pat collins joins us live from springdale where extra police are standing by. >> reporter: it happened during school hours inside the school building. an armed robbery. the victim a student. they believe the suspects are students too. the weapon, it looked like a pistol. it turns out it was a bb gun. an armed robbery inside a school. it's the kind of thing that gives parents goose bumps. >> i mean, you have to worry about it in the streets. but in school? that's just unacceptable. >> they need to have something to better protect the kids. >> reporter: the scene, flowers high school. ardwick ardmore road. the crime armed robbery, the time 10:00 a.m. a 15-year-old student says he was robbed at gunpoint in the gym. they got his cell phone and some cash. one suspect arrested a short time later in the cafeteria. one suspect got away. police say they later located that pistol. it turned out to be a bb gun. student heavenly anthony was inside the school when it happened. with her mother's permission, we talked to her about the incident. >> i just feel we need more security, more backup and ev

. ♪ but shoe head over to springdale arkansas, maybe do a little stadium truck 4x4 racing. >> soundsxtreme enough to me. ♪ >> i'll be honest here on the extreme scale, not very extreme. >> no. the one -- one to extreme, this is a one. this is moderately extreme. >> this is a one. this is guys standing around in their shorts with their remote controlled cars going on a bumpy track. ♪ >> whoa. that was extreme. it went off the wall and totally wrecked. >> all right. >> i think we got it. >> dry ice. ♪ . >> the u.s. antarctic program researchers are in antarctica. they have to stay there all year long which means they need supplies. every year our u.s. army takes them everything they need from food to equipment. they take it all. but they had a little problem this year because the winter was too warm. one of the very critical elements is the pier they used to anchor the ship and load the stuff on to. the pier was basically melted. our brilliant u.s. army engineers came up with a creative way to bring the supplies to the researchers in antarctica. >> isn't that amazing? >> okay. they mad

classmate with a pellet gun yesterday morning in the gym locker room at flowers high- school in springdale. the teen suspects got away with cash and cell phone. the student victim was not hurt and the suspects fled and one has been taken into custody and the other is still at large. school officials sent an alert to parents. >> a brazilian man is facing road rage charges. a mercedes-benz a driver swerved near another driver yesterday morning. the toyota driver honked and a mercedes driver stopped and got out. police say he broke the toyota windshield with his arm and struck the other driver in the face and drove off. within 10 minutes, the police track down and arrested this 37- year-old. he is charged with aggressive driving and destruction of property. a prince george's county councilwoman, leslie johnson begins her jail time today in federal prison in west virginia. she was sentenced to a year and a day behind bars for her role in the correct -- corruption screen -- skiing spearheaded by her husband jack johnson. >> we have major news of your looking for a job this spring. employers cre

flowers high school in springdale will have extra security today after a student was robbed at gunpoint. a prince george's county school spokesman says two male suspect robbed the 15-year-old yesterday morning in the school gym. the weapon turned out to be a b.b. gun. police were able to arrest one of the suspects who is a student at the school. the other suspect made off with a little cash and a cell phone. no one was hurt in the robbery. school officials sent a letter home to parent telling them about the incident. >>> and today we'll get a sense of how the economy is faring. the labor department will release its february jobs report this morning. many economists expect the unemployment rate to remain at 8.3%. they still believe the economy added more than 200,000 jobs last month. the unemployment rate has fallen five consecutive months. >>> president obama will talk about the economy just south of richmond a few hours after the report comes out. he's scheduled to speak at a rolls royce aircraft parts plant in prince george's county, virginia. that's a relatively new plant. the factor

weary troops continued on to cross hollows, 20 miles farther south, roughly between rodgers and springdale today. and there they joined forces with the confederate army of arkansas. the commander of that army was brigadier general benjamin mcculluck of texas. measles prevented him from gaining immortality. mcculluck missed little else. he fought against santa ana. he mined for gold in california. he commanded a troop of texas frontiers, rangers on the frontier against apatcapaches. and he did a number of things that brought him celebrity in antebellum, america, he is described as the antebellum version of daniel boon from an earlier period. one of the most remarkable things is how his celebrityhood, is that a word? how his celebrityhood has faded to the point where today almost no one has heard of him. mcculluck was untutored in military matters. he dropped out of school after, four, five years. but he was a natural soldier and blessed with a sure grasp of tactics, strategy and administration. his army, the army of arkansas, consisted of over 8,000 men from arkansas, texas, and louisiana.

students in custody this evening charged with robbing a fellow student inside flower high school in springdale, maryland in prince george's county. school security spokesman says the students robbed the other student in the gym and stole his cell phone and other personal items. investigators say one suspect flashed what appeared to be a gun. turns out the weapon was a pellet gun. >>> now a fox 5 followup. last night we told you d.c. fire chief kenneth ellerbe faces accusations of sexual harass am. they capable from sarasota -- harassment. they came from sarasota florida where ellerbe did a brief stint. karen gray houston with the highlights. >> as you can imagine, the chief is ready for this to go away and he's hoping by telling his side it will end it. it also started when the washington times reported ellerbe was accused of sexual harassment in sarasota by several female firefighters. one complaint supposedly wound up in his personnel file. that prompted questions about whether d.c. officials did sufficient background checks before putting him in charge of the d.c. fire department. when chie

it is a good indication on the entire stretch each down to 95 and springdale.et's go to the bw parkway and route 5. inside the beltway looking great. no dallas heading into the northeast corridor on new york avenue as you look great at this point, and no delays right now. coming up in my next report we'll look at the potomac river crossing. >>> the next round of primaries is a week from tomorrow with voters in maryland, the district and wisconsin going to the polls. >> rick santorum had harsh words for mitt romney. >> he is the worst republican in the country. to put up against barack obama. why would wisconsin want to vote for someone like that? >> santorum easily won louisiana saturday but still has less than half as many convention delegates as romney. newt gingrich and ron paul have scheduled events in maryland for tomorrow and wednesday and santorum is expected to swing through as well. >>> and early vote asking underway in both the district and maryland. in dc, voters can cast bal lots at one of the stie's eight early voting centers. early voters in maryl

. >>> there was extra security at flowers high school in springdale, maryland today after two students armed with a bee bee gun robbed a teenager. police caught one of the suspects, but they're still looking for the other. a 15-year-old boy was not injured, robbers made away with his cell phone and some cash. >>> after 39 days of increases, the average price of gasoline fell this this week by one penny. prices expected to begin rising again spring and summer approach. one saying in the district, though, is already above $5 a gallon. tom sherwood has our story. >>> in northwest washington along rock creek parkway, two gasoline stations at virginia avenue northwest tell two different stories about gasoline prices. regular gasoline at this station is almost always among the highest in the region. topping $5 a gallon for regular compared to a national average of $3.76. but people do need gas and pay the going rate. >> it's high. but i needed to get home. >> reporter: across virginia avenue, this sunoco station is selling regular gasoline for more than a dollar per gallon cheaper. >> i made

. >>> there will be extra security today at flowers high school in springdale after a student was robbednpoint in the gym. it happened yesterday morning around 10:00. a prince george's county school spokesman says two male suspects robbed a 15-year-old student at gunpoint. it turned out to be a b.b. gun. police were able to arrest one of the suspects who was a student at the school. the other suspect made off with a little cash and a cell phone. no one was hurt in the robbery. >>> you may soon be paying more, it would seem, for -- in taxes if you live in maryland. a state senate committee just approved changes to governor martin o'malley's budget plan. those changes include an income tax hike. committee members say the tax hike won't have a major impact on middle-class families, but it will raise more than $420 million for the state. the budget plan includes a proposal to expand maryland's sales tax to include online sales. that committee also decided on increasing taxes on tobacco products other than cigarettes. >>> a controversial teacher tenure bill in virginia died in the senate. tha

. >>> plowers high school in springdale has extra security today after a student was robbed at gunpoint. a school spokesperson says that two male suspects robbed a 15-year-old yesterday morning and in the school gym. it turned out to be a b.b. gun used. police were able to arrest one of the suspect as student of the school. the other suspect made off with a little bit of cash and a cell phone. no one was hurt in the robbery. school officials sent a letter home to parents telling them about this incident. >>> former prince george's county council member leslie johnson is expected to report to federal prison today. johnson and her husband, former prince george's county executive jack johnson, were beach found guilty in a corruption scheme. she was sentenced to a we are and a dawe for tampering with evidence. admitting to flushing a $100,000 bribe check down the toilet. johnson is expected to serve her term at a federal correctional facility in west virginia. jack johnson, according to prison last month. >>> new today, the february jobs report is out. employers added 227,000 jobs last mont

of the springdale-based tysons food told the arkansas business journal that there has been an increase of more than 55% in the cost of diesel in the past five years. this is significant because the company uses feed transport for family farmers. american families and businesses deserve a plan that will help bring down the prices at the pump. the legislation before this chamber proposed to raise taxes on american energy producers. this won't change supply and demand. and senator isakson just a few minutes ago talked about these are basic truths, supply and demand does control cost. this will do nothing to that. once again hardworking americans will be left with the bill as a result if this bill were passed. i believe a better way begins with adopting an energy strategy that increases our production of american energy in a clean, efficient way. through developing wind, solar, and hydrogen technologies as well as tapping into the vast majority of natural resources that. the reality of our country's nonexistent energy policy is it forces us to rely on the middle east for oil. we import hal