. >> let's get to the names as the 14th season has been announced. gladysnight, sherri shepherd, melissa gilbert, maria menounous, martina navratilova and opera singer katherine jenkins. >> the men include jaleel white , actor jack wagner, singers gavin degraw, along with disney channel's star rochon fegan william levy, and football player donald driver. we want to hear your thoughts on the newscast. we invite you to weigh in on our web site wjla.com. >> we know what you feel about gas prices. 7 is on your side with. prices have gone up 21 straight days. another two pennies from yesterday. the national average for gallon of regular is $3.72 a gallon according to aaa. gas prices are up 13 cents so far this year and it's only february. >> its lunchtime, but it's never too to eat breakfast. ihop giving away free pancakes. in return, customers are asked to donate to the leukemia and lymphoma society. you can get a short stack at most locations until 10:00 tonight. >> breakfast anytime and for good cause. ahead, adam caskey for final >> coming up tonight at 5:00

was just across the highway from us about a half mile, so as a project for the bicentennial, it was a project to try and preserve the history and memory of gladys city. gladys city is named for a young man in a sunday school class, we call him our dreamer, he's the one that came one a lot of the ideas for gladys city, and home run name was gladys bingham, and she was in his sunday school class and he was very smitten by her and he named the city for her. when petillo originally envisioned the city, it was really what he called -- or what could be called an industrial utopia. by the time spindle top came in in 1901, i like to say that there was no more time to be perfect and his other dreams really focused on this manufacturing part. and i think that's probably what some people wouldn't realize is even they didn't know how much oil was under the ground out there. it surprised everybody when it came in. >> beaumont at that time was kind of rough and tumble and so he wanted something that was pristine and clean and that's actually not what he got. but that's the way it works sometimes. the gladys oil and manufacturing company was the first oil company in texas. they're stil

the highway from us about 1/2 mile. so as a project for the bicentennial, you know, this group of people came together to try to preserve the history and memory of gladys city. it is named for a young lady that was in the sunday school class. i kind of call him one of our main characters. although he probably wouldn't like this, we call him our dreamer. he's the one that came up with a lot of the ideas for gladys city. and her name was gladys stingam and she was in his sunday school class and he was very fond of her and kind of really bestowed an honor on her by naming the city for her. when it was originally -- when betillow envisioned the city, it was what could be called an industrial utopia. by the time he came in, there was no more time to be perfect. and his other dreams really focused on this manufacturing part. and i think that's probably what some people wouldn't realize is even they didn't know how much oil was under the ground out there. it surprised everybody when it came in. beaumont at the time was rough and tumble and so he wanted something that was pristine and clean and that's actually not what he got. in the end, but that's the way it works sometimes.

the big names, jaleel white, maria menounos, gavin degraw. martina navratilova, sherri shepherd and at 67 years old, gladys knight will take the stage as the oldestant this year. she can still belt it out, though. she's great. >> she sure is. >> can she dance? that's the question. >>> there is more to come on news 4 at 4:00, if you have held out on getting an ipad it might pay off. fuelling speculation for what's next for apple. >>> a murder trial for a man accused of gunning down a romantic rival outside a >>> here we go. time to take a look at the day's daily deals. >> if you are looking for an exciting staycation adventure, check out living social. you get round trip transportation and food for a zip lining and beer tasting excursion. your adventure starts at go ape activity center, you will get to try zip lining and enjoy a picnic lunch. and then you'll head to growlers to try out hand crafted beer. >> you want the beer after that zip lining. and the lunch too for that matter. on groupon, there's a deal in time for the upcoming cherry blossom festival. $9 for kids, get a ticket on a springtime harbor cruise right don't potomac. you'll get a g

. >> particularly with gladys as the name. yeah i understand. >> well i want to thank you all for coming here today. it's nice to share it with you and you have a lot to share and it's good to have people who know about the city. >> >> >> >> >> >> the public wants to access particular information about your house or neighborhood we point them to gis. gis is a combination of maps and data. not a graphic you see on a screen. you get the traffic for the streets the number of crimes for a police district in a period of time. if the idea of combining the different layerce of information and stacking them on top of each other to present to the public. >> other types of gis are web based mapping systems. like google earth, yahoo maps. microsoft. those are examples of on line mapping systems that can be used to find businesses or get driving directions or check on traffic conditions. all digital maps. >> gis is used in the city of san francisco to better support what departments do. >> you imagine all the various elements of a city in