Five Things You Need to Know Today

1. Aloha! Having spent last week in sunny Hawaii, I'm having a little trouble re-adjusting to this cold Upper Marlboro weather. I mean, it averaged 85 degrees in Honolulu last week! Here, it's expected to be 52 degrees with late showers. Ugh.

2. Following a mediocre 2-2 start, the Frederick Douglass High School football team finished the season 11-3, falling short to Middletown of Frederick County in the Maryland 2A state championship game. .

3. The Maryland State Highway Administration unveiled its , which is supposed to train participants next year for careers in one of three tracks: construction craft skills, Computer Aided Design and Drafting systems, and accredited CDL preparation. The program is open to everyone, so Upper Marlboro residents should take advantage.

4. . There weren’t any injuries. State Farm Insurance occupies the first floor of the building.

5. Delonta Daniels, of Upper Marlboro, was arrested in connection with an organized ring that was stealing tires, rims and vehicles in Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania, . Along with Daniels, police also arrested Gerald Pearson, 26, of Oxon Hill; Devon Ratcliff, 20, of Waldorf and Antwan McClam, 20, of Washington, D.C.