kelly swoope has more. >> these emergency regulations have been in effect for 180 days. during that time the board has planned to take a deeper look at athletes and concussionings. the guidelines will require public schools to train coaches about led injuries, keep them out of sports after the concussion and forces coaches to give parents information about it. coaches were required to be certified. the state school board also decided to study what is being done across the state to reduce the number of concussions in athletes and whether enough is being done. >>> these folks in howard county are still trying to get some answers for the lengthy outages they experienced during hurricane irene and some during the remnants of tropical lee last year. more than 1,000 signatures were collected to question bge's reliability. >> that message goes to the public utilities commission -- puck service commission -- public service commission. please look at what they've done, haven't done and prescribe to them what needs to happen. >> our cameras are inside a public here being. it will

kelly swoope is live with a look at the numbers. >> investigators looked into how the new maryland live! casino affected the casino in perryville. in 26 days the casino took in $28 1/2 million. it appears to be cutting into perryville's take. in june they generated less than $8 million. that's a 21% drop in revenue from the month before and almost 10% less than hollywood casino made in june of last year. keep in mind, maryland live! hasn't been open a whole month yet. now it's important to point out these numbers are very small sample size but they could fuel the argument if this friend continue -- friend continues. >>> tommy clack was feeling the heat in a court of law. after calling clack a shameless swindler and rotten criewk, a judge sentenced him to two years. prosecutors say he overcharged people by thousands of dollars, pavinger that driveway when he wasn't allowed to. payback is another story. >> i guarantee it he won't walk anymore. >> his attorney said he intended to come to court with money to pay his victims but give than he's going to jail that will be difficult. the nine p

kelly swoope is here with more on heroin's rise in popularity in the suburbs. >> reporter: more and morehealth officials say heroin is makes its way from the city streets to suburbs. the latest from the centers for disease control shows heroin deaths are more than a decade ago and most are under 30. it's becoming cheaper than buying oxycontin pills. 21-year-old and a 19-year-old are in rehab now for their heroin addiction. both say they grew up in good communities with loving families. got hooked on painkillers first, then turned to heroin because it was cheaper. >> it was really good. that's why - >> it's everywhere. a lot of parents think not my child. all our parents thought that. >> it is not the first time in rehab for connor and mary bette. they say they hope it will be their last. it's important to know that drug addiction doesn't discriminate. the food and drug administration says close to 10% teen heroin addicts are white. >>> created an interactsive resource guide to help you with the warning signs that someone you love could be using heroin. there's also treatment approaches a

. >>> the launch of katie couric's new show, couric stopped by yesterday and talked to kelly swoope. >> there are serious, important topics i want to explore, i also want to have fun. we will be doing fun things. we will have pop issues to discuss -- important issues to discuss. >> topics that hit home, too. >> we are your station for katie. that show begins september 10th at 4:00. more on the katie shows a we get ready for the debut in baltimore. >>> how much more are you paying when it comes to airline fees? do you get tire of the question? a study shows how much more airlines are making off of you, and what you are doing to give them your money. [ male announcer ] it would mean one billion dollars for maryland and our schools and teachers. thousands of good paying jobs it's the new resort casino at national harbor. but it won't happen unless lawmakers act right now. all that money -- and all those new jobs -- will go to delaware, pennsylvania, west virginia. the onchools. tell your delegate and state senator to vote yes for schools, jobs, and small businesses by saying yes to nati

kelly swoope has more. everybody is safe and synd this whole thing started what he contractor was working in the 1100 block of hall street. the leak has been shut off. bge has secured the gas main and people were allowed to head back home but crews are still working on the main. apparently there's a day care center that had to be evacuated. paimpts were told as a -- parents were told as a precaution they needed to pick up their children. >> still needed to come get kids. >> now the good news out of all this, we're hearing there were no reports. anyone with questions, they should call bge to get the very latest information. jamie, back to you. >> this could make it hard tore get around town. construction starts tonight on the grand prix course. it's a two mile course and the company designing the race track says they will work in sections to allow cars and people. the main goal, get the work done without inconveniencing anyone. >> the ability to build the track and to be able to do this while not impacting t

kelly swoop with more on the suit and the products dangerous to the children. >> reporter: it's a federal suit that come cans our of concern for the safety of our kids who have swallow oured them. the safety commission have been getting reports of kids swallowing them. children have had to be hospitalled or had surgery after the magnet clumped up inside them. >> the company and cpsc have been warning for a long time it's a product not for kids but the incidents still happen. in the end we have the obligation to keep children out of surgery and we feel like our action is intended to do that. >> now the makers of bucky balls and bucky cubes say magnets have been around for centuries and they say that it's sad that the consumer product safety commission went after them. they said their products marketed for people 14 and older and experts say it's its first time in more than a decade that the commission has filed a complaint like this. >> all right. coming up next this may be the hardest lesson at the reversal of fortune. we meet a man who lost his leg in order to walk again. >>> and back in

now, it almost feels like a fall day compared to what we've been experiencing, good evening, i'm kelly swoope, and bringing with rain and wind, a lot better than those triple digit temps, wyatt everhart tracking the latest, it feels pretty out there. >> this is the break we've been waiting for and we have it now. temperatures dropping into the mid-80s in much of maryland and you have to get down to charlotte and charleston to find that extreme heat. right now temperatures mid, low 80s, that's comfortable, the one spot touching 90 and storms rumbling from richmond south, that's where that cool air boundary is, so it's pushed all the way south in virginia and the storms just out of that air. we're back into the mid- to upper 80s, a slight chance of showers, we'll talk about that, look to the rest of the week coming up. >>> he actually became the focus nearly every single day for more than a week. maryland health officials say 18 people have died because of heat related illnesses, 8 deaths were reported saturday through monday, two out of state residents who died in heartford and a totally of 34

wave to kelly swoope. >> all right. >> reporter: it's that simple. >> see you at 6:00. thank you. >>> coming up -- another story about a driver speeding down the wrong way and involved in a crash. what the driver told police after the crash. a florida fisherman gets the scare of his life when he stares down a shark. >> don't forget to check our weather apps. right now we have active storms on the radar. you can find them here by using maryland's most powerful doppler radar. even zoom in wherever you are traveling. it's an important app, and available at the i-tunes store. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] virtual wallet can help you be that person who's good with money. see what's free to spend. move money with a slide. save with a shake. feel good about your decisions. >>> an arrest in a frightening case caught on tape. a man comes up and tries to grab a 10-year-old girl walking down the street in philadelphia. scott goldberg reports. >> reporter: the surveillance video appears to capture the kind of attack that authorities say rarely happens. a stranger fi