john richard dick irwin, a veteran police reporter, died earlier today at gbmc from complications of diabetes. irwin's career in charm city started 44 years ago. he started his famous police blotter there in 1979. he then wrote for the evening sun and baltimore sun. his colleagues remember dick irwin as being kind in the newsroom but gruff when police would not give him information he wanted. dick irwin was 76 years old. >>> time now for a quick look at some of the stories you'll find in tomorrow morning's edition of the baltimore sun. walking the beat for the last time, with the city police officer, who has patrolled the same neighborhood for more than three decades am. >>> an edgewood native is making a splash with her maui girl, swim wear line. >>> and for these stories and a lot more, read tomorrow's baltimore sun. and remember, you can look for the updated forecast, from wjz's first warning weather team. >>> still to come tonight on wjz eyewitness news. a scary situation. an elderly woman in nevada gets her house broken into by a bear. how she escaped. >>> deadly bus crash. the

dick irwin was 76 years old. >> he was, indeed, a gentleman. we'll miss him, without a doubt. >>> it's not hard to believe memorial day weekend is just days away. it is feeling more like late june right now than mid-may. if you're exercising right now, you want to make sure you stay hydrated, even if i catch a bit of shade if you can. >> outside right now, it's sunny, warm and a bit muggy out there. meteorologist tim williams is updating the first warning forecast. hi, tim. >> hello, kai. good afternoon, everyone. these last two days, yesterday and today, would have been great days for the pools to open. unfortunately, things will cool down, heading into the weekend when they actually do. right now, we're at 86 degrees at bwi marshall. 90 in hagerstown. that's courtesy of that southwest wind, bringing in warmer temperatures close to the water. 85 in d.c. down on the potomac basin and 84 over toward easton. that 86, well, that's just a little bit less humid and a little bit cooler than this time yesterday. it was actually a little warmer. in the