Authorities are also now offering a reward of up to 10,000. Live in rockville, kevin lewis. Alison thank you. We are following a developing story out of hagerstown now where 33yearold devon ethan arrested for allegedly beating his son so badly he sent him to the hospital. They say when the boy couldnt pronounce the number four. He left him with bruises and hair missing from his scalp. He sein jail facing child abuse and assault charges. Covering metro tonight. The Committee Vote signals a rate hike is coming for the metro riders. Brianne carter has more on how much more you will be paying and when. Brianne next time you take metrorail you could pay 10 to 25 cents more on the fy13 presented a herculean challenge for metro. Brianne after months of debate and revised budget it looks like the metro riders will be paying more for less. The process of arriving where we are today is to try to mitigate the pain in ways that are sensible for the Transit Agency to operate. Brianne today they pre
A Dominos Pizza Delivery Driver was carjacked today during the lunch hour along wisconsin avenue in upper northwest. The victim was not hurt, but we are told the thief did not show a weapon. Police say the stolen vehicle is a purple toyota contrwith maryl tag. There is a brush fire along the capital crescent trail deep in the woods. There is no threat to any homes. That is in fact one of selfbrush fires weve seen in recent days. The dry conditions here helping fuel those flames. Doug now with that story and some really dramatic changes. It really is quite amazing what were going to be dealing with over the next 24 hours and today its all about the warmer temperatures. We saw winds gusting to 30 miles an hour, helping to fan those flames. We are now in a severe drought around our region. Thats why weve seen all these wildfires. We may continue to see more. Temperatures today, 74 degrees today, 20 degrees above average. Some incredible warmth across the area. Were talking 74 today. Look
You may hear a little ding as this transition takes over. That would really now be just to the south and east of washington but look at this snow back off to the west. Hagerstown, these are areas with slushiness along the grassy areas. Grassy surfaces didnt have a lot on the roadways because weve been so warm. We only had wet roadways reported throughout the region. We continue to see move out and it should wrap up at noon or shortly there after. Then well worry about the wind. Temperatures drop down into the 30s right now but were seeing the wind pick up out of the north, 21 miles per hour, weve got a windchill out there. I do believe the temperature will come back up a little bit but winds are the main story, a good 50degree plus swing in temperatures coming up tonight. Ill let you know how cold its going to feel. We sent justin finch in he picks up the Team Coverage live in fairfax. Justin . Reporter good morning, pat, so far were seeing calmer conditions out here in fairfax and wha
Building up here in terms of excitement and preparation whitney give you a look at all the activity. We help folks lined up 10 deep to get a look. You can see a dragon coming through right now. And all along, as you pin through the crowd, you can see just how many people come. This is what it looks like every year. This is a parade that does not disappoint. One of the only nighttime parades left in the country. We have folks from utah over here. Folks from germany and hayward. Let me ask you quickly, have you ever seen a parade before . No, i havent. Reporter not anywhere . Not on tv . No. Bucket list. Reporter its a good one. Reporter first time here . First time and im so happy to be here. Reporter all the way from germany, what are you hoping to see . All. Reporter you will see the best ever. Lets look down here. This is where our grandstands are. These are some of the best seats in the house and this is one of the beginning acts of the parade already getting into place. The folks a
A National Football league team and these coaches, this is when they start locking in, too. Because they probably each have 47, 48 guys that they know are going to make their roster and the last five guys on their team are out there playing right now and theyre trying to make it. Al swinging out, richardson. They want to look at much as they can at richardson. Talk about one of the guys on the bubble. What do you do with him . Cris a play like that is a pretty good example. I think hes more of a power guy because he was in space. Its one of those that you hope he can make that first guy miss there. If youre the number three overall pick, you say hes got the ball in space, lets see you make this guy miss. He got close but it was an arm tackle that ultimately brought him down. Al second and eight. Pass to the outside. Again, not much. 3 30 to go. Cris one thing ive learned from James Bettcher and his play calling tonight, hes going to send people from everywhere. There have been stunts,