he's a serial rape chester. i'm dripping wet with sweat, blood on my hands, and i'm dragging the toilet down the tier. i get in front of his house. he sees me for the first time. he starts from going to that, bragging about being this nasty piece of [ bleep ], he goes just like that. oh, lord in heaven, deliver me from this demon, please, lord. just like that, all of a sudden, he's found god. i start smashing in the glass to get to him. it's halfway in. that's when the whole unit came, guards and all that. they'll tell you, county jail is rough. they despise him too. nobody, cop, nobody likes a chester. >> if the average sex offender must contend with inmates like knighten, it can be even worse for those whose crimes made headlines. >> periodically over these 5 1/2 years, you know, i've turned the television set on to see my face, you know, on the television set. that's pretty uncomfortable. >> we met edward mckowen in tennessee at the river bend institution. >> i was ordained as a catholic priest in nashville i

the funding that chester had upon, quickly, there are a couple of things to come to mind. when the community benefit program was adopted, there were new developments. this was one of the qualifying set of improvements that could be funded in the neighborhood. the task force went as far as to recommend this as one of their three priority projects for the neighborhood. later this year, when the study is updated in the implementation plan is proposed, these will feature, as very important projects, for the community and in the way that the eastern neighborhood will evaluate the use of funding taken from new development areas. the final point i wanted to make, and i think that gm can talk to the cultural issues, but when it comes to funding, we have also worked with the filipino american development association to prepare a community challenge grants for those memorializing treatments on those alleys. these improvements, particularly on mimment and notomoa are a large part of the extension of the improvements that were recently put in place by the redevelopment agency, continu

the family will also receive friends at southern baptist church at 1701 north chester street tomorrow night at 10. her funeral will follow at 11:00. brian kuebler, abc2 news. >> john hopkins said hiv infection in african-american women is much higher. >> reporter: a handful of women were surprised to find out they had been infected. a year after joining the study, the rate rivaled that found in some african countries. for baltimore's assistant health commissioner, he said the johns hop kens study focused on poor african-americans in the inner city. he claims it's a group where you would expect to find a higher rate. >> you don't want to generalize and say all african-american women in baltimore fit that profile. >> reporter: in baltimore the city has been focusing on those high risk groups providing more than 45,000 high risk screenings each year. coming up at 6:00 we'll talk to someone living with aids as this battle to stop the virus continues. jeff hager, abc2 news. >> another dog police plef was used has bait for training fights was found in anne arundel. police are calling this o

chester finn, the same question. what does one do with this data at a local level or at a national level. arne duncan was quoted today saying this is really about self-analysis. he was suggesting administrators and teachers look in the mirror to see the good, bad and ugly. >> of course they should. of course data are valuable for people running schools and school systems. some of this is not within the control of the schools. some of the kids who are being disciplined are coming from troubled homes and troubled neighborhoods and bringing a host of problems with them into the school. the school which actually occupies a very small fraction of their lives school cannot solve all by itself. i don't want to lay the entire burden here on schools. there's larger societal issues here too. you can look at criminal incarceration rates in the justice system too and see similar disparities. but some people do commit crimes. just similarly some kids don't behave well in school. >> brown: you're referring to disparities that go b

this route split apart in chester, illinois. it usually swept east through woodferred counties and eventually turned towards chicago. the other leg of the cairo line after separating at chester ushered fugitives towards alton and then followed the course of the illinois river northwards. a third route followed the course out of st. louis bupt often times moved well away from the river to remote outposts. the fourth escape route, the so-called quincy line carried freedom seekers from quincy to galesburg to princeton. but along this line there were numerous satellite stations on farms and rural hamlets in and close to places like mccomb, farmington. the quincy line through western illinois possessed ideal conditions to help run away slaves escape. each of four rivers provided natural water courses for fuge tchbs to follow. if escaping slaves stayed close to the river or their tributaries all freedom seekers needed to do was move against the current of the water and they would ultimately be heading in a northern direction. a second

military said he died of pneumonia and a prisoner of war camp. 62 years later corporal chester j ropera south side chicago family can have some peace and closure. . >> finally discovered what actually happened. . >> back to you . >> amazing. coming up a possible positive side effect of taking an aspirin a day . >> common complaint about apple 's newest ipad. live from chicago the official drawing of the illinois lottery. cancer prevention in a pill it to your medical cabinet. new research at said the growing evidence that daily aspirin use prince certain cancers. may also be an effective treatment for people who already have cancer. british scientists reported in their latest of a reduction in cancer after about 3 years of daily aspirin use. people taking aspirin for as few as five years had a lower risk of dying from cancer and of having their disease is spread once diagnosed. diagnosing and tracking a new strain of whooping cough. colonel of infectious diseases a growing form of whooping cough resistant to current vaccines. it caught in australia a sharp rise in cases. spread to othe

software that's going to an advantage to use for the good performance and chester city meanwhile have home advantage in their second leg or portuguese are fit sporting lisbon or worked among chinese men trailed one nil but aren't beaten at home in sixteen european matches losing out that weekend in the premier league to swansea city go possibly not the best preparation it was a result which saw them move off the top spot for the first time in five months. we need to play all of it when we can. we don't we don't want to win this game because it will be a distraction for a premier league. one . champion she went on they finally. really. will be these. elsewhere in the pick of big games p.s.v. must try to overcome a four two deficit against valencia pick she is also hoping home advantage can conduct has a cold vitriol three one sheltie easy out nor hung over an olympian cause favorites to progress in the rest of the ties on your screen. in tennis novak djokovic has advanced into the quarterfinals at indian wells after beating puddle angelo of spain but it wasn't all plain sailing for the

her funeral is set for tomorrow at the southern baptist church on chester street at 11 in the morning. the viewing will be held at the same location tonight. police say the two boys were playing with a handgun or a rifle rather when the 13-year- old monet turnage was shot. after the shooting, police say they hid her body behind a house and buried it under trash bagsch the boys have been charged with involuntary manslaughter. >>> new for you calvert county sheriff deputies are look into the death after a -- of a newborn. deputies say family members of the owner of the car were cleaning the inside of the carjust after 6:30 last night when they found the baby's 3w0dy. >>> the -- body. >> the cause of the baby's death is under investigation. >>> also this morning, for the second time, the robbery of aroyal farms store involves gunfire. >> federal agents believe the same man is responsible for both crimes. sherrie johnson is live with more. sherrie. >> reporter: all right. we are here live in hamden in front of this royal farms. we had an officer sitting outside of this royal farms so we c

with the thanks you saw on the program lawrence davidson professor of middle east history at west chester university appreciate it ok thank you. american soldier accused of a village massacre in afghanistan has officially been charged now with twenty nine counts of murder attempted murder and assault if convicted staff sergeant robert bales could face the death penalty but his lawyers say he remembers nothing of the killings while legal experts warn of a long and complicated legal process ahead that could of course provoke further anger among afghans after what signals the worst atrocity but american in this decade long war john glaser from antiwar dot com told us clearing the military of wrongdoing is something that's deeply rooted in us society. throughout the media we've heard. justifications for bill's apparent rampage and you know they go through things like he might have had a concussion he was having trouble at home or was stressed from you know who or but you know people that are outside outside of the u.s. military to commit these kinds of crimes simply don't receive that kind of

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when chester at 59 degrees. head off to ocean city with only 42 degrees at this hour appeared they had highs daily in the lower-50's. 70's in the mountains. temperatures are mild off to the west of us. lower-80's and chicago. there cooling down now to about 70 degrees. high-pressure off to the northeast and light southerly flow will diminish in the overnight and hours. the fog could limit visibility to the lower quarter of a mile. we already have a dense fog advisory for delaware. i expect this will disband as we go into tomorrow. but similar to what we had earlier this morning i expected to cancel out by 9:00 a.m. or 10:00 a.m. moving through the next 48 hours, noticed a few showers along western maryland. it will not amount to much for the day tomorrow. more clouds and a few showers for the day on monday. and we may even hear a few rumbles of thunder. dense fog is expected overnight. daytime highs tomorrow hovering around the 70-degree mark. it will be one of the cooler days we will seat for the next seven day

so they're bringing the wagons in to go to the prisoner of war camps, and the sheriff of chester county stops them and says, you know what? under the pretense of saying that they brought in too much and planning to sell it on the black market, he seized all of their merchandise, and congress was powerless to stand up to the greedy sheriff of chester county. one county sheriff standing up to the national government of the united states. totally, totally unequipped to govern a country like ours. at one point congress has to deal with a mutiny. with no revenue to pay soldiers, the soldiers lose their patience, and as the war comes to a conclusion, they're not feeling any better about their chances of getting paid. once the hostilities are done, they weren't very optimistic about what might happen. o they went to philadelphia, a group of soldiers went to philadelphia, and they're pointing guns in the windows of congress, and they're menacing members of congress, and congress is inside trying to figure out what to do. [laughter] and all they can do is appeal to the governor of pennsylvania w

the village of west chester is denying any responsibility. >> mayor emanuel looking for more supportlan after some alderman called it a money grab. he offered up a scaled-back version of the plan limiting coverage to 20 percent of the schools in parts in the city. can operating hours in school zones would be on weekdays from 7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.. >> and incumbent chicago congressman with a famous name in a fierce battle to keep his job. the second district fight between jesse jackson jr. and debbie halverson. more coming up. 6-7-9. 6-3-4-8. pick 4. 7-23-39-16-24. lotto number. in tonight's medical what food and cancer that might be spread to fertilizer. cadmium use it didn't fertilize the. cadmium was found and bread cereal and potatoes as well as those crops and vegetables. the cadmium breast cancer connection held true with women who wear had positive and negative thomas. the smallest babies take a big toll on the mother's heart. when the mother and delivers a full term of low birthweight babies it did increase the search term of developing heart disease. these kind of they call a l

with brisbane in daly city -- chester fung has been leading this effort to allocate the fair share of financial contributions to a large infrastructure program. we will be bringing that report to you shortly. we anticipate initiating the feasibility study, which will look at the rail conversion options to support the future will use of that infrastructure. the freeway circulation study may not be obvious that there is a connection here as well. we will reduce the contents and reduce speed -- with increasing the bicycle and pedestrian access. restoring this to the pre- central freeway, the earthquake conditions. we will be applying for planning grant, to advance these concepts. and there is the 19th avenue transit corridor. the operations there hopefully will improve, and allow for the more efficient allocation of the balboa area. this is part of the daily -- the line to daly city and may alleviate the demand. with the relationship between stations. and the study that is listed here also has the fair city component, looking at the potential -- the benefit of the daly city. and the -- a

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chester town 55. more of the same in centerville, southersville 53, elkton, your temperature at 57. the fact is, though, we are dealing with visibility issues again, just like yesterday. reduced outside because of the fog, holding tough to the one mile visibility in easton. again, we had delays across the eastern shore. two mile visibility in baltimore, four frederick and york. we are starting to see the showers diminish this morning, now sliding in to pg county, montgomery county. in to the afternoon, we do have a chance for them popping up again, that's a possibility like they did yesterday. then that will be the same scenario in to thursday. here is your hour by hour forecast, as we have the fog by 8:00 a.m. rather, 73 degrees by 4:00 p.m. check out great pictures sent in by linda of canton, we see fog out there, she took this yesterday morning. if you want to send pictures, charles@wmar.com, include name, city and brief description. now let's get a check of the traffic with angela. >>> we have been monitoring the cameras, especially from the eastern shore. seeing patchy fog in h

it take a look at some of the highs today. 72 in bowie. 72 centerville. 62347 clefter town -- chester town. we're wraching a line of showers. this is not a cold front. watch out for a few thunderstorms in the afternoon. we'll talk more about that coming up. >> it is now official. constellation energy is now part of exelon. the takeover creates one of the largest competitive suppliers in the country. also, christopher crane becomes the combined president and ceo while constellation becomes the executive chairman. etchle -- exelon has a presence in 47 states. >>> a law can make it illegal to smoke if you have a young child in the car, if the child is younger than eight. on friday the bill was amend making the age 16. supporters realized though had voted in error and the amendment was overturned, lowering the age to eight. a few states have passed similar bills but some feel parents should make the choice. >> i think that's more the parents are going to make their own decision. parents make good decisions anyway. >> while second hand smoke is not good, limiting it to children under eight

viewing was held tonight for 13-year-old monae turnage, followed by the southern baptist church on chester street.police say two boys, ages 12 and 13, weree playing with a 22-caliber rifle when turnage was shot. she was then dragged across an alley aad overed with trash bags.police say the gun was later found in a city police officer's vehicle. that officer's conduct in now under investigation. a newborn baby is found dead in the trunk of a car at a trailer park community in prince rederick. police say someone was cllaninggout the car of a family member last pnght when they found the infant. investigators did not release the child's name or gender. no charges have been filed at this time. police.../ are investigating.../ two... suspected cases.../ of... dog fighting...///. the inveetigation comes after - two pitbulls were left for dead in anne arundel county. janice park is live in brooklyn park where a good samaritan found one of the injured dogs. janice? 3 //karen//a major bust in several locations leads to three arrests and the evidence homes in baltimore city were raided includiig one

for 13-year-old monae turnage, ffllowed by the funeral tomorrow at the southern baptist church on chesterice say two boys, ages 12 and 13, were playing with a 22-caliber rifleewhen turnage was shot. she was then dragged across an alley and covered with trash bags.police say the gun was lattr found in a city police officer's vehicle. that officer's conduct is now unddr a newborn baby is found deaddin the trunk of a car at a railer park community in prince frederick. police say car of a family member last night when they found the infant. investigatoos did not release the child's name &por gender. no charges have been filed at this tiie. pnne arunnel county .../ police.../ are investtgating.../ of... dog fighting...///. áápitbullsáá left... for dead .../ on... roads... / and... parkingg lots....// áájaniceáá park .../ live.../ at... animal control, .../ ááwhereáá a... good samaritan.../ brought... the dogs .../ for treatment..../ janice? the first dog was found in february. and the second dog, was found just this saturday. we have a warning the pictures you're about to see is disturbing. th

. >>> a fire is caused by one of the students in chester town. 20 kids were headed when one had a flair. they credit the bus driver with saving their lives. >> certainly engulfed in flames. it was a dangerous situation that was alleviated by a brave bus driver. >> no one was hurt. all of the students are out of the hospital. >>> they're talking to man who they believe showed sexually explicit pictures in a store. he showed children inappropriate pictures on his cell phone. now, police want anyone with information to give them a call. the number is right there on the bottom of your screen. 410-222-8610. >>> jimmy is dancing, the greyhounds beat to reach the ncaa tournament for the first time in 18 years. on spring break, we thought we would go out with our first stop over here. chris and company, watching the game. >> we were all jumping up and down that we beat manhattan. it's great. >> it is great. with jimmy, you know it's going to be one for the age. find out where they're going to play in the first round of the ncaa. >> that is great news. great. >>> computer viruses are nothing new

. >>> a school bus fire, charred bus, all that is left after the fire in chester town, 28 kids were on board and headed to kent county middle school and one lit a marine flair. >>> new this morning, george washington university says students faculty and parents were alerted of a possible gunman, u.s. secret service said a man was seen headed towards the campus. authorities searched the area around the school's foggy bottom campus but didn't find suspects. >>> a volunteer worker for a candidate has been charged in a stabbing death. police say it's over a dog defecating in his yard. robert wright was walking his friend's dog when his neighbor became angry and witnesses say culvert claimed the dog had gone to the bathroom on his property. an argument ensued and culvert stabbed wright to death. >>> a courtroom brawl in massachusetts all of it caught on tape. a murder suspect's appearance before a judge was stopped by shouting and violence. the relatives of the victim punched the accused killer as he was walking in the courtroom. the room had to be cleared. the hearing for the suspect went

i would like to thank chester for his presentation 10 ten. we received presentation from a member of our citizens advisory committee. she could not be here today. i just distributed a copy to you. it is critical that i provide some comment on that. she has been very devoted to this issue. she has been a member of cac for a long time. she points out a connection for a long time that was pointed to, the need for proactive land use work around this area. she bemoans the demise of the redevelopment agency and point out that this is one of the areas that did not get carried over because there was not a plant in place. it is unclear on who will take over the very important work, especially the housing work that she points out and we point out in the study. this is key to the viability of this project. we have a big connection with this project because of the third street project and this is an intermodal connectivity issue. this dates back to 1999. there has been some at the discussions about this stuff and it is all about making sure that the sout

. >>> we are stepping outdoors with temperatures to above average, 45 chester town. columbia 51. centerville 54. the winds are calm this morning, they will pick up as we go in to the afternoon, out of the north and west at 10- 15 miles per hour. gusts up to 25 miles an hour. we are looking at a freeze warning and a watch that goes in to effect this evening. let's get a check of traffic. >>> a lot of volume out there, monday morning, busy and traveling through pasadena, a headache if you are traveling on route 10. route 2s i should say in maryland right now, having a closure, maryland route 2, between hamburg and pasadena road. take light avenue. foincident or delays on i-95, arbutus and the tunnels. traveling i-95, columbia, delays causing a problem for you northbound and southbound, tack on an extra 10- 15 minutes to the drive times. people are calling for change following the shooting death of a florida teenager. a rally is planned in downtown baltimore. charley crowson joins us live from city hall to tell us about the rally. >> reporter: good morning, it has been one month sin

look at the eastern shore, chester town, around 30, 41 degrees now, 44 in centerville, annapolis 39. edgewater at 37 degrees this morning. we look at the fact that while we are going to be dealing with cloud cover across the area today. we will get sunshine in here. the clouds will hold tough, though, and we can see some showers back there in to ohio , the last time i showed you that, right in to the screen, a little bit, you can see the showers are beginning to be on the move as we go in to later tonight, we have the chance for showers to work their way in here as we go more in to the overnight it will be in here, as we go in to the morning time. the wet weather will get closer to us as it goes in to motion, and you will need the rain gear if you are going to be out and about. see around 5:00, your rush hour in the morning, maybe a rumble of thunder. high pressure builds in behind. that we will get plenty of sunshine like i was saying on wednesday, more of the same on thursday. as we check out the temperatures for today, though, coming in around 66 degrees, not bad, the temperature

one. 7:35 saturday night at the first mariner arena and then game two on monday up there in rock chesterthey have been named honorary chair couple. this event races money to find a cure for als. oj who played for the cfl stallions and then joined the ravens in their season in a form erin ten with abc 2news, found out he had als in 2007. never showed him down. as he goes to work for the ravens front office every day and this -- the it'll be run on may 5th and the money raised will go to research. >>> all right baltimore here we go. another nice day coming up tomorrow but wyatt will be right back. . >>> before be go we have a look at tonight. >> it this is something for everybody. we all lead stressful lives, eat poorly, don't work out enough and are overworked. some people are turning to professionals to get a life makeover. >>> plus sex education without the sex? some want to pub for an abstinence only program. >> will have news with the news tonight at 11. we will see you tonight. investment a good one. i guess we have more time.

can see now, the more heavy weather actually east of baltimore, essex, across the bay, in to the chester town area and queen ann's county. not a lot of rain for the overnight hours. we look for weather to come in out of the west. we are talking about a high tornado count indiana, supercells through kentucky. the tornado outbreak continuing over 50 reported twisters in the upper midwest and very damaging storms to say the least. 50 this evening as the rain moves in. we will talk about how things shape up saturday and sunday. the twist and change is coming up. >>> we contue to lead the way in offerings in baltimore. visit abc2news.com/mobile right now and check out our growing list of apps. you have access to the most accurate weather forecast, news and live streaming video in the palm of your hand. >>> to the developing story out of arundel, a jury indicted leopold, he is indicted on charges he misused his protection squad. leopold had officers drive him to parking lots, he would have them wait for him while he got in to another car to have sex with another county employee. leopold needed

>> well r, i was at the america antiquarian society in word chester, massachusetts. the head librarian or whatever his title was said, oh, say, we just excessioned some stuff by a u.s. colored troops officer. want to see it? and yeah. yeah. very much. well, by the time "freedom by the sword" came out, somebody else had already edited and published his papers and an notated editions. like a growth industry. like i said. yes you can well, what is it, the library of american -- the official records are available online. and yes, certain -- i don't know. you've just got to go look for it. >> in terms of like especially state archives, do you feel that there are things there that hadn't been consulted back then which are now becoming more available? >> oh. well, since these were all federal troops, the national archives is -- has their records. state historical societies, yes, have large numbers of -- i mean, i wrote the end of -- well, the account of the siege of mobile was heavily relied on stuff that i got from the minnesota historical society. so you never can tell wh

. >> she will be laid to rest at southern baptist church at north chester. back to you in the studio. >> as investigation continues, there are reports a police officer may have been involved. according to the team, several sources familiar with the case identified the officer as john ward. a member of the police department for a few years. the mayor calls the death a horrible tragedy made worse by the possibility of breaking department to rules lower the law. -- departmental rules or the law. >> i require more from our officers. they have the public's trust in everything they do. >> the police officer has been suspended as they work to figure out what he did or did not do. one man is being treated for life-threatening burns after a two alarm fire in an apartment building. it started tonight at the pinewood east apartment building. authorities say the man is 50 or 60 and was airlifted to the hospital. no word on a cars. >> four high school students were arrested after police say they attacked another student in between classes. william bryant and isiah face c

as we look at the eastern shore, chester town 27. as we go throughout the day, we are not doing to warm up that much. a little bit of a chill in the air with the temperature around 47 degrees. we will talk about how warm it's going to get as we go through next several days. >>> good morning, everyone. no major trouble spots to watch for as you head out. maintenance crews wrapping up out there from overnight work zones. if you are traveling through, you should do okay, especially i-95, this is north of the beltway in arbutus. all lanes are open. eastern shore, you will shift to one eastbound lane on the bay bridge, westbound lanes closed with a overnight maintenance crew there. 50 looks good in to arundel county at this hour. >>> family describes a child full of life with growing aspiration. >> what led to a 13-year-old being shot the chest and left in the backyard over the weekend. Ñ[= secretary of education be l be at howard university. musicians will perform at the meyer house at 10:30, they will perform alongside the members of th

that's how personal i take it. >> twice a month for the past six years, chester's wife, ruby, has flown the things about being incarcerated is you feel so much shame. we had a pretty middle class family. my daughter thought it was the perfect family. i have two adult children also and suburban home. this stuff doesn't happen in your family. when it did happen, you don't want anybody to know about it. man, for me to sit here in front of the camera and talk about this and think that somebody else will see it, especially somebody on my job is more than i would have ever thought. i mean, my family didn't know about it for two or three years. >> what did you tell them? what did you tell your family? >> that my husband was out doing work. he was working so i was kind of budg fudging it, thinking he's working in prison, so i'm really not lying, and he would travel from time to time, so for years i'd cover it that way. >> everyone in life periodically has told themselves, what i do, it only affects me. it's not true. when you do wrong and you're incarcerated in prison, it affects everyone who l

fairly heavy rain on the eastern shore, kent island, centerville, gray sonville, it's going to extend chesterown and kent county on the shore to. e

kids from schools and planted cherry trees and local schools, they were all over the country from chesterlvania, to new york and north carolina. cherry trees okay, but cold weathered plants are a no until mother's day. >> a freeze warning is in effect for the metro area. that excludes calvert county, st. mary's county. it includes fredericksburg and the district and everybody else. even into annapolis. now here's the deal. we talked about this earlier. you shouldn't plant anything until mother's day. why? because the average last frost downtown is the 23rd of april. it's the 28th of april in fredericksburg. it's the end of april for gaithersburg and it's early may for hagerstown. i know it's been tempting, but you can't do it yet. you need to wait. the reason why there's a freeze warning is because everything is so far advanced that they had to put out a freeze warning because the pear trees are in bloom. right now, 56. winds are northwest at 18. pressure began to rise. 30.01. dew point is falling. if the winds die down, we are going to see a hard freeze across much of the area. 55 arling