how much are we going to get? we turn to wyatt everhart with the first forecast. >> this is going to be more of a significant system, %gaoin th last couple. not a huge storm, more than the last couple of mixes that did not stick at all. you can see western maryland getting wintery type showers, most of the radar returns, central maryland, are not touching the ground, in other eva way down. our winter weather advisory m;cross the state, washington county and garrett, storm warning in the high elevations. 30s to the west, 40s to the east. showers we get in the short- term, across central maryland, baltimore will be rain showers, we think changing over quickly in to the overnight. than last several. you can see the snows out to :s)hfor xpoklight rain ulanw

showers, but weather will deteriorate in to the overnight hours, and by the way, continue to track this system as it moves in using our iphone, talk about our abc2 news weather app, download that or our abc2 news application, get the powerful radar 24/7. back with more weather in a minute. gjñ with the colder temperatures, baltimore city has issued a cold blue alert for this weekend. cold blue require it is ten emergency shelters open for extended hours and efforts made vulnerable in the cold weather. developing story the sex offender registry was created so neighbors know whereed offers are in the area. -- where offenders are in the area. what if they are in front of where your children board a school bus? brian kuebler has the latest.

>> reporter: these students are getting off the bus directly in front of a known sex offender's home. according to the state sex offender renal industry, the resident has been convicted of sexual abuse of a minor and second degree sex offense, a forcwith a disabled victim or someone 14 years old or younger. too close for concerned parents comfort. >> they gain the kids trust and giving them the chance to learn routines. ç with these ñx#xguys and giving an open opportunity for something to happen. >> parents here many manchester say it's just an un necessary risk. most not willing to appear on camera because of that risk, others openly questioning the wisdom or as they say the lack there of to locate a stop in almost a sex offender's front yard. >> i don't like that at all.

i don't know who allowed that. who didn't do their job and look it up ahead of time. it would put that there, that doesn't make sense to me. >> reporter: the school district declined an on camera interview. issuing a statement as to why they have not moved the bus stop. it reads in part we have offered alternate bus stops, any parent has a right to appeal the decision made by the board of education to the state board of education. for right now, the parents fights are stalled , the bus stop remained active. the district's director of transportation told abc2 news by phone, sex offender residences are a moving target and that is logistically difficult to change bus stops according to registry addresses. sex offenders have rights too and the list is there to let you know where they are. still, parents believe more can

be done. >> see there is a small area even in the back of a neighborhood, where kids are able to walk qúpnçsafely and st and wait for a bus, knowing there is no registered sex offenders or child abusers. >> an argument parents may make to the school board, next. the folks who live in a couple couple neighborhood want the city to rethink a street name. residents who live on coon hunt court are offended by the name. neighbors in surrounding streets point out it was part of the thunder hill farm, raccoon hunting was prevalent. >> it's their street if they want to change it, they can change it. the name is 41 years old. i like it to be coon. >> anyone that's been called a

coon, or anyone where you say coon hunting, actually denoted hunting for black people, that's going to be offensive. >> this isn't the first time a street name has come under fire. howard county changed name of satanwood to satin wood drive when residents were upset by the name on religious grounds. police department told officers they cannot stop people from filming crime scenes. orders were issued in november, but made public today. the new order reads in part, no member of the city police department may prevent or prohibit personses ability to observe, photograph or make video recording of police activity that occurs in the public domain. police will be allowed to take a camera if evidence of a crime has been recorded. testimony continues in the murder trial of george huguely. prosecutors played

interrogation video a day after finding yeardly love dead in her apartment. christian shaffer tells us the tapes along with pictures of love were hard for the jury to see. >> today we got our first look at the bedroom, george huguely kicked in to get in to the bedroom. we heard the chilling tape of what they called his confession. investigators spent hours on the stand, going through photographs of and evidence taken from yeardly love's apartment after her death. including this, her bedroom door, it was unwrapped, a dinner plate size hole, visible, prosecutors say george huguely kicked it in to get in du1w[çt ñwant t hour long taped interview played for the jurors today. huguely said it was straightly to go in there and talk to her. i should not have gone there when i was drinking.

prosecutors say he did more than talk, he assaulted love and left, detective reed informed huguely in the interview that love had died, his response, sobs, repeated disbelief that she was dead and comments such as quote, i never did anything that could do that to her, i refuse to believe that she is dead. >> he believes it now as he sits on trial potentially facing life in prison. 'jp !w÷saturday, ut)ewill m/dresum monday morning. christian schaffer, abc2 news. stay with abc2 news as we cover this trial all the way until the verdict is delivered on air and on the website at abc2news.com. we have a web page dedicated to the trial. find it by clicking on the featured storys in the middle ñ>u now the latest from pennsylvania, former penn state coach sandusky appeared in a courtroom to ask a judge to

loosen the terms of his bail. sandusky faces numerous child sèmx abuse charges and during the pretrial hearing told a judge he wants to see his 11 grandchildren. >> i had wife who came home after visiting with grandchildren or sitting there, when grandchildren call on my birthday, and they ask to talk to me, she has to tell them they can't, i'm sensitive to that. >> prosecutors objected and requested that stricter limits be placed on sandusky's

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that #úkvcity. it's going to be a little different picture coming up, a lot colder, that's the camera downtown over charm city run. wyatt everhart will have the forecast and changing forecast, coming up. now to your cash, if you want the best car for the least amount of money, buy that one, a kia. a survey evaluated the cost, and the auto maker took the top honors. the soul was the winner in the compact category and scored well in several other categories as well. auto show is in baltimore, if you are in the market for a new car, just like to look at the good ones, do your home work, cars have taken a tech savvy approach to safety. safety isn't just optional anymore. >> he didn't a windshield or door, headlights or a seat

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sunday, which is family day from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. admission is 10 bucks. op sunday children from 12 and under are free too. already watching the cll6 weather go downhill, especially western maryland. hagerstown, a decent burst along the i-81 corridor, extreme northern virginia. we will monitor this with the most powerful radar. the main arrival of more significant bands of precipitation will hold off wafter midnight. we are going to watch because there is quite a bit of snow beginning to get its act together in to west virginia, and the main storm has yet to [ tomorrow morning. first, quiet before the storm,

no wind on federal hill. flag k kinds of hanging out there. 42bwi. winds are light from the north and east. show you the weather as it has moved in to western maryland. we will deal with here in the baltimore area as we go in to the overnight hours and tomorrow, deep creek lake getting a round here, seeing the roads get covered up in western maryland. skiers getting set for a great weekend in the western maryland and west virginia. frostburg, getting the snow, too as well. we will welcome for this to move further east overnight in to the day tomorro7#b;jdtqi u)h midnight through 7:00 tomorrow evening, a long extension, we will see snow showers through the day, but the bulk not over by mid-morning. winter storm, weather advisories, storm warnings up for whisp and the counties to the west. look at l low 40s after a day in the mid-

40s. the ground is still relatively warm. with this initial line of snow, plenty of snow around the backside. a significant drop in temperatures overnight. with we had highs in the 40s, the snow will stick quickly than the last couple of systems we had which arrived in the middle of the day in to the afternoon. this will arrive overnight. no daytime insulation from the sun to prevent the snow from sticking. things will stick zl)nrapidly pave surfaces. it's tapping a little bit of gulf moisture, a little bit of atlantic moisture. not a power house storm but has cthe way of teeth than the last couple of winter weather makers. timing wise, good for a few hours in the central part of the state, 2:00 a.m., comes down, rain for southern maryland, all snow as we get more cold air. by tomorrow, this will taper off, the main storm will blow

up overnew england. we will be left with snow showers and windy cold conditions in to tomorrow night and sunday. tonight, 32, 1-3-inc0v 0as the morning. 37 for a high. s kicking up. tomorrow, 20 with gusty, breezy conditions and flurries. sunday looks dry and cold, windchills in the 20s, windy still on sunday. we warm up for valentines. >> winter is coming back. >> we will see how it plays out later in the week. political strategists was at the y of central maryland as part of the wineburg family centers annual tribute to dr. ,í hand to hear him talk about growing up during the civil rights era. >> soon it became clear what itm

meant for us. it meant that we had to continue dr. king's work. we had to continue his struggle, that we had to take í) dream he >> it was titled inspiring stability in national political discourse. she talked about experiences so far in the presidential campaign. it will be another interesting night with snow moving in. will it affect your saturday morning plans? wyatt everhart returns with the final forecast, coming up.

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that includes the morning hours, the first half of the day tomorrow. watchout for wintery weather through the day and windy. >> that's it for 6:00, back here as 11:00.