A few thunderstorms come tomorrow for sure, just good oldfashioned rain today and thats what we need exactly. A few showers around the district. The heavier stuff is off to the north near frederick and Northern Maryland. This is where theyve seen pockets of the heavier or more moderate rain i should say so this is where the rainfall totals are going to add up about a half inch today. So how long does this stick around . Well much of the activity for today is going to be through the morning and early afternoon. A rain chances are not gone for the evening but things will start to taper off a little bit. 2 20 a lot of the steadier light showers push off east of 95 and areas west you can get a little bit drier with just some spotty showers, its warm out there youll be surprised how comfortable it is when you head outside. Southerly winds that are rather breezy are pushing in some nice warm air so were headed to the 60s today. This is 5 00 at night, still into the mid 60s. With those southe
At 29th. Not going to serve more than five years in prison. How that escaped prisoner changed out of his hospital gown on tuesday . Got some food and maybe even some liquor. He allegedly broke into the vacant Morgan Family home. Bruce leshan is live in annandale where that was one of the key questions yesterday a lot of people had. Reporter well, thats right lesli. Woodsen allegedly drove the car up the road before realizing it was a dead end. He stopped and broke into the house here allegedly in search of some way to get out of the hospital gown that he had escaped in. Friends. We are friends right . Reporter not much gets past bailey the bulldog. Certainly not an escaped federal prisoner. Just barking barking and which she never does and this is about 8 00 a. M. [ sirens ] reporter hundreds of heavily armed cops were out searching for accused bank robber after he somehow managed to overpower a private Security Guard on tuesday. At a nova Inova Fairfax hospital. Bailey knew just where
We witnessed something very special tonight here in washington. The nationals and the orioles are celebrating. The champagne is flowing. Both ballclubs took another step closer as champions and perhaps future foes in the world series. The nationals shutout the braves. They beat atlanta eight of the last 10 times they have played. Let the celebration begin. This is their Second Division title in the last three years. Washington still has 12 regularseason games remaining. Then they have to forget the champagne and forget everything that has taken place, regain the momentum, and get to the fall classic. This is special. Moments ago, Police Confirmed the search happening in Bedford County is connected to the disappearance of sheila lyon and katherine lyon. The sisters disappeared back in 1980 1975. Roz plater is there tonight. Land they are searching once belong to relatives of the person of interest in this case. We talked to a group of neighbors. There have been so many leads. They take
We approach dawn for the bus stop this morning. Youll need a light jacket. Its rather cool in the upper 50s to lower 60s. Well stay this way through 8 00. Then between 8 00 and 9 00, have an umbrella ready with a few sprinkles right into the metro area. By then, into the upper 60s. A look at the hourbyhour warm up for the next day ahead with weather and traffic on the 1s at 6 11. Melissa has an accident to talk about, whats happening with that . This is in the North Kensington area at new port mill road. You can see the accident on the right with one Police Vehicle now leaving. This should be wrapping up in the next 15 minutes or so. Take a look at 66 at sudley road picking up in the last 20 minutes. We are expecting volume there. A wide look at things, we look gate good inner loop or outer loop. No problems right now. In dale city, you are slow on 95 northbound in virginia there. Remember to follow us on twitter first4traffic. Aaron . All right, melissa, thank you for that. Today we a
Captivated our region for nearly 40 years. The sisters vanished while walking home from Wheaton Plaza Shopping Center in the 70s. And now we learned Montgomery County police are actively follow up on their disappearance. Detectives are now working side by side with Virginia State police and the Bedford County Sheriffs Office in thaxton, virginia, outside of roanoke. The land theyre searching was once owned by the family of Lloyd Lee Welch jr. Back in february, Montgomery County police named him as a person of interest in the case. Sheila, who was 12 and kathryn who was 10 disappeared in 1975. They were never heard from or seen again. And their case had gone cold until this past february when welch was named for possibly being connected to the case. And in a statement, the Bedford County Police Department says its officers had been meeting with Montgomery County detectives since last week. So while we are unsure which leads or tips police are working from right now, they have been at th