problem freak in harford -- problem free in harford. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> we have clear skies right now. 32 in jarrettsville. most is sunny skies and cooler than the last couple of days -- mostly sunny skies. here is keith mills. >> thank you. good morning. the patriots remained three- point favorites to win the super bowl. some think the giants are going to win. brady.ount out tom there is an ankle sprain for the tight end. the patriots were huge favorites to finish the season unbeaten four years ago. >> given the games we lost this --r, you're in it to the end we're in it to the end. we never stop fighting. we just came up a bit short. to play 22 games this year and to fight is something we should be proud of. we expect that again in a few days. peyton manning is dominating the headlines. is doctors have cleared him to play football next year. tuna form will the where -- which uniform will be wwear? the colts likely to draft andrew lock. $20 millionowe peytoni march. $20 million i marcn 6:30 kickoff. >> 32 degree

police believe the thefts took place over a three-year period with six happening in harford county and others as far north as connecticut. >>> let's get to the murder trial of george huguely, accused of killing his ex-girlfriend yeardley love and the woman who knew yeardley love the best, her mother, took the stand. >> reporter: it was certainly a slow moving process monday and tuesday for jury selection but the speed has picked up. we've heard from six witnesses including yeardley love's mother, her sister and roommate. >> reporter: whitely broke down on the witness stand as she described walking into yeardley love's bedroom and finding her face down in the bed it was bloody. george huguely's defense team plans to argue there was no intent to kill yeardley love, and therefore, there can be no first-degree murder conviction. if fact if there's no intent on felony murder, breaking and entering and larceny, the jury will have to lay quit -- acquit on all of those if they can't get beyond a reasonable doubt. george huguely himself will not testify at his trial, but we will hear from him.

we still have a closure on northbound 95 in harford county, shut down at 543. traffic being forced out at riverside park way. you can take pulaski highway as your alternate. the accident has been cleared. avoid that if you can. looking at outer loop delays as you make your way on the west side. we're also dealing with fog. an accident on the inner loop past 40. an accident taking up the right lane on 100. 17 minutes to get you to that west side stretch. no delays on 95 through howard county. slow on that ramp exiting at 543. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> good morning. the fog will not stick around for very long but visibility can be down to a quarter of a mile. the temperatures are above freezing. 36 at the airport. this stuff is already starting to break up. we will see more sunshine today. we expect mostly sunny skies today. we will get the sunshine to break through and in my turned a little breezy. temperatures will turn into the 50's. mostly clear tonight and temperatures drop back into the upper 20's and low 30's. everybody is talking about th

road, we have fire activity at harford road and taylor avenue. you may want to head in a different direction especially if your travels includes the busy intersection. let's check the major thorough fares starting with harrisburg expressway. shawan road moving pretty good. no reported troubles from thepennsylvania state line through cockeysville. the top side of 695 in parkville region at harford road, light conditions on inner and outer loop. we will update changes regarding the traffic at maryland traffic. back over to you. >> gl baltimore mayor testify -- >>> baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake says she will announce the terms of a five- year deal later today. last year grand prix generated 47 million dollars in economic impact. the city terminated the contract with the organizers against baltimore racing velt theaf failed to pay $1.5 mill -- development after they failed to pay 1.5 million they owed to the city. >>> linda so is live working the phones digging up new information for us. what have you learned. >> reporter: well, we got off

harford road is shutdown because of fire activity.ngton avenue is closed at frederick road because of a water main/gas main break. closures remain in effect. five minutes to go south on 95 down to the fort mchenry. not bad on 895. 10 minutes to travel south to 95 down towards 32. we will update you on 95 at 152 at mountain road. moving pretty well. things are building closer to white marsh. this is the b-w parkway and we're problem free on the major roadways at this hour. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. for that we go to kurt kronke of the mta system. good morning. >> we have a delay on the brunswick lines. running 10 to 12 minutes late. canton and 10 trains aren't scheduled. metro subway on schedule. the 90 bus diverting at harford and taylor -- the 19 bus diverting. now back to tony pann. >> yesterday was valentine's day appeared there are probably some newly engaged couples. we say good morning to ava marie. she's doing somewhat bridal stuff. >> this was a valentine's da

that's a their job. >> reporter: the average teacher in harford county makes $55,000. at the time the bonus was offered, the teacher's union stalled the negotiation seeking two steps and a cost of living increase. the county claimed it couldn't afford the raise but offered the bonus when this discovered is your plus mony. teachers we spoke with seem ton re-- seem to be relieved they're getting something, anything. >> i'm excited to hear we are getting it. it's necessary for my family right now with just the economy and the price of living and so it's been hard not to get the salary raise but this is a relief to hear. it's huge, huge. >> reporter: in harford county, jeff hager, abc2 news. >> teachers like christi got no raises last year but they paid more for their healthcare and pensions. once the bonuses are approved, they should see them in their checks within six weeks. >>> the state comptroller was on the road. he was in baltimore at the alley burton academy to talk about major renovations. the school board asked for approval to proceed on renovation plans. he want

we're not harford zone. roads are wet and it even started to cover the ground.s is the view outside. we're trying to make it up 83. let's go up our front door and see how much we're anticipating. we can see, what? a little bit of snow falling, rain, a lot of red

this is harford road and the north side deslay is going to extend over to providence road. and if you travel through pikesville and wood lawn, some slow spots making the past liberty road. and this is live at howard and martin luther king, jr. boulevard. >>> supporters of proposition 8 which bans same-sex marriage they're going ask the supreme court to overturn the ruling from the supreme court. gay marriage can't resume in the state till the deadline passes for supporters of the ban to appeal. and an attorney for a christian legal aid group they hope to defend the band and no court should presume to redefine marriage. >>> governor o'malley said that the ruleing is a victory for same-sex marriage. and he hopes that will be influential to maryland's house of delegates. it failed in the house here last year amid religious and family value concerns. >>> outrage over anti-gay flyers sent home with thousands of high school students. linda is here with what the flyers say. this is sparking a lot of controversy. >> reporter: here is what the flyer looks like. and we posted a link

. >>> the base realignment brought new jobs to harford county. new a new study suggests building a convention center could help the county benefit even more from brac. >> reporter: 5800 workers traveled down interstate 95 at the new job at aberdeen proving ground. >> every event we've had, they have all been oversold. >> reporter: a new study suggests building a convention center would help double tourism over the next decade. the county must build up its marketing, its businesses and hotels to attract tourists. that's why the consultants are calling for a hotel tax. >> by being the only jurisdiction, the only jurisdiction in the state of maryland that does not have a lodging tax. >> reporter: they range from 3 1/2% to 9%, bringing in an average of 4 1/2 million each year while harford county gets zero but any bid to get conservative lawmakers to introduce such a measure in annapolis has run into a red light. >> it is one of those issues where they look at the three letter word tax. it actually relieves their consistent tax -- constituent taxpaye

>>> getting details on a deadly crash in harford county that killed three siblings. details just ahead. >>> controversial issue of same- sex marriage goes before the senate. what this means coming up. >>> winds ripping through the midwest, killing more than 8 in oklahoma. how much damage was left behind. details coming up on this tuesday, february 21st, good morning, i'm charley crowson. >> live look at the inner harbor this morning on this tuesday february 21st. thank you for joining us. >> let's get a check of the forecast now. say good morning to lynette charles. good things yesterday. we were talking about 3-6 inches of snow. >> some models have 70s. people are liking that. for today, temperatures are starting to go up, but, we will be dry, so that's good news as well. we are looking at maryland's most powerful radar. all five sweeps on. we are quiet and staying that way throughout the day. temperatures, the bigger story this morning, we are seasonably cold out there, to harford , the temperature around 37 degrees, that's where we should be for this time of the y

we begin tonight with the frightening crash in harford county. thank you for joining us i'm christian schaffer. a drunk driver ran a trooper off the road last night, he barely escaped with his life. the trooper says the suspect aggressively engaged him, around midnight on mountain road in harford, that's when the chase started. unmarked state police cruiser bares the damage from splintering a fence on old joppa road, one of the rails pierced the front window, threatening the life of this senior trooper. >> his hand may have struck the radar unit in the vehicle. in some prove dential way, that fence post missed his head. >> reporter: state police say 22-year-old john jacob newsel the 5th of joppa, used this cobolt to flashlights and tailgate the cruiser before pulling up be side the trooper, revving his engine and taking off. the trooper chased the suspect for 3 miles before the crash here in front of the 7th day church. harford county sheriff's deputies spotted the cobolt later initiating a second chase before he crashed his car on singer road. t

. >>> the smell of an oil like has made its way to harford county. it has leaked from the refinery in new jersey and has caused issues in three states. >>> it was looking like we may have had another spring like day on our hands but unfortunately, that did not happen. we're taking a look at harbor cam, kind of a gross day but will we be getting anything better for the weekend. let's check in with wyatt everhart. >>> the good news is the high thunderstorm activity in southern maryland just about done. they had warm weather that helped fuel storms in southern maryland and on the lower eastern shore. we can see the last remnant of the storms are off of ocean city, a little bit of activity but central maryland, just a few rain showers, one toward bel air. watch for extreme southern maryland and some warnings toward worcester county. temperature wise, you can see what happened, mid-50s for baltimore and d.c. 76 in sals bury and in fredericksburg in the 70s. high wind advisory. you cay gusts up around 30 to the west. they will invade and overspread the sta

lowell melzer has more from harford county. >> something stinks here in harford couven, or at least it did this morning, as a mystery odor filled the air, causing hundreds of people to call their local fire departments. >> the calls increased around 8:30 a.m. but dedelined around 11:30 a.m. we received about 40 calls. the action started early. just before 7:00 a.m., calls started coming in about a possible gas leak that seemed to be concentrating in a large area that consumed most of the northeastern part of the county. >> as a detective, you think, something isn't adding up about this because the calls were concentrated in a quick amount of time. >> after a few phone calls and with help from the county's operations center, the smell was linked to the palsburough refinery which had a major oil leak to the tune of 6.6 million gallons, affecting folks who live in pennsylvania, delaware, cecil, harford, and north baltimore counties in maryland. >> i checked around my property and my neighbor's property and couldn't dedetect anything. as i drove home, i had the window down in the car, and

firefighters on the scene of a destructive house fire in harford county. sky eye chopper 13 is over that fire. and captain mike perry has more for us. mike? >> reporter: hello, denise. we're in the aberdeen area of harford county. this is just off of stephanie road. it's called montral road, where a single family home caught fire. about 40 minutes ago, firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke and flames coming from the single family home. they had to use foam equipment in order to put out the fire. you can see the white stuff on the roof. that is the foam used to put it out. now, it's not clear at this point whether there were any injuries. to anyone inside the residence. but as you can see, there was extensive damage. iewntdzs from ab -- units from abingdon, aberdeen, and joppatowne, have responded to put out this fire. and those units remain on the scene. back to you on tv hill. >>> well, tonight, maryland is one step closer to legalizing same-sex marriage. a committee signed off on the bill, sending it to the floor of the full senate. wjz is live. polit

. >> something stinks here in harford county. at least it did here this morning as a mystery odor filled the air causing hundreds of people to call their local fudsfuds. -- fire departments. over at the bell air fire department, the calls started early. >> the calls started at 7:00 a.m. and ended before 2:00, but we received about 40 calls. >> calls came in about a possible gas leak that seemed constrailted in a large area that consumed most of the northeastern part of the county. >> as a detective, you think something isn't adding up because the calls were so concentrated and in such a quick amount of time. >> after a few phone calls with the -- and with the help of the call operation center, the smell was linked to new jersey with overnight had a major oil leak affecting folks that live in pennsylvania, delaware as well as cecil, harford, and north baltimore counties in maryland. >> it smelled like natural gas, and that was what was concerning me. any time you have a strong odor of natural gas, obviously the issue of explosion

we have some light rain along the 95 corridor and up in harford county. not a big deal but give yourself a few extra minutes. 50 degrees compared to the average high temperature of 42. we should make it back into the 60's this afternoon. we should make it up to 65. we will come back and check the seven day forecast going into the weekend. first we say good morning to sarah. >> good morning. we have an accident on dundalk avenue and eastern avenue. some of fire activity in essex on eastern avenue. you may find some closures and delays. getting better through the construction zone on the inner loop at the curtis creek drawbridge. outer loop is where you have the two-way traffic pattern so you're able to get by with a delay on the inner loop. moving well down from 795. the rest of the roadways are shaping up pretty well despite the drizzle. 11 minutes to travel on 95 south down towards 32. this is the harrisburg expressway at padonia road and checking out just fine all the way down to the beltway. this is greenspring. no problems to report on the j.f.x. into

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harford road is shutdown because of fire department activity. millington avenue at frederick road, fire activity. 43 coming down on franklin boulevard. no problems down towards the beltway. 57 on southbound 83 at padonia road. this is a greenspring. inner loop traffic looking good over towards the j.f.x. a smooth ride into town on the j.f.x. 70 picking up in volume, especially eastbound. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> the violence continues in syria. a key concession to opposition groups. assad has set february 26 for a day for a national referendum. heavy shelling continues where military forces have been bombarding rebel forces for several days. hundreds are believed to a been killed. a nuclear power plant has violated the free safety regulations. the worst of the violations stemmed from an incident last september. half of the control indicators were lost because of electrical problem that was caused by workers at the site. the plant will have to go increased safety inspections. whitney houston's family and friends will say goodbye

lowell melzer has more from harford county. >> something stinks here in harford county. at least it did this morning. as a mystery odor filled the air, causing people to call their local fire departments. >> the calls increased in volume between 7:30 and 8:00 a.m., and it declined around 11:00 a.m. we received 40 calls for service, approximately. >> over at the bell air volunteer fire department around 7:00 a.m. calls started coming in about a possible gas leak that seemed to be concentrated in a area that consumed the northeastern part of the county. >> we thought something isn't adding up because the calls were concentrated and in a quick amount of time. >> after a few phone calls and with help from the county's emergency operations center the smell was linked to the refinery in south new jersey which overnight had a major oil leak to the tune of 6.6 million gallons, affecting folks that live in pennsylvania, delaware, as well as cecil, harford, and north baltimore counties in maryland. >> i checked around my property, couldn't detect anything. i checked my neighbors p

>> three siblings are killed in a car accident in harford county. >> a bizarre chain of events cents a pair of newlyweds to the hospital. >> a neighborhood tries to get back to normal after a gas and water main break. >> the ground talk was so wrong this year -- groundhog. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning. i'm mindy basara. >> and i'm stan stovall. thank you for joining us this morning. >> you were trashing phil. we'll get them wrong sometimes. leave phil alone. it will feel more like spring. this morning it is call. you'll be thinking about turning the corner into march. you might have to scrape some frost off your windshield to start the day. we will make it up to 50 this afternoon. we have a chance for a rain shower. we could see a couple of sprinkles. most of you will have a dry day. first we say the morning to sarah. >> i had no idea you and phil were so close. a nice start on the west side. speeds around 54 down

. >>> harford county is growing and they want to bring in more visitors. destination study will rebbe leased later this morning. new plans include the possibility of building convention center in the area. >> move the county to the next level with respect to economic development and marketing and tourism opportunities. >> the har forecounty executive will -- har forecounty executive will -- harford county executive will speak about it. and other recommendation are in the report vital to the tourism interest for harford county. >>> we could learn more about plans for a -- funeral plans for a fallen soldier. he was shot by a afghan soldier thought to be friendly with american soldiers. five minutes after 5 right now. today lieutenant governor brown is schedule to speak to lawmakers about a bill designed to eliminate disparities in health care. brown will testify on the maryland health improvement and disparities reduction act a program that creates health enterprise zones and will address racial ethnic and geographic disparities and it is supposed to improve

>> a deadly blight not accident in harford county -- a deadly accident in harford county. >> doing battle in michigan. one candidate has opened a big lead. >> some closures in harford county. we will check on some other we will check on some other [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning. i'm mindy basara. >> and i'm stan stovall. thank you for joining us this morning. >> it is a chilly morning. >> it will turn out to be a decent day.

old harford road or northern parkway will be be a better bet for you. in the meantime, we are looking good especially on the southeast side of the beltway as we look live at 695 and bw parkway. no congestion as of yet clear with building traffic patterns especially in the northbound lanes of 295. all lanes opened and no reported incidents on i-895 even getting through the tunnels here north and southbound traffic moving well. our drive times still in good shape especially around the beltway on the top side just 6 minutes from bel air to providence and the west side 795 to 70 about a 7 minute drive. now back to you. >>> 6:16. time for health news. did you get your 8 hours of sleep? who gets 8 hours of sleep? i am jealous. a study suggest not getting enough shut eye could actually affect your memory. that's my problem. washington university researchers tested the sleep patterns of 100 people between the ages of 45 and 80. results show that people who woke up with more than five times per hour were more likely to have plaque buildup associated with alzheim

southbound traffic is so far so good down from the harford county region at harford road. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. for that we go to kurt kronke of the mta system. >> the 403 running 10 minutes late. metro subway on time. the 14 bus operated with a delay. updates are available on demand by phone at 410-500-4444. i'm kurt kronke. now back to tony pann. >> we have mostly clear skies. it is a little bit colder. not bad for february. 32 in rising sun. we have mostly clear skies. we will see plenty of sunshine today. we're watching a huge storm system that has developed in the rocky mountains. they are getting hammered in denver right now. they will pick up 15 inches of snow. any flights into denver will be delayed or canceled. some of that storm will visit us on superbowl sunday. mostly sunny is our forecast for today. clear to partly cloudy tonight. temperatures drop back into the upper 20's and low 30's. that storm will start to move out of the plains states. high pressure will be up in new england. on sund

last night we had deadly accident in harford county. we lost three people. all siblings. they were riding in a single car together. state police are telling us that david bauguess and his younger siblings, ashley and joey died when the chevy cavalier crossed the center line side swiping another car. >> i told mi wife it was an accident she thought the kids had hit something or something. when they told her all three of her kids were dead, she lost it. >> look at the car split in half, making it difficult for investigators to determine who was driving. two people riding in the char that hit them are expected to survive. >>> during last night's rescue in harford county, a medivac helicopter had its engine caught fire. it illustrates the need to upgrade the state's aging choppers. as rosie leftwich live tells us, the delivery of the first new choppers has been delayed. >> reporter: delayed changes could mean the fleet will have to stay in the air a little bit longer. when you see a maryland state police helicopter in the sky, you know that somebody's going to get the help th

baltimore county police, harford county sheriff's deputies, and bellaire police were directed by woman who said she had given birth earlier that day to an infant that was stillborn, to check the trash bin. they found a package, a plastic bag containing the fetus. >> police will not say much more about the unidentified female. they said the birth happened at the home of a relative of the woman. they are not releasing where. they took the woman to upper chesapeake medical center for treatment. know, it is so weird guy you would put it in a dumpster. >> -- why you would put it in a dumpster. >> the woman is very cooperative with us and indicates that the baby was stillborn. to prove otherwise, that is why the autopsy examination is being conducted. >> results from that autopsy might not come back for about a month. barry simms, wbal-tv 11 news. >> after to link the days of jury selection, opening statements began today in the murder trial of george huguely. according to prosecutors, one of his angry e-mails to his ex- girlfriend, yeardley love says "i should have killed you." lowell melse

in hamden and on harford road and park fell.nt says while the sale is not finalized, it has entered into a definitive agreement with mrs. greene's management corp. to acquire the two stores. giant plans to close its store in the rotunda shopping center a few blocks away from the current fresh & green's store in hampton, and we're told that all employees will be offered employment opportunities with giant foods. >>> nobody likes paying bills, especially in this economy, but what would you be willing to give up in exchange for having somebody else pay your bills for you for one month? according to a survey, 26% said they would turn off the tv, others would be willing to give up their digital devices. 18% of responders said it would give up sex for six months in exchange for 1 palfrey month. a 52% said it would not give up anything except their hard- earned cash because they prefer to pay their bills instead. >>> a new study today from the pew internet and american life project shows the average facebook user receives more messages

. >> a newborn infant found dead inside a dumpster in harford county. barry simms has been in bel air all day. what is the birth mother telling police? >> police here tell us the woman told them that she actually did put the fetus in the dumpster. she claims that it was stillborn. out of sympathy and concern, someone leaves a bouquet of flowers along with this message, "may god hold you in his arms, little one." police found a fetus in this dumpster tuesday evening. >> we are all trying to figure out what is going on. >> minutes after police arrived, word of the investigation spread on facebook. detectives went to the dumpster after an adult female contacted baltimore county police, claiming she had put the fee is there. baltimore county police and harford county sheriff's deputies were directed by a woman that said she had given birth earlier that day to an infant that was stillborn and that we should check trash bin. we found a plastic bag containing the fetus. >> is so weird, why you would put it in a dumpster. >> police think an autopsy will result

the unidentified woman delivered the fetus in harford county. she notified police and accompanied detectives as they drove to the seasons apartment dumpster. >> based on that direction, the detectives checked the trash bin and found a package, a plastic bag containing the fetus, was transported to the chief medical officer's location in baltimore for an autopsy. >> the detective later transsported her to the medical center for treatment. >>> he died of a heart attack this morning. callahan served as mayor from 1985 to 1989 and most recent live served as the chief administrative officer. he said callahan was a trusted friend and adviser. >>> new tonight a case of animal cruelty in anne arundel county a pitbull, believed to be a bait dog was found in bad shape in linthicum. the dog, rocky road, was found february 2nd. rocky was in bad shape. the doctors said rocky's injuries were consistent with dogs used as bait top train other dogs. >> multiple bites on the face and the injury on the front leg appeared to be a knife wound. he was in severe shock

once you make to it 95, shouldn't have troubles getting through harford.a live look at 95, south of maryland 152. traveling through glen burnie, no incidents or delays at maryland 100. we are keeping you posted all morning long with traffic updates on twitter, follow us at maryland traffic. >>> update on a crash, we brought you as late breaking news at 11:00. >> three siblings died in a 3- car crash at churchville. >> it happened around route 543. half a mile south of wheel road. linda so now standing by with all new details and video we caught overnight. >> the three siblings are two brothers and a sister from fallston. the sister was wearing a seat belt. 13-year-old joseph, the 4-year- old ashley, and 29-year-old david. they lived in the 1300 block of marquis court. police tell us the siblings were in a cavalier traveling southbound on route 543 before 10:00 last night when it crossed the center line and sideswiped a toyota. it was hit by an accra. the force of that crash cut tp cavalier in half. police say speed was a factor. the brothers were ejected f

detectives got an anonymous tip that led them to the car in harford county. they are processing that vehicle for evidence and an arrest could happen soon. >>> suzanne g komen for the cure reversed course and won't cut donations to planned parenthood. planned parenthood is grateful komen changed its mind and thanks those who donated $3 million since the story broke. >>> trooper john salla recovering after a close call while on duty in harford county. a blue covault rolled up on him and flashed its lights. the trooper began pursuing the cobolt and crashed in to a split rail fence. a rail pierced the windshield, barely missing his head. the drive of the car was later arrested and faces a

this is traffic harford road. we're seeing a buildup in of volume. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. back to you. >> thank you. 44 degrees on tv hill. >> we are still taking your answers to our water cooler question of the day. do you think tracking a child's cell phone activity is an invasion of privacy, or a right for parents? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> we have some fun with funs. expectations were high for competitors hoping not to crack under pressure of an unusual challenge in california. northrop grumman workers were given the task to design a splat-proof egg drop in a tower. were based on the accuracy of their plans. some landed over easy. other lending seem to scrambles. were slightly shell shocked. pretty and exciting. >> a pair of teenagers realistic lifelong dream of setting a burrito into space. they spent three months researching the project. the attached a camera and the iphone to track the journey for ballon.al balloourrito there it is. th

police say that brown hit several stores in harford county and other areas as well.n is now being held in harford county at the detention center. >>> funeral arrangements are underway this morning for a man who died while trying to stop a rolling truck in bethesda. it happened a little more 2:30 yesterday. the victim was working as a contractor at a home and that's where officers say his company's truck began to roll down the street. the victim tried to stop it. >>> a terrifying story of a dog attack caught on camera. an argentine mastiff named max attacked an anchor yesterday morning on kusa in denver. the 85-pound dog bit the leg of kyle dyer. we showed you this video. he was in an icy pond and was there with the firefighter who rescued him. thankfully trained medical staff was on hand to help the anchor. the dog we showed you yesterday was the one rescued from the icy pond. >>> another dog and owner are now showing cuts and bruises in our neck of the woods. officials say the pit bull was likely a bait dog. they are dogs used train to train other pit bulls to fight

i'm vic carter, a shocking crime in a harford county community and now some people are coming to,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> a high of 53 degrees. an overnight low of 35. we'll send temperatures easily into the low 60s. i can she this getting slightly warmer. don, take it away. >>> a harford county teenager kills his father leaving friends and neighbors with more questions than answers. vic carter investigates the stunning cream and why so many are rushing to the teen's defense. >> reporter: while a teenager sits behind bars, a community wonders if they should have stepped in sooner. >> reporter: late one night inside the house in bel air 16-year-old robert richardson killed his father. >> he was terrorized. he was terrified of his father. >> reporter: roberts friends said he wore dirty wornout clothing. >> he was bruises. >> reporter: where? >> on his face, arm, chest, collar bone, just everywhere. >> i wish i could have done something before. >> reporter: you wish you could have prevented it? >> yeah. >> reporter: i recently met with family, friends and neighbors who started a free robert r

state lawmakers do not approve the plan, harford county officials say they will have to pay $9.80 million. from the county perspective, this is because of economic development in natural resources. school superintendent and other officials are also in opposition worrying about losing educational gains and having to cut teachers and staff. >> it is an important issue to address, but it is one that i reject because it will send us backwards. >> anne arundel county executives say they would have to pay $26 million and then $30 million. >> that's just unsustainable. it will be wiped out of this pension should cost is given to the county. >> that meeting is going on right now. his plan is to shift half of the combined costs of social security and teacher contributions to local government. reporting live from harford county, barry simms, wbal-tv 11 news. >> two years after implementing a bottle tax, the mayor wants more. mayor stephanie rawlings blake wants to raise it to 5 cents and make it permanent. lowell melser is live with more. >> they say it will help city schools, but for those in the

this is on harford road at. take old harford or northern parkway.hat's going to be the best bet to get around that. on the major thorough fares we are looking at a lot of congestion especially heading towards the beltway. on 795 and eastbound i-706789 u.s. 29 at maryland 108 south bound lanes is where you will see most activity heading towards the capital beltway. and as you take the drive on the west side passing frederick road, our drive times have increased sharply out there for you. traveling on the harrisburg expressway its going to take 8 minutes from the beltway to shawan road. west side of the beltway 695 from 795 to i-70 look at 13- minute drive. charley and megan back to you. >> we have new information after a gas line ruptured near the 300 block of millington avenue between wilkins and frederick road in southwest baltimore. still be treated like an active scene where we find linda so with the latest and linda what have you learned in the past hour? >> reporter: well, in a couple minutes bge crews will be back out trying to turn gas off to

there is still a winter weather advisory in effect for baltimore and harford county until 7:00 p.m. but we're treal transferring over to that wind situation, as we said. here are numbers. these are sustained winds, generally 20 miles per hour. not quite yet. we have that band to go through. and as soon as that happens, those are also going to be picking up. look at the gusts, 41 miles per hour. that's bringing in very cold air tonight. we will have your forecast coming up. adam? >> coming up, more details in a moment. thank you. >>> an emotional day in washington, where a public funeral was held for charlie and braden powell. investigators say the boys were killed in a house explosion set by their own father. >> amazing grace ♪ >> reporter: prayers echoed in the walls of this children, in honor of 7-year-old braden and 5-year-old charlie powell. hundreds attended the memorial for the two boys sunday. family members, friends and teachers remembered the boys. >> we are knitted together in love and sympathy for the cox family and for the graves family, who have endured this unspeakable

funeral services will be held &ptoday for three siblings who died in a harford county collision.david... joseph and ashley bauguess all died in a car accident monday on route 543 in harford county.seevices will begin at 1 o'clock todayy at schimunek funeral home in bel air. is thh state doing enough to protect consumerr froo questionable fees charged by tax preparation services? ssrvices?that's the question being asked by some customers who ssy their tax refunds were eaten up by charges... that don't add up.city resident, toby smith, says her ssate refund wasscut in haaf by charges from instant tax services. but statt fficials we spoke to say there's little ttey can do if customers don't complain. 3 "he stilllcharge me like $400 for the irs fees. i've never heard of irs fees, oming out of your taxes..so our of $774 i got $325"1:02:38"our chief way of learning about unethical tax preparers service is through complaints" commlaints" blackstone urges ppeple to file a complaintt... if you think your tax preparer is not follooiig the law.you can find a link to the state's onlinn complaint

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and here's 695 at harford road. your off-ramp at harford is blocked. we will keep you posted as to whether it will reopen sometime during morning rush. now back over to you. >>> hitting potholes can do damage to your car. >> a new app is helping people prevent future damage. >>> and a new study that could help determine if your child may be at risk for a tim. what -- autism. what parents need to know. we will be right back. >>> five things to know due to president's day there's changes to baltimore city. no bulk trash pickup and convenient seners are closed and all city buildings as wellexcept police headquarters. marking meters are in effect. >>> orioles pitchers and catchers will be back on the field but they are take it slow. zack brightton is getting treatment for the a swollen shoulder and jim johnson dealing with lower back stiffness. >>> an app called treat box to find potholes. when you hate pothole and have this app it registers it to be fixed. it debut this is summer and could spread to other cities. >> ely meth smart is a newlywed. she survi

that's why dozens of people dialed 911 in harford county, reporting they smelled gassments the source of the problem turned up to be something from miles away. >> reporter: these underground utility workers say it's not their line. >> coming up up north. you could smell the gas. >> reporter: havre de grace's mayor also caught wind of the problem. >> i was talking to the chief of limits she mentioned when she left her residence, she detected the smell in the air. >> reporter: the county spokesman said he shared their concern. >> i personally detected the odor of gas around 7:30 this morning when i left my home. i checked my property and my neighbor's property and couldn't identify the source. this was very, very faint but you could tell there was an odor of gas in the air the. >> reporter: ultimately emergency responders determined the source came from a major oil spill. westerly winds had carried the odor as far as 60 miles an hour. the new jersey department of environmental protection issued a statement saying while petroleum products can be smelled from a great distance away, they p

county emergency operations center, said that he smelled it as he left his south harford county home this morning. thomas says atmospheric conditions were so so the oil fumes stayed close to the ground and pointed out there were no threats to anyone's health. >> none have posed any significant risk to the citizens in the county. >> i'm lowell melser. wbal-tv 11 news. >> now, your 11 insta-weather plus forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> well, a lot warmer just to our south than it was here in town. as a matter of fact, almost felt like summertime in richmond. 81 degrees down there in central virginia. while the afternoon high, marshall, was 49. warmer than that in the morning and we'll show the official almanac in a moment. the afternoon temperatures were only in the 40's to 50 here. 70's and 80's just to our south. and look at all that blue and purple to the north and west. that's what's coming in now. so several air masses colliding over the mid atlantic region today. the end result about a 10th of an inch. the official high was officially before dawn when we were

up towards harford county, route 22, all lanes are closed because of a tractor-trailer fire. traffic is being forced off of 543. there will be some delays in that area. no delays on the north side towards the harrisburg expressway. moving well on the west side despite the fog. 56 on southbound 83. we will update you at baltimore national pike. the west side looks pretty good. more fog near york road around loch raven to dulaney valley. exceptionally heavy that fog. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> watcher people are recovering after a collision in cecil county. this happen before midnight in the southbound lanes in perryville. a car struck a vehicle carrying two children and an adult. the driver was injured but that none of the injuries are considered life-threatening. >> hydrometers surrounds an issue that is coming down to the last few votes. >> jennifer franciotti is live with the latest details. >> the house attached an amendment to the same sex bill so that if passed it will not take effect until january of 2013. it gives those who want to petition the referend

here at the auto zone on harford road. the crowd held up andlls and signs honoring his memory. michael's mother was overcome with emotion... devastated by the loss of her son. "i've lost the only son, i'm never gonna have...because they're going to party, it's sad its very sad and i don't want to see another family have to go through this" this" friends say they will remember michael for his loving and caring nature. many workers in d-c are back at work today for the first time since an attempted amine el-khalifi... ol.- was arrested on friday... on his way to carry out his attack.but it turns out people were never in any danger.for the last year... el khalifi thought he was meeting with al-qaiia associates, but it was all part of an undercovvr sting. federal agents were monitoring him... and waited for him to attempt an attack before moving in to arrest him. meanwhile.. things have calmed down at a gated community in alexandria.... where it's believee el-khalifi was living. it just goes to show you you never know who your neighbors a. are. court papers show the targett of the

lowell melser has more from harford county. >> something stinks in harford county. at least it did this morning. a mystery odor caused hundreds of people to call the local fire departments. over of the bellaire volunteer fire department, the action started early. >> we received and responded to approximately 40 calls for service. >> just before 7:00 a.m., calls started coming in about a possible gas leak that seemed to be concentrated in a large area that consumed most of the northeastern part of the county. >> something was not adding up to the calls were so concentrated. >> after a few phone calls to other jurisdictions and with help from the county emergency operations center, the smell was linked to the refinery in south new jersey. overnight it had a major oil leak to the tune of 6.6 million gallons, affecting folks in pennsylvania, delaware, and counties in maryland. >> it smelled like natural gas. that is what was concerning me. anytime you have a strong odor of natural gas, there is the issue of explosions. that was a concern. >> bob thomas, the public infor

carroll and harford have the toughest policies spelling out repercussions for violating the cell phone policy. >> new tonight an independent panel has improved but more improvements are needed. the report was ordered by defense secretary leon panetta after an investigation found gross mismanagement. it revealed body parts of fallen troops had been mishandled. >>> a baltimore fire department decided to honor a member of a soldier. >> the honor is usually reserved for firefighters killed in the line of duty but this time major robert marchanti is being honored as if he were a part of the brotherhood. he was shot and killed inside the afghan interior ministry. the suspect was considered an ally. today in honor of his service, baltimore's fire chief ordered all flags at city fire stations to be lowered to half-staff for 30 days. in a statement the chief said it's or than fitting to honor a meme mer who places his life in the line of others. his service in protecting our country is truly appreciated by the entire fire department. marchanti was married with four children and a grandchild. on

traffic flow on the north side, pockets of heavy traffic on the topside as you make the drive from harford, i- 83, no trouble but plenty of company on the west side, motorists passing liberty on the outer loop, this is where your pace falls below posted speeds. little more time on the west side outer loop, 795, to i-70, topside, bel air to providence, a 7 minute ride. >>> details this morning, on how a washington state father trade to kill his two sons just before igniting explosion that killed all of them. questions remain on what happened to the mother, sherrie johnson has more on this story. >> all new this morning, police now say josh powell tried to kill his 7-year-old son charles and 5-year-old braiden with a hatchet before the fire could take their lives. he was the prime suspect in the disappearance of his wife. they were taken to his house for a court ordered visitation. he locked the court worker out. >> i don't know in the intent was to try and put them out before the fire got them. >> disturbed, the act he did was cowardly. >> susan's parents say their grandsons had started rem

carroll county has the toughest policy followed by harford and anne arundel county. in geauga county they have a liberal cell phone policy. there's no mention in the hand book or the student code of conduct, but students are not supposed to cause disruption during the school day. >> thanks a lot. >>> now to another concern on a school campus. a university of maryland freshman wakes up to find a strange man rummaging around her dorm room and touching her leg. abc2's brian kuebler joins us with more. >> reporter: university police say have developed some information on this case and they are scouring footage. police say the man got into cumberland hall, jiggling door handles until he found an unlocked door. he touched a woman and made off with her laptop. many students take for granted their dorms are pretty safe. >> a lot of people feel if you don't have a key you shouldn't be able to get. so they feel safe. >> reporter: coming up at 6:00, we'll explain why police say that should not always be the case. >>> tonight a shock discover ri in baltimore county. a body was f

take a look at our harford cam. temperature 60. many spots are down to 430.ou felt the change if you were outside. weather is mixed. showers south and east and sunshine midday before the clouds roll back in in the afternoon. that's the view. downtown to maryland, science center similar scenario and same deal in the state capital. the water nice and calm. take a look at the air temperature, 50 in baltimore. many spots in the 40s. ocean city, easton, hagerstown. in the ski country things are getting back to normal. it's been a tough time for the ski resorts like white tail. they will have a chance to blow snow has temperatures continue to drop. a little bit of a gusty northwest wind. we will struggle to get out of the 40s. today we almost hit the 60s but not quite. when you consider our average high is 42, this is still way above average but not near record territory that we had yesterday. tomorrow a bit cooler. i'll go around the harbor maybe low 50s, 52, 53. most of the hear will struggle to get to 50. some places you may never get out of the 40s. the chance

the grief in parkville, baltimore county after a 13 year old dies in the middle of harford road. his mother says a controversial energy drink laidend with alcohol is in part responsible. derek valcourt has more. >> reporter: good afternoon. the young boy was an 8th grader at parkville middle. friends tell his mother that he had consumed one of the energy alcohol drinks, it made him so sick he leaned out of the door to victim it and fell out and struck by on coming traffic. chris keys devastated to learn the real story behind the accident that killed her 13- year-old son, michael. >> all the kids think it's okay. >> reporter: chances are you've heard of four loko, fruit fliferred energy drinks filled with alcohol. enough to make 13-year-old michael sick to his stomach. so sick, as his step father drove him home, he opened the door to victim it and fell out in a busy harford road. his friend was also in the car and saw it all. >> we stopped as fast as possible. sunday night near the accident scene hundreds came out for a candlelight vigil in his honor. >> some adult purchased it. >