Largest Swim Lesson Event Took Place Across U.S.

Tue, Jun 18 2013, 10:29 PM EDT

A Guiness Book of World Records may have broken Tuesday and the record holders are children.

The sun may not be out, but that didnt stop the little swimmers at Forte Meade. The same lessons that took place simultaneiously at pools around the globe.

These kids have parents who have served overseas, buth the spouse left behind may be more worried about what happens to their children in the water. ...

Fire Damages Hardware Store In Harford County

Tue, Jun 18 2013, 09:31 PM EDT

Tuesday around 6:25pm fire units from the Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company (JMVFC) as well as other surrounding fire companies were dispatched to the 900 block of Pulaski Highway for the report of fire.

Upon arrival, first responding firefighters arrived to find smoke coming from a one story hardware store. ...

Mayor Rawlings Blake Heads to Vegas for Conference

Tue, Jun 18 2013, 06:44 PM EDT

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is heading to Las Vegas for the U.S. Conference of Mayors.

The annual gathering convenes once a year to discuss issues such as crime and economic development. This year it will be held June 21-24. The trip comes short after Rawlings-Blake visited the city earlier this month for a business convention –

City Finance Board Admits Open Meetings Violation

Tue, Jun 18 2013, 05:39 PM EDT

A city board which barred the media from covering its deliberations over a major tax break admitted it violated the state's open meetings act.

In a written response to a complaint filed by FOX45, the board said it committed a technical violation of the law when it could not cite a specific legal exemption that would allow it to meet behind closed doors. ...

Fort Meade Pool Participates in Attempt at World Record

Tue, Jun 18 2013, 05:35 PM EDT

The world record for the largest swim practice may have been set on Tuesday – and a pool in Fort Meade, MD was among those to join in.

Groups of children at pools around the globe participated in the same swim lesson simultaneously. If the projected 35,000 kids joined in, then it could be a new world record. ...

911 Calls Played at Start of James LaBoard Trial

Tue, Jun 18 2013, 05:34 PM EDT

A Baltimore County police officer accused of manslaughter sat and listened as the state began to build its case against him on Tuesday.

Before prosecutors called their first witness they played 911 calls from the night prosecutors say Officer James LaBoard killed 17-year-old Christopher Brown. ...

Howard County Police Charge Man With Attempted Murder After Pursuit

Tue, Jun 18 2013, 05:21 PM EDT

Howard County police charged an Ellicott City man with attempted murder following a police pursuit Wednesday in which he attempted to hit police with his car.

Sean Brian Witt, 37, is being charged with first- and second-degree assault, reckless endangerment, DUI, drug charges and numerous traffic violations. ...

High Chlorine Levels Plague Second Branch of Swim School

Tue, Jun 18 2013, 05:14 PM EDT

Kids First Swim School in Carroll County is in trouble after operating without a permit for 15 months due to high chlorine levels. A Baltimore County location now faces similar problems.

FOX45 spoke with Baltimore County Environmental Health Services and learned that - similar to the case of the swim school in Carroll County - the Kids First Swim School in Cockeysville tested positive for high levels of combined chlorine. ...

Dan Bongino Announces Candidacy for Congress

Tue, Jun 18 2013, 05:11 PM EDT

Former Secret Service Agent Dan Bongino on Tuesday formally announced his candidacy for Congress in Maryland's 6th District.

Though Bongino, who is a Republican, lives in Severna Park and not near the 6th Congressional District, he believes he has an advantage over possible Republican challengers as well as Democratic Incumbent Congressman John Delaney. ...

Visitation Day At UMD Wind Tunnel

Tue, Jun 18 2013, 04:44 PM EDT

The University of Maryland opened its doors Tuesday for the media to have an opportunity to stand in the popular wind tunnel.

The Glenn L. Martin Wind Tunnel, which simulates winds up to 115 mph, is open to media just once a year during hurricane season. ...

Man Arrested After Police Pursuit in Howard County

Tue, Jun 18 2013, 02:05 PM EDT

Howard County Police have arrested a man following a police pursuit in Ellicott City.

Police say an officer observed a man using an inhalant in a car at around 11:30 a.m. in the parking lot of the Normandy Shopping Center. When the officer approached the car, the man sped off and began driving erratically through traffic. ...

Coast Guard Cutter Chock Change of Command in Baltimore

Tue, Jun 18 2013, 01:37 PM EDT

Chief Petty Officer Tracy Randall will become the Coast Guard Cutter Chock's first female officer-in-charge since the cutter's commissioning in 1962, in a change-of-command ceremony Friday at 10 a.m. at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore.

Randall will relieve Senior Chief Petty Officer Brian Kuhar and assume command of the 65-foot Small Harbor Tug homeported at the Coast Guard Yard, and its seven-person crew. ...

Everyman Theatre Wins Baltimore Heritage Historic Preservation Award

Tue, Jun 18 2013, 01:34 PM EDT

Baltimore's Everyman Theatre will be honored by Baltimore Heritage at the 2013 Preservation Awards Celebration on Thursday, June 20th. Ian Tresselt, Everyman’s Managing Director, will receive the award for Adaptive Reuse and Compatible Design.

Everyman Theatre celebrated the Grand Opening of its new building in January 2013. ...

Manning WikiLeaks Case in Recess Until June 25

Tue, Jun 18 2013, 01:11 PM EDT

Pfc. Bradley Manning's court-martial over giving massive amounts of classified material to WikiLeaks has gone into recess until next week.

The prosecution and defense will spend the next week negotiating written statements from some 17 witnesses, in lieu of having them testify in court. ...

Officials Describe Plots Thwarted with Information From Surveillance Programs

Tue, Jun 18 2013, 01:07 PM EDT

According to the National Security Agency chief, the dozens of plots that were thwarted with the help of the government's surveillance programs included one that was directed at the New York Stock Exchange.

Army Gen. Keith Alexander says the NSA was monitoring an extremist in Yemen who was in contact with an individual in the United States. ...

House Committee Takes up Tough Immigration Bill

Tue, Jun 18 2013, 12:12 PM EDT

A key committee in the Republican-led House has taken up a tough enforcement-focused immigration bill, but the proceedings were immediately interrupted by protesters shouting "Shame, shame!"

More than a dozen protesters began chanting as soon as Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte of Virginia gaveled the committee hearing open Tuesday. ...

Anne Arundel Animal Control Seeks Culprit who Shot Cat with Arrow

Tue, Jun 18 2013, 11:48 AM EDT

Anne Arundel County Animal Control is seeking information to find the person(s) responsible for shooting a cat with an arrow in the Davidsonville area on or around June 12.

The cat's owners on June 12 observed the cat had been shot by a 2-foot arrow through her left shoulder. ...

Naval Academy Moves Ahead on Sexual Assault Case