charges are on hold in a christmas parade scuffle between frosty the snowman and police. 52-year-old kevin walsh is accused of assaulting an officer and kicking his police dog at a parade. the charges being clayed while walsh has a mental health evolution. he's been ordered to stay away from the home of that police officer. >>> new alarming information at a baltimore city school. gigi barnett explains how the health department is taking action to stop the spread. >> reporter: overnight, city school workers scrubbed the walls, desks, and chairs in southwest baltimore. this is after several students contracted scarlet fever. >> we received a call from one of the parents of the children and notified that the doctor stated it. i immediately call my supervisors. >> reporter: after that, school leaders sent a letter home to parents. all the students infected in the same class. then the school scrubdown began. hand sanitizer flows freely now and teachers keep an eye out for symptoms. >> check them out, listen to them for symptoms. >> reporter: high fever, sore throat, and swollen glands and it spreads

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kevin walsh will undergo a mental health evaluation. he told the associated press and officer hassled him after he remarked about the dogs presence during a holiday party. he only became agitated after being arrested. city police are on the rack -- the lookout for a person that sent a portable speed camera on fire. it happened at 7:15 this morning at the intersection of park avenue by bolton hill. sheldon joins us live. >> a lot of us get annoyed by speed camera, especially when we get caught off guard. one vandal took it to a new level when he sent one on fire. police are trying to figure out a motive but say it was set intentionally. >> i do not even jaywalk when i crossed howard street because i want to make sure i am not hit by somebody who is trying to beat the yellow light. >> she was not the only one worried about speeders at the intersection of howard and park avenue. they heard other concerns from people in the area and say it is part of the reason they installed a portable speed camera by the intersection. the camera is no lon

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. >> kent county prosecutors have put charges on hold against kevin walsh of chestertown.lt after an alleged scuffle with police while dressed as frosty the snowman during a holiday parade last november. he will now undergo a mental health evaluation. >> a goat was found wandering around with a 23-pound chain on its neck. the family brought it to animal control. the chain had become embedded in the goat's neck. officials were able to remove the chain with surgery. animal control is caring for her. she is expected to make a full recovery. >> the pratt free library is here with its reading list. >> don't be the only one without its purple pride gear. a >> so much stuff to look at. >> tomorrow's showdown. an update. >> it is cold out there. well, it is january. we'll see how cold our forecast is coming u

help of her brother, robert garner, and two others t >> charges against 52-year-old kevin cal shall of chestertown. walshrged with resisting other rest. all this, as you can tell, is dressed as frosty the snowman. walsh will now undergo a mental health evaluation. >> animal health officials want to know how this goat wound up with a 23-pound chain on her neck and she was discovered alone on the road. a family brought her to animal control and they discovered that heavy chain had become embed the in the goat's neck. they were able to remove that chain and it required surgery. she is going to make a full recovery. if you know anything about this, you are asked to contact anne arundel animal control. >> the debate over same-sex marriage returns to annapolis. governor martin o'malley has joined those in support of same-sex marriage. what are the chances that this year's bill will actually make it to the cover's desk. david collins is following debate from annapolis. >> the marriage equality bill still does not have an -- >> we want to say that all children deserve to be in a home that when we hit tough times

third quarter, kevin serafin, bad pass, over to andre iguodala, then he throws it up. later john walsh tries to go inside, picked off by spence er hawes. drew holliday, a finished with a game high 26 points. the 76ers outscored the wizards 38-18 in the third quarter and go on to win big 120-89. same two teams play tonight at verizon center. this little patriots fan hanging out before tonight's playoff game, nice hair. eric green out for this one. sidelined for a sprained left knee. lorenzo hudson's pass, virginia tech down by as many as 11. back on the hokies, just over two minutes to play. robert brown, wide open, drains the three ball, virginia tech within five. here we go. then still a fife-point game. victor goes to work. drives baseline around his defender, puts it up, rolls off the rim. boston college grabs the rebound. seth greenberg can't believe it. dc beats virginia tech. hokies 0 and 3 in the acc. let's head over to bender arena. holy cross. kids at basketball games, good stuff. less than a minute in, troy brewer, he throws it down. still first half, au up 28-13. check out c

walsh. other big names include the raider tim brown along with bill parcells, kevin green. >>> still to come, check in on the cal bears going for a split. this it weekend of the oregon school and yesterday it was stanford, today we will show you the [inaudible] has landed. we will be right back. . >>> the cal team looking for an or split taking on the ducks right now in eugene. montgomery's team losing on thursday night. first half action, crab, hits a three to give the bears a 20-17 lead. that was the only bucket by crab 234 the first half. now a two and a half minutes left in the half, the double team. he will find thurman with two off the glass. the early in the second half with the bears trailing by one. >>> yesterday we showed you barry sanders juneor dieing to play at stanford . jordon peyton from southern california going to berkeley. the bears also got commitments top safety prospect in the country shaq thompson, and ellis mcarthy. >>> in face better known in english soccer than wayne. in the fa cup today. ten minutes in to the game antonio gives a cross, rooney put itself into the n