper lane. detective john lee still looks at crime scene photos to see if he's missed something. >> we have exhausted every lead and interviewed every name and every witness that we could find in conjunction with this case. we are convinced that none of the people that we've interviewed to date are responsible for the homicide. >> i'm not sure if the guy is dead or alive. >> reporter: detective lee hopes someone can recognize the voice on the 911 call. they didn't get that person's name. if they can find them maybe that could help. >> he's laying down on the -- like, on the curb. i blew my horn to try to see if he was alive and he didn't - >> there's many theories on how this may have happened.

i lay in bed at night thinking theories of how this may have happened or how it happened. we have not been able to transform any of those theories into actual working scenario that would allow to us charge anyone. >> reporter: i'm standing at the exact spot where mr. graham was found. detective lee tells me he has trouble making sense of this. mr. graham was an accomplished poet and his friends say he would be the last guy to start trouble at a bar. annapolis police hope someone has some information. in annapolis, don harrison for abc2 news. >> if you know anything about the murder of ken graham please call metro crime stoppers at 1-866-7-lockup. tonight we're continuing our new series "maryland's cold cases. " we focus on the story of jenny claybrook. a freshman in high school, just 15 years old when she was found murdered not far from her home in bel air. in the spring of 1983. after 27 long years the people who loved her still don't know

what led to her death. >> those of us who have been here long enough to remember jenny personally it is really very tragic when we see her picture and know that was the only yearbook picture that was taken of her. >> you can hear about her story tonight on abc2 news at 11:00. in their effort to curb underaged drinking howard county officials are conducting a series of stings at liquor stores. police said 17 and 19-year-old students, some store workers took the beit. they were cited for selling alcohol to minors. police want to you get involved, too. if you i wear of establishments that sell chog to minors. call the number on the screen. along the eve of baltimore city's critical teachers union contract vote mayor stephanie rawlings-blake has taken to youtube to talk about why the vote is so important to youth,

your children and the city. >> it was a truly collaborative effort that respects the hard work of school teachers and honors the sacred truth our students deserve the best. with this new contract baltimore will lead the state, even the nation in making the necessary changes to improve academic achievement in public schools. baltimore school teachers are not waiting for superman to make our schools better. we have supermen and women in the classroom everyday making a real difference. >> the mayor told "the baltimore sun" today that the proposed agreement rewards teachers for excellence and provides for higher starting salaries at a more competitive pay scale. the goal is to continue to attract and retain excellent teachers. the university of maryland's fulltime nba program is not rampged at high as it has in the past but still among the top 50 in the program. man. according to new rankings by bloomberg "business week," the robert h school of business

came as number two on the list. it was 26 in 2008. no other maryland mba programs cracked that list. the college of notre-dame of maryland wants to continue to live up to its name. tonight we're going to tell you what that new name is and explain why school officials felt it was time for a change. plus, if your children are stuck in the dorms over the holidays don't worry. some colleges are now teaching grocery shopping basics so they can cook for themselves. >> weatherwise today, 56 degrees at bwi marshall. we picked up a third-inch of rain. much more than that west though. 56 your 2-degree guarantee. our weather winner marie dustin from baltimore. you get a abc2 news storm umbrella. give us your name.

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according to the national retail federation people in baltimore are shopping a lot more this season. the retail industry felt a strong improvement in sales in october and analysts credit competitive layaway plans that make purchases more of a reality for families. you know megabuff as the inexpensive alternative to get to philadelphia and new york and adding a few more cities to its route. next month the low-priced bus carrier will offer services to boston, buffalo and toronto. starting december 15th, buses will make two trips each way to buffalo and then to toronto. and two trips to and from boston each day with pickups in whitemarsh. officials say the earlier you

book the better possibility of that famous $1 seat. and hyundai's hope on wheels made a very generous donation today to johns hopkins pediatric oncology division. the automaker presented a $60,000 check to researchers to help fund a cure for childhood cancers. one cancer survivor talked about how important the money is to johns hopkins and the fight against childhood cancer. >> i sent a third of my -- spent a third of my life fighting cancer. to know one day there could be a cure -- hopkins is the best hospital in the country. i love the doctors here. >> my research is looking at ways to enhance the immune system's response against a tumor with a hope that will not only be a new novel treatment for pediatric cancer but that treatment hopefully carries less toxicity than conventional chemotherapy for children. >> some of the children treated at hopkins were on hand today

for that special check presentation. after months of extensive research careful planning and consideration, the college of notre-dame of maryland has an announcement to make. it's changing its name. lamont williams tells us what it is. >> reporter: the college of notre-dame has been a fixture on charles street in baltimore city since 1873. what started as a school to educate neglected poor girls and women by the school systems of notre-dame progressed to a four-year college in 1895. the campus is filled with excitement as it was announced the college would get a name change. >> it's who we are today as an institution. >> reporter: the name kept in secrecy until the announcement had everyone guessing. my curiosity got the best of me. >> you don't want to tell me the name before you get to the podium? ? sorry but if you hang on a few minutes you will find out >> reporter: the atmosphere was charged as alumnus and students mingled, ate cotton candy and popcorn. then the big moment game.

for the big reveal. >> reporter: a name that fit and one that notre-dame community can be proud of. >> you see the types of individuals that have graduated from this college and the ones that will be graduating, it's an honor to be a part of the family. >> not only am i a graduate, of this great college but i was on the faculty for 20 some years. >> it sort of acknowledges the fact that we're a more diverse community than the college title. >> a small university, that we are very proud of, will always retain this wonderful learning environment we've had for so many years. >> reporter: although the sign still says college of notre-dame the official name change will take place september 9, 2011. though the name may be changing the mission and the goals remain the same. that is to provide women with the best education and

opportunities possible. at notre-dame of maryland university, i'm lamont williams, abc2 news. >> still very similar. >> mdmu i guess. my sister wept to grad school at loyola, right up the street. i remember for graduation, have to drive past one to get to the other. the outlook is great. tomorrow, we're going to get sun back, low 60s. not bad for november. windy day. even looking well off into the distance toward next week, it looks like there's a mild setup into late november right now. we'll take it. we earned our stripes last winter. >> i hope we keep the pattern going. >> let's look at the large storm system. it's a big one. a lot of rain off to the south

and west of this thing. and it's all going to continue to funnel its way right up here into maryland. so be ready for some wet weather. a tighter look at this on maryland's most powerful doppler radar, you can see where most of the wet stuff is and we put maryland's most powerful doppler radar in motion. a lot of this now in the lower eastern shore. heavy rain here over the open chesapeake moving toward kent island. you're about to get another round of pretty heavy rain, probably last you 10, 15 minutes. rain south of waldorf, more rain in western maryland. we start to see a few showers into the day thursday out here and some of this could mix with a few flakes in the higher terrain, hagerstown, westward toward frostburg but most of us will not see anything like that even toward the end of the week. dale -- daily rainfall totals, we picked up 1/4 inch in edgemere. in and out toward mount airy, germantown, chevy chase, more than a half-inch cxsgglue m. in some cases more than a half-inch of rain where some of the heaviest showers hit.

tonight, wet, dreary, but not that frigid, 55 now. winds out of the east, not that powerful at the moment. they will get gustier into the day tomorrow. wind around 8 to 12 but we have a gust in oakland now to 20. right now mid-50s. baltimore 55, frederick 55. easton 61. your neighborhood tomorrow, neighborhood forecast will if 63 for woodbine. 64 laurel. a mixture of clouds and sunshine but a good-looking day on the whole. more rain due in tonight not as heavy and steady but scattered shower activity rolling in out of the south. the whole storm system off to our west continuing to spiral its way up through the center of the american states. we'll -- midwestern states. we'll get rain wrapping around this and get into the warm sector of the storm. across the carolinas, very warm air right now. that mild air comes in briefly tomorrow with that part of the storm and you get the chilly air behind this thing on thursday into friday but it's not that frigid really. future forecast, some rain

still tonight. then into the day tomorrow we're going to clear out, mix of clouds and sun into the day. as we go towards thursday we bring in the cloud cover and maybe a little bit of precip out in western maryland. a hit and miss patch of drizzle, maybe a few flurries fly out toward frostburg on thursday afternoon. overnight tonight, 52. more rain tapers off late. 2-degree guarantee 61. milder, windy day, variably sunny tomorrow night. just breezy and colder, down to 38. your 7-day forecast, here's how it shapes up -- cool weather toward thursday and friday but we rebound back in the upper 50s this weekend. and it will be mild, looks like, to start off next week back in the 60s. >> thank you. for most college students thanksgiving break is just around the corner. it's a time to look forward to seeing family and friends and having a healthy home-cooked meal. many college students don't know how to cook. now, a new program is trying to teach them the basics of eating

well. suzanne hendricks explains in our health alert. >> reporter: shopping day for the temple university students in philadelphia. but unlike many young people in college this group is not looking for bags of snacks or tv dinners to stock their shelves. instead they are participating in what temple calls the supermarket smarts grocery store tour run out of the office of student health services. it's designed to teach the collegiate set how to shop healthy on a limited budget. >> college students are just starting to start the foundation for their eating as adults. by giving them the tools of healthy eating and healthy shopping, it can really set them up for healthy eating as they become professionals. >> reporter: from calories to fat grams to salt content nutritionist nicole patience along with personnel from the fresh grocer walled the aisles from the store pointing out what to eat and what to avoid. >> if you look around and look in the shopping carts of the

younger students that are around here you'll see a very well rounded shopping basket. >> reporter: rachel baxter, a law student at temple says she's pretty hip to nutrition but still learned a lot from the class. >> i learned to start looking at labels, start paying more attention to what i'm putting into my body. >> reporter: what it's about, eating healthy on a not so healthy budget. for today's health minute, i'm susan hendricks. >> this isn't exactly healthy but lots of people will be screening for ice cream tonight. cold stone creamery is giving away free ounce slices of its new eight-layer ice cream cakes until 8:00 tonight. you can try cold stone's quilted coffee caramel or cake batter layers. that sounds tempting. looking at the drive home. live shot of 695 and liberty road, lots of volume but it's moving. just kind of slowly. we'll be right back.

quick check of the forecast. it's going to be wet. and tonight we'll see more rain. tomorrow, just a morning shower. we'll dry out and get the middle weather back. 60 degrees. check us out on line. i got my i-pad and just did a blog about it at abc2news.com. check us out. >> we're back tonight at 11:00. thank you for joining us, have a good evening.