arundel high school. i have to tell you, they have some big names joining them this morning. this is the kickoff to the national bullying prevention month campaign. the goal is to fight against bullying. they will have first lady judge katy and folks from the cartoon network. this month is also parental involvement month. they're encouraging parents to take an active role in their children's life and prevent bullying. thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. why is parent involvement so important? >> parents need to be advocates for their kids and partners with the schools for their children. it takes a collective effort. >> reporter: how can parents help? what do you want them to do? >> it goes far beyond checking with the child and saying how was school today? you need to be involved in the classes and the school activities and parent groups, ptas, to know what is going on every day in the school. >> reporter: this is a good thing here and how does it also in terms of bullying, how can parents get in

johnson is live with more on the event in anne arundel county. >> we're here at anne arundel high schoolwhere students are starting to show up here for classes and they are in for a surprise today. later today, governor o'malley, the vice president of facebook, folks with the cartoon be here national bullying prevention month. the goal is to fight against bullying. they will encourage students and parents to stand up against bullying by taking the pledge. words can hurt. we see more and more cases of teens committing suicide because of bullying. the case where a 14-year-old committed suicide because of bullying. october is also parental involvement in education month. they encourage parents to take an active role in their children's lives. good morning. thank you for joining us. tell us about why this event is important today. >> it's very important not only for the bullying prevention, but the parental involvement part. they go together. it's a society issue and everyone plays a part. we're fortunate to have the governor and the first lady and the executives from the cartoon network. st

anne arundel county and an flies southward and dorchester county too, there's a concern. and there's a couple tornado warnings in virginia, well west of washington d.c. so we'll keep an eye on things. there are the hefty storms south and west. the tornado watch area is sitting clear. but that could change and we see a couple of fairly strong storms over here in manassas, virginia now. we'll keep a sharp eye on that. thick fog will affect the evening commute. >>> if you have this app in your hands right now, you know that already. you can download this app. you can plan the storms and get hour-by-hour forecast. join the weather app crowd right now. head to abc2news.com/weather and you'll find the free weather app link right there. >>> news of the day, our concern tonight is for william mcquane from germantown. his mother was found dead inside her montgomery county home. the police have a man in custody. but we still don't know where the 11-year-old boy is. >> reporter: the police have confirmed that has an arrest has been made in the case. but they have not been able to fi

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arundel expressway northbound. live traffic cameras 95 at 175 no issues between dorsey and salveage heading southbound. northbound all your lanes are open. we are dealing with wet pavement. 95 north of the beltway in arbutus, this is the southbound traffic moving away from the camera. on the northbound side we do have a broken down car over there. other broken down cars including 70 east at beltway and 95 north of the beltway. drive times are being affected 83 still okay from shawan to the beltway but 95 out of whitemarch will be take 8 minutes. outer loop bel air to providence 8 and 10 from 795 # to 70. >>> breaks news. a woman is discovered dead in her apartment and her 11-year- old son is nowhere to be found. police issued an amber alert e was seen at the 13,000 block of brier clf terrace in germantown. sherrie johnson is tang by with more and the odd thing is -- cliff terrace in germantown. sherrie johnson is standing by with more and the oddest thing se has not been seen since september 30th. >> reporter: poli

who is investigating the controversial charges. >>> tragedy on a busy anne arundel county road.s are now dealing with the loss of a young driver. >> reporter: i'm gigi barnett in anne arundel county. that story is coming up. [ male announcer ] dandruff, meet micro-beads. any last wishes? new selsun blue deep cleansing micro-bead scrub goes to the source wiping out flakes before they flake. new selsun blue deep cleansing. >>> it is 5:29. 70 degrees and cloudy. good evening. and thank you for staying with wjz eyewitness news. here are some of the stories people are talking about tonight. we are continuing to follow the breaking news in montgomery county. the search for the missing boy is now stretching to north carolina. a nationwide amber alert has been issued for 11-year-old william mcquain. his mother was found in germantown last night. her car turned up in north carolina this morning. a short time later, police arrested curtis lopez, her husband and the boy's stepfather. right now, there is no sign of 11-year-old william. police are updating the case. we'll go live right now t

that's the subject of this week's click to fix in anne arundel county. here is charlie crow stead for abc 2. >> we were contacted by a pasadena woman regarding a house that has been in severe disrepair for years. that woman asked that we not identify her so with this click to fix we'll simply call her marry. it sits at 7854 may ford avenue in the green wood community and sticks out as the sore thumb in an otherwise quiet neighborhood. >> rotten and it's falling down and it's been like that for years. >> reporter: behind this overgrown grass and mess of stone toys, clothes and junk, susan goddard still lives here. >> interview: it's just deteriorating "2 the point" where, right now, it just looks like if a strong wind came by it would below it down. >> reporter: neighbors have spent years filing complaints on the residence for the obvious issues, to an improperly registered jeep and a noisy generator they say is constantly running. >> interview: they say they are gonna help us and investigate it and nothing gets done. >> interview: this is unfortunately p

anne arundel county police are iivestigating a string of car thefts in crofton.this is vvdeooffom onethe security can sse the suspect look in the windows with aaflashlight. he somehow gets into tte driver side window and rummages througg the mmddle console bbforeetaking off. police say there have beenn several car thefts similar to this one in the surrounding neiggborhoods.anyone with information about either of these crimes is asked to call police fox45 is teaming up with the most popular crime-mapping website in the united states. its called "spotcrime."you can rack criminal activity ii your neighborhood ....get pmails when crimes happen.go to oxxbaltimore dot com and plick on spot crime in hot topics at the top of the ssreen. maryland's slot machines... may not be hitting the big jackpot like lawmakkrs expecte. expected. a budget analysis shows the state's asinoes will geeerate almost half a billion dollars álessá than forecast. forecast. that'' equals about 12-percent less than what was expected. expected. but say maryland will need to &pbecome mmre competitive. 3:30:52 you have s

. >> reporter: anne arundel police will be out in force to ensure a safe halloween. sex offenders are not supposed to participate. police will make sure they comply. specific sex offenders who have been identified as not being allowed to participate or we'll be out ensuring that they are not participating in halloween activities tonight. >> reporter: in anne arundel county, don harrison, abc2 news. >> abc2 is working with you. we have safety tips. first, tell your kids to bring it all home before three eat it. throw it out if it's been tampered with or unwrapped. if you have ypg children toss things like gum, peanuts and -- hard candy. stay with us. abc2 news at 6:00 continues. we'll take you to the trick or treating fun along with more tips, all coming up in about 10 minutes. >>> some say it's baltimore's equivalent to cheers. during preakness week, the number of jockeys, trainers and others was countless. a fire has destroyed most of the landmark. the fire started around 4:30 this morning. by 5:00, fire crews were calling in for a second alarm. over 70 fighters cou

. >> anne arundel county police arrested beatty and charged him with indecent exposure. a spokesman for the school system said he has been reassigned to warehouse duty where he will have no contact with children pending the outcome. jeff hager, abc2 news. >> thanks a lot. >>> no the very latest in the case of yeardley love. the attorney for george how longly wants access to love's records. they believe she died from health conditions. hughley is accused of entering her apartment and slamming her head into a wall. >>> baltimore city police are looking for suspects in the penn lucy community of baltimore. police were called to the 900 block of 41st street. a family member found sharon montgomery unconscious. police said she suffered head trauma. there's no information on a suspect or a motive. anyone with information is asked to call police. >>> a strong odor forced a northeast baltimore school to evacuate. it happened at the baltimore rising star academy. investigators tell us some students were taken to johns hopkins for evaluation. >> winter is just around the corner. i

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all right coming up in a couple minutes here at 6:00, anne arundel county police are making shower thatthe roads are nice and safe and sound. they're making sure that sex offenders are not opening the door to your kids. >>> a local grad has a rare cancer that cannot be cured here. those stories and more coming up all new for you at 6:00. we'll see you then. >>> if your kids come home with black licorice, be careful about indulging. those 40 and over can develop a potassium level. lower potassium levels can lead to irregular heart beats and high blood pressure. >>> 7 billion, is what experts estimate will be spent on this holiday. the grand total $310 million on pet costumes a loan. that's the price of kim kardashian's next wedding. >>> it pales in compare son to with we shell ot for christmas. this year macy's will be opening the doors at 800 locations at midnight thanksgiving night. the company plans to post a list of the stores opening before the big day. >>> airline fees like the ones for bags and drinks are pretty common, right? now some hotels are getting in on the action. guests a

but they may have enough to get into parts of montgomery, howard, anne arundel, and p.g. counties. working its way to the sea as well. it has been a bit of a rough afternoon and early evening. conditions may be favorable for tornadoes to develop. that is for hertford county all the way of to the pennsylvania line. the main threat is writing here, howard and p.g. counties. south and west of baltimore toward d.c. that read shaded area is a strong thunderstorm warning -- red-shaded area is a strong thunderstorm warning. up here, it looks like scattered light rain showers for the time being. about a quarter inch of rain at the airport, just over a 10th of an inch at the inner harbor. late-day readings have been highs for the day. the warm air out of the carolinas this trend -- trying to nudge into central maryland. 70's across the lower eastern shore of the way to baltimore. that is the forecast for the next few hours, scattered showers and isolated strong thunderstorms to our south, and temperatures holding in the 60's overnight. the front has draped across the region and another cold

first weather, a tornado watch in effect for anne arundel county. this has been rain in the area through the day. wyatt everhart joins us now. >>> good news, there are two things. the tornado watch does go for now through 9:00 and it has been expanded to reach into north maryland and baltimore county. we're looking at some of the radar trends here. we saw some ements on the radar picture. this cluster of storm stz main one -- storms is the main one that we're watching is showing some signs of weakening. but the entire storm situated to the south of that line, a little less impressive now. the rest of this evening we'll keep the tornado watch till the weather service decides to change that 70s and thick fog for this evening's commute. >>> if you want to keep up with why the and the weather -- wyatt on the weather, go to abc2news.com and download the app. they move in our region and our neighborhood. you can track the storms on our interactive radar and get an update on the current forecast. and you can click on the link to download the weather app fo

arundel among the places that have it and valley areas across baltimore county. 54 easton to baltimore. 46 york. 50 hagerstown. we got high clouds starting to stream in. that will make for a milky cloud and dim sunshine, but we pump in more heat and how fitting on this columbus day. he thought he landed in india. they call it indian summer. there is different reasons and meanings. many think it's after the first killing frost. it was chilly a week ago and now we warm to 85. call it indian summer. we will talk about next. here is tanya rivero. >>> i like it. route 1 southbound, lorel at north lorel road. an incident. this the near the key bridge, we do have on tin i loop, -- the inner loop, stay to the left if you can. 695, liberty road, it is moving, more volume on the outer loop to the right. we are doing okay. drive times are our normal times, 83ing 95, no problems. outi loop 6 minutes. 7 minutes 795 to 70. >>> pledging to bring down corporate meek and calling for e quality. occupy wall street protest is going on. today could be a swing day of sports and linda so is here to explain.

>> despite an amber say letter search, the anne arundel boy has not been seen in two weeks. jennifer franciotti has more on this story. >> as you can imagine police are very concerned. william's mother jane mcquain was found dead in their home. william was missing and so was his step father. police had a vehicle description with an amber alert and found curtis lopez the step father and charged him with first-degree murder. they hoped to find william safe with lopez, however, william was not with him. he was last seen in his montgomery county condo subdivision, the same spot where his mother was found murdered. >> the two people, you see mother, you see son. every time she would go somewhere, he would go somewhere. >> william is a sixth grader, and right now it's unclear whether his school followed policy when he failed to show up to school for more than four consecutive days and in fact he didn't show up to school for two weeks. anyone with information is asked to call the police department. >> thank you. the suspect who was who shot a man inside a downtown parking garage re

and hawford and -- harford and anne arundel counties. >>> this is the time of year when we see them everywhere. pink ribbons to raise awareness about breast cancer. what local groups are doing forming a living ribbon in the spirit to save more lives. >>> and if you forgot something, you can possibly blame it on sex. who knew -- blame it on sex? who knew? that's what researchers are saying. you are watching "good morning maryland" what's new now and next to get your thursday started off right. we will be right back. >>> october's breast cancer awareness month and instead of wearing a pink ribbon pin workers at pool and kent corporation construction worker and employees at johns hopkins hospital wore perching hard hats and formed a ribbon shaped. they want to be a visible call to action to remind women of the importance of screening. we will invite you to join us and abc2 partnering for the race for the cure. this 5k race and 1 mile walk will take place sunday october 23rd and it's not too late to register. go to abc2news.com/think pink as special part of the web side designated to br

drivers in nne arundel county are raising concerns...st is too daagerous to drive. drive. a few flowerssann a small memorial mark the latest fatal crash on mountain road... in pasedena... where p7-year old kayll ustin lost her life earlier this month. the crash sent her car veering &pa vacant homm 15-feet from tht pavement.the state highway adminnstration is now being asked tt do a thorough analysis of mountain road. i have a 22 year old son, he went to cheasapeakeedown hhre, and during hiss4 yrs in high school, he lost 3 freinds on road."to fix this road, its going to take 100 million dollars, its just not going to , hapen,, there have been some upgrades in past to ake the road safer... buu many say it will simply have to come back to drivers slowing down and paying more attention. ne neighbor says he's had to fix his fence ten ttmes because of the crashes. former governor bob ehrlich is coming out with a new book. it's titled "turn this car aaound: the roadmap to restoring america."in ann interview with "tte washington post"... ehrlich

mary's, anne arund arundel. along the way waters, temperatures in the bay and northern neck, mid-30s. after that gorgeous sunny day yesterday, clouds on the increase. just high clouds drifting over us for the morning commute. sunrise at 7:34. here's your day planner for this monday as we get back to work and school. we'll have sunshine this morning, but then clouding up during the afternoon. temperatures climbing into the mid-50s by midafternoon. i'll have your spooky halloween forecast coming up in ten minutes. you'd better be ware. do we have anything to beware with the traffic, danella? >> no. your roads are clear, not really seeing any issues. let's head down to virginia and get a live look at i-95. taking on 95 in both directions in virginia, you are clear. as you continue on to 395, not seeing any problems there. here's the view from duke street, all the way to the 14th street bridge, you are absolutely clear this morning. now back to you both. >> danella, thank you. >>> one person is dead and another in c

call anne arundel county police as quickly as possible. >>> if you a smoker this story might get you fired up a campaign underway to raise maryland's tobacco tax by $1 per pack. linda so is is standing by with the details. linda. >> reporter: right now whoa pay $2 in taxes per pack of cigarettes. the goal is to raise it to $3. have beeny demarco is -- vinny demarco is trying to raise thetax. tell us why. >> to save lives. and raise money for critical health care programs. we have done it over the last decade and raising cigarette taxs in way that saved 70,000 people from unnecessary preventable tobacco caused deaths and we will save lives by alcohol tax we raised this past year. we will guild on -- build on the successes with the increase. it's good policy and good politics. our poll shows consistently the vast majority of maryland's voters support raising the cigarette tax and they will vote for candidates who support it. that's why we think the legislature will do this. >> reporter: you were largely behind the alcohol tax and now the tobacco tax. we raised the alcohol tax. what are

from northern anne arundel area from b.w.i. marshall south and west into virginia, the rain has been heavier. to the north, temperatures are in the mid-60s. even in the 50's around western maryland. but it gets warmer and even monday around here to the south to the eastern shore. even 80 degrees around salsbury. that is the area prone to set -- tenders from activity. temperatures will be steady overnight. the frontal boundary is triggering the thunderstorms. we thought another front, a strong cold front over the midwest * read through here. that comes through tomorrow afternoon. once this front gets through, a big area of high pressure and the weekend is still looking nice. tomorrow, maybe an afternoon thunderstorm. benett rapid the clears out by race time -- then it rapidly cleared out by race time on saturday. it will be kind of wende throughout the race on saturday morning. temperatures should be comfortable, but the wins will be gesten out of the west at over 20 miles per hour. once it gets here, it should last through our

. >>> arundel mills mall is getting new tenants. the stores are geared towards you. that's the bass pro shop not necessarily for the ladies is it? you are watching "good morning maryland" thanks for starting your wednesday off with us. >>> you can get help from the government but you may have to prove you're clean to get it. 3 dozen states are considering drug testing for welfare, food stamps and public housing recipients. florida law required applicants to pass the drug test and pay for it. the aclu says the law is unreasonable for search andseizure. and arizona, indiana and missouri passed similar laws. and that's the hot topic for today. head to the facebook page at wmar and weigh in on this. a lot of you have been weighing in and some have been doing it overnight. thanks for staying up with us well into the early morning hours. should you be required to take a drug test if you are going to be applying for government assistance? weigh in and let us know what you think. >>> we love our cell phones and cell phones now outnumber people in the u.s. and a study estimat

and glen burnie anne arundel community college at 62 as well. a dry sweep on maryland's most powerful dop lar radar but rain on the -- doppler radar but rain is on the way. >> reporter: reisterstown road southbound is is now over. they had an investigation going on and that's out of the way so traffic is cleared to get by. let's look at the beltway on the southwest side through claytonsville a. smooth ride. outer loop is okay. 95 north of white marsh southbound traffic is to the right of the screen. north bound we have a little bit of volume as well. northbound when you get to 152 you may run no late roadwork but the right lane is closed. stay to the left. drive times are doing fine traveling harrisburg expressway from shawan to the beltway. 5 minutes. 95 out of white marsh and 6 minutes to the beltway. outer loop 6 minutes and 7 minutes traveling 759 to 70. charley -- 795 to 70. >>> a club no stranger to violence had another incident during the weekend. three people stabbed saturday night. now the owner says he is trying to attract a different

. >> the district includes prince george's county, much of it and now parts of anne arundel county. a part of montgomery county was removed during redistricting. anne arundel democratic councilman jamie benoit also plans to run for the seat. >>> the lululemon murder trial continues today. brittany norwood is accused of killing her coworker jayna murray. defense lawyers yesterday say norwood did not act with premeditation in the death of jayna murray. >>> hundreds of volunteers will continue searching today for a missing virginia boy who is autistic. 9-year-old robby wood disappeared sunday afternoon during a walk with his family in north anna battlefield park in hanover county. search dogs have picked up his scent but so far they is found no other sign of him. >>> police in frederick, maryland are searching for a group of tabliers responsible for attack -- teenagers responsible for attacking a group of homeless men and women. the attacks have been going on since the summer. frederick police have stepped up foot and bike patrols and increasing lighting. they plan to install security

. >> reporter: arundel expressway northbound before the beltway, the off-ramp is closed. be aware of that. let's look out there. we are okay. this is the outer loop at frederick road going smoothly through kate opsville. inner loop incident at 2 -- inter loop incident at 295. this is the jfx at northern parkway looking southbound. light traffic in both directions. travel is doing okay as well. whenever you have the road spray tough watch out for visibility. drive times are okay because of the light traffic. 83, 95, 95 is about 6 minutes from white marsh to the beltway. that may change in the next few minutes. outer loop is doing fine. the next thing that will change is bel air to providence taking 6 minutes. >>> breaking news on this thursday morning involving an amber alert for an 11-year-old boy out of montgomery county. we fee -- police need your help in tracking him down. the 11-year-old was kidnapped in germantown and his mother was found murdered in her apartment. it unfolded within the past 12 hours and sherrie johnson has an update. what's the latest. >> reporter:

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will have more on his first warning weather forecast. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> tragedy on an anne arundel county road. after an accident kills a teenage girl. wjz is live at police headquarters. derek valcourt explains exactly what happened. derek? >> this happened on a stretch of mountain road. an area that is all too familiar with car accidents. many of them minor, but some, deadly. >> reporter: the father of 17- year-old kayla austin, overcome with grief, at the site of a car accident in pasadena. it was just after 7:30 in the morning, when walkers nearby first heard something wrong. >> we hear that bang. then we saw that over there. >> reporter: surveillance cameras captured the entire accident. police say kayla austin was driving her car eastbound on mountain road, when she lost control, crossed over into eastbound traffic. leaving a hole in the wall and a hole in her family's heart. >> we saw it on the camera on the building. nobody stopped to help that girl. >> reporter: police now investigating whether speed and wet roads may have played a factor in kayla austin's crash. >> neighb

off to our east, across parts of calvert, anne arundel.tarting to get a few of those showers to move up toward the north. we'll go northwest first. you can see this area is actually, if you've been with me, expanding off toward the east. getting into western frederick county through jefferson, over toward brunswick coming out of harper's ferry into win winchester and perryville. east of town, we've been watching these showers creep northward here through calvert and st. mary's now. southern anne arundel here and even as you get into prince george's county, east of 301, pretty good chance you're going to run into sprinkles there as well. our temps this morning, they're cold. only 41 in gaithersburg. 45 at bowie this morning. it is 46 for alexandria. 43 in leesburg and haymarket. centreville is 46. in town, temperatures which are barely cool. 47. dew point 42 and the humidity at 83%. we're looking at another day like we've had with the scattered showers here and there. mid-50s. tonight, we're back in the 40s. breezy tomorrow. sun returns. 67

anne arundel county out of charles county. and more rain off to the west.ll be rotating through the afternoon. 50 degrees is where we'll be at 9:00 a.m. by lunchtime, noon, 55 degrees, going up to a high 56 to 57. showers likely throughout the day. not anything heavy, but the fact is throughout the daylight showers coming through. showers throughout the day and lots of sunshine tomorrow. pushing up to 66 for tuesday. breezy then sunshine. you could see through wednesday. thursday too. danella? >> good morning. >>> traveling i-95 in virginia, so very slow out of dale city as you make your way north towards the occoquan. here in the hov lanes, your right lanes, still have a disabled bus there. here it is right here. you can see crowding in both the main lanes as well as the hov lane. chopper 4 right now is further up i-95 at route 1. you can see right here, we are jammed as we make our way towards 395. big delays this morning. i'm going to keep watching this road for you all morning long. and taking i-66 at waples mill heading east. that's where your volume s

i'm gigi barnett in anne arundel county. that story is coming up. >>> we're having burgers and steaks here in college park. this is the way i like to spend my day. i'm jessica kartalija. look who is here. >> coming up next on wjz eyewitness news. >> and a tornado watch in effect for large parts of our area. the first warning forecast is coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,, li s ,,,,,,,,,,,, id li s m ba llral,was ,,,,,,,,,,,, id unl m ba llral,was ,,,,,,,,,,,, vet.veou >>> shock and sadness at an anne arundel county high school. a 17-year-old was killed in a crash in pasadena. she was a popular and high- performing student at chesapeake high school. gigi barnett has more reaction to this tragedy. >> reporter: drivers on this busy stretch of mountain road call this section treacherous. police say it's where 17-year- old kala marie austin died yesterday morning. she was driving eastbound on mountain road, lost control of the vehicle and slammed into a vacant house. nearby surveillance cameras caught it all. her family is grieving. so are s

. >>> anne arundel county man charged in a local paving scheme could be stirring up more trouble. since our story on tommy clack aired two weeks ago more victims have come forward saying they have been forced to pay for work and over charged by thousands. clack's move into howard county? joce sterman. >> reporter: love lorenzo gets angry when he looks out his window and cease his driveway partially paved under a blanket of leaves. >> what particulars me off the is i didn't kick him oust the howls. i should have told him get out. >> reporter: he is talking about tommy clack, an annapolis based favor who has been charged for operating without a license and banned in two other states. he showed up at his door september 19th claiming to have extra asphalt and offering to pave his driveway. lorenzo says he asked for andest but never got one so he was later surprised to see crews working on his property. i went outside and said what are you doing, grading mid road. i said before you do anything i have to know how much it is going to cost and what you are going to do. >> reporter: he say

along 50 in anne arundel county has a few light showers.n the district, 43 in hagerstown. we're only making it to the mid 50's today so it will feel like a mid-november with off and on spotty showers. 52 marlton sunshine by the afternoon. >>> we will go to newschopper7 flying over woodbridge. there is a broken-down bus on northbound 95. that boss was moved onto the shoulder but it certainly did a number on traffic out of woodbridge to get into lorton. everything is open but it is very slow. northbound 95, a broken-down bus on the shoulder. we will be back with more in 10 minutes. >>> amanda knox has wrapped up her emotional plea for freedom. it was addressed to the appeals court there. she called the murder accusations are unfair and groundless. >> the court is deciding her fate and we could have a verdict as soon as this afternoon. brianne carter is live in a satellite center with the latest. >> this is a crucial day for the american college students. it is our final opportunity to make a statement carried she told the appeals court she di

. >>> a dangerous stretch of road in arundel is the target of one state lawmaker after a fatal --string of accidents there. here is gigi barnett with the story. >> reporter: the twists and turns on arundel's mountain road called route 177, to test the most experienced drive. >> there is a guy that was killed there on his motorcycle. died on impact. >> reporter: when 17-year-old caleb austin lost control of her vehicle, smashed in to a house and died on route 177 this month, state representative nick decided to act. >> it doesn't forgive you. this community is rallying around in honor of the young lady. >> reporter: wants the state to widen a country road and boost police presence. >> the biggest problem is aggressive driving and people exceeding the speed limits. young people driving, cell phones up against their ear. >> reporter: it's a state road and over the last five years, the state says it's made many improvements to mountain road. one of the changes is adding adviseel full color traffic signals. >> there are spots on mountain road this intersection here at woods road, an accident

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. >>> an accident leaves two people injured in anne arundel county. it happened on fort smallwood road last night. police say a vehicle reportedly pulled out in font of the officer who was driving an unmarked police car. the officer was not able to stop in time and crashed into the vehicle. the driver and the officer were injured but doctors say both are expected to be okay. >>> meanwhile another person is is recovering in northwest baltimore after this accident on park heights yesterday. as you can see from the video captured from skyeye chopper 13, the car overturned at park and trapped the driver inside. medics eventually pulled him out. he is now recovering at sinai hospital. >>> a hagerstown manshall man faces several charges. 26-year-old robert hillard junior is facing more than 20 charges including failing to stop at the scene of an accident. he rear ended another car setting off a chain reaction that pushed a motorcyclists into the path of a suv that later died that day. hillard is held on a 750,000 dollar bond. >>> we are learning more about

. >> reporter: a fight against bullying kicks off in anne arundel county today.ore on the national campaign coming up. >>> good morning, maryland. before we get to the forecast, a special shout

folks in one anne arundel county asked abc2 news to get involved. find out why it's taken so long to get this eyesore removed. >>> maybe you have put off getting a mammogram. the message one family has for every woman. we'll have those stories and more. join us tonight at 11. >>> we're looking. it's going to be chilly but plenty of sunshine. you can take the chill, can't you? check out what's going on tomorrow. it will be another temperature above average at 71 degrees. we will have more clouds. this is what you're looking at. cooler but nice. nice for the race. not bad. >> all right. listen. watch "dancing with the stars." our lovely katie will be blogging all night long. have a great night. woman: we love ordering sushi, but it was getting expensive. teen: have you seen captain stewie and lil' miss neptune? dad: did you look all over the pllive in a bowl. , they anncr: there's an easier way to save. anncr: go to geico.com. get a quote. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more.

. >>> a fatal accident is under investigation in anne arundel county. just after 7:30 this morning, a car crashed in pasadena. killed when a car went out of control. wet roads and speeds are likely factors in the crash. >>> city leaders want. thanks to a $2 million federal grant, they'll get it. and ilprove standback lines. while waiting across the street. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake also says 11 city schools will start a walking school bus program that allows parents and volunteers to walk with students to and from school every day. >> it's a great day inside. here's a live look; well, some rain is falling under just gray and dreary skies. >> most of the day has been just cloudy. we haven't gotten that much rain until now. as you can see, it's finally moving up from the south and southwest. pretty good stuff going around. montgomery county. southwest. around columbia. around the city, light rain to the north, very spotty light rain. and south of us, another batch of pretty decent rain. but it is all moving generally to the north. so over the next fe

anne arundel county you need to watch the weather for the rest of the night, really.verhart with more on a tornado watch. >>> absolutely. chances for some isolated strong storms in the next several hours. this is updated. you see in south

he will go from owensville all the way into columbia, to arundell county. there you go, that is our new plan mapped out by the governor and signs off by the house or senate. >> >> if you want to map it out for yourself, go to our website and you will find the link in our top story exision. >> >> new tonight, montgomery county's top prosecutor is saying he is considering pursuing the death penalty against curtis lopez, accused of killing his wife and the suspected death of his step son. states attorney john mccarthy said he is not sure if lopez will be eligible for the death penalty under state requirements. >> >> we have a 22-year-old man accused of pretending to be a 17-year-old and police say he wanted more than friends abc 2 news -- >> reporter: baltimore county police say that brandon henry wove a web of lies so he could meet teen boys. they say he had sex with a 13 and 14-year-old and worried there may be other victims. he calls himself braiden clark. he said he was a sheltered home schooled kid that loved music, but that he was only 17, but he was a p

a man is dead tonight after a bike accident and anne arundel county. he was hit by a car driven by 64-year-old larry zesterman. alcohol and speed were not factors in the accident. no word if any charges will be filed. two firefighters are recovering after battling a house fire in fullerton. we are told that there were people, at the time and were able to get out safely. the two firefighters were treated for non-life threatening injuries. nearly three dozen members of the maryland national guard began a deployment to tour to a rock today. --to iraq today. for the next year, the members of the first battalion 111th aviation regiment will provide air traffic control services into new operation new dawn. >> i think like every other wife here feels -- uncomfortable. i am proud of him and what he is doing. he will be fine. we cannot wait until he comes home. >> this same unit provided air- traffic control services at the pentagon right after the september 11 attacks. a computer virus has hit the united states military's drone fleet. that is according to an a

anne arundel police arrested beatty and charged him with exposure. a certain for the school said he -- spokesperson for the school said he has been reassigned. >>> we have information to tell you about the murder of yeardley love. will we learn about her medical records becoming public. the ja -- attorney for george huguely believes that love died from ache -- taking a drug-- drug at ter roll. >>> the movement has set up a tent city between pratt and light streets. if the city's parks and -- the city has refused the group's request and said they have to get out of the area. they said the protests are peaceful. >> young people, especially, don't see much of a future and they're going to stand up and say we're going to build a better world. as you can see, i'm not a young one, but i totally support it. i support it for my grandchildren. i have four grandchildren here in baltimore. that's really the reason why i'm part of it. >> occupy baltimore said they will discuss it in their general assembly and suspect there will be a negotiation with the city on

a police chase in anne arundel county turns fatal. &pin pasadena... when state police spotted a man driving erratically in a truck. while the trooper followed the pick up... tte driver veered bacc nd forth across both lanes of traffic several times beeore losing controo.the vehicle then crashed into a tree.tte driver was pronounced dead on the scene. loved ones gathered to prominent couple... killed - fire.nats!!!!! nats!!!!!many gathered at morgan state univeristy for the public wake and funeral for 2 retired city educators. donald and jennye patterson died last week in their northwest balitimore home.thee pattersonn both raduated from morgan. 3&maryland is cashing in on it' casinos.the state's tww casinos took in almost 14 month."ocean downs" in worcester county took in more thhn 4-point-6 million doolars. "the hollywood casino" in perryville took in almost 9-point-3 million.both casinos generatee about 00 dollars per slot machine. toww commissioners in perryville approvv a ábbgá new sign for thattcasino.it'll be itself... is not visible from inters

31-year-old woman in new york is in police custody charged with engaging in prostitution in anne arundel county. li ying was busted and show was connected to an online ad. they fond her in a linthicum hotel room that was previouslily under surveillance and arrested. >>> a mother and daughter arrested for shoplifting at the burlington coat factory. one sprayed mace into the security officer's face. they got a license plate and police tracked her down where several people were arrested. >>> all right. we have the first of what cop end up being many bed bug lawsuits in the state. it's at least the first of its kind in baltimore. in this case a circuit court jury sided with kristin sawn ders instead of the apartment drg paragraph-- paragraph. the jury lay warded her $30,000. saunders has since moved away. her attorney says she has 18 other pending bed bug cases. >>> he's been missing for more than a month and baltimore police need your help to find billy ray reed on east 27th street. reed who suffers from schizophrenia was wearing a long brown sleeved shirt and jeans when he disappeared. >>>

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. >> reporter: bates is both an arts integration and magnet, one of two in anne arundel. bates has struggled with making adequate yearly progress. they put in arts and bates made progress. >> it's working because our students are very interested in learning through music and visual arts and dance, our core standards. when you visit an arts integrated class, you see happy engaged schools. >> reporter: bates middle school is nonfor arts integration. the test scores are up more than 30%. students are using african stories to perform a dance. >> we just started a portrait project. we're creating self-portraits and we're using different characters to describe ourselves in art and through our own characteristics. >> we dance to different speeds to show how molecules move. >> reporter: through arts intergrairks students are off to a great start. in annapolis, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >> i would have passed chemistry if i was there. keep it going, bates. >>> i want you to meet the baby chosen symbolically to be the 7 billionth human on the earth. this little girl is named dani