you are watching wbal-tv 11 news at 5:00 in hd with dan stovall, donna hamilton, your forecast with tomelmyer. 11 news at 5:00 continues now. >> hundreds of area high school athletes got some straight talk on drugs, dating, and decision making, all part of our program to keep the students grounded. >> tim tooten is live in the newsroom with more on that story. >> it is called powered by me. it started out as a small workshop to keep students away from drugs and alcohol. it has gone to a yearly conference focused on more serious issues. they showed up in droves. high school athletes from more than 60 public and private high schools. in one place for one message, how to play sports save, fair, and sober. >> we have looked at role models and other athletes. we want to learn by people's mistakes so we do not make the same ones. >> mike gimbel, a recovering addict and drug experts, has been the face of this campaign aimed at student athletes. >> it is not like just steroids and drugs and alcohol abuse. there are other issues about dating, eating properly, about gambling, things we do not nor

you are watching wbal-tv 11 news at 5:00 in hd with dan stovall, donna hamilton, and tom tasselmyer.00 continues now. >> attempts to cut down that rowdy, late-night and carousing in baltimore county may change the way byob establishments do business. a new bill would require you to have a license -- would require the licenses to allow you to bring your own alcohol. >> currently there are no laws when it comes to byob here in baltimore county. one councilman feels that some bars and restaurants are taking advantage of that, so he wants to put a stop to it. >> before i open up, i have to face that surprise. >> she owns a dance studio on allegany avenue in towson. she never knows what the night before bring to the doorstep of her business. >> there is always some evidence that someone has had too much to drink and there is a bomb at, and i have to clean it up. -- there is vomit. it may be because of businesses like the hookah lounge cafe. >> they are just allowing underage kids to be in their drinking, and allowing them after 2:00 at night to drink. >> in response to complaints, the cou

you are watching wbal-tv 11 news at 5:00 with dan stovall, donna hamilton, your forecast with tom tasselmyer. 11 news at 5:00 continues now. >> cracking down on human trafficking. state, local, and federal officials say the sale of people for sex in maryland is getting out of control. they are meeting in catonsville with some specialists to try to figure out how to stop it. >> they want couple police officers and social workers to be better able to spot the signs of sex trafficking. kim dacey has the details. >> human sex trafficking is an emerging problem in maryland, according to federal officials. >> maryland is right not only for breeding incidents of human trafficking but also as a three- point when you look at the interstate road system and its proximity to major metropolitan areas such as philadelphia, washington d.c., new york, and boston, as well as an international airports, bus stations, and truck stops. >> the maryland human trafficking task force posted a seminar monday to combat this growing problem. core hundred specialists as well as non-profit service providers -- 400 specia

you are watching wbal-tv 11 news at 5:00 and hd with dan stovall, donna hamilton, your forecast withhief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> frustrated harford county schoolteachers try to gather public support in their fight for more money, but county leaders are not budging. teachers in a half-dozen harford county schools are working -- refusing to print any extra time before or after school. >> tim tooten is live in the newsroom with the story. >> teachers say they are turning up the heat on the very people who control the purse strings. that is top county school officials and the government. >> it has been a long time since they have felt respected in the classroom. >> and in their paychecks. teacher salaries have been frozen for more than three years. right now, beginning harford county teachers are a little more than $41,000 a year. that is more than $4,000 less than teachers are getting paid in places like howard county. this is how they are fighting back. almost a week ago they walked out of an elementary school and tried to drum up public support. >> they will start their day a