Elkridge Today: Take It Easy on the Roads

Roads may be icy this morning, as below-freezing temperatures followed . 

Here are some tips from the State Highway Administration for winter driving: 

• Buckle your seatbelt.
• Take it slow and increase following distance, especially on ramps and bridges, which freeze first.
• Move your foot off the gas if your vehicle starts to skid, and turn the wheel in the direction you're skidding.

The high for Elkridge today is 51 degrees and the low is 31, according to the National Weather Service.

Want to warm up with Italian food close to home? For $10, you can get $20 worth of lunch items at in Elkridge. Here’s the deal from Saveology. It’s available until Jan. 12, and is redeemable by Sept. 27. 

Today is the deadline to enter the raffle run by Veterans One Resource, a nonprofit based on Deerpath Road that back into civilian life. Raffle tickets are $100, and entries will be accepted until the close of business Tuesday. Get the details on the contest; the prize is a Shelby Cobra.

On this day in 2001, the Baltimore Sun reported that an Elkridge man was charged with stabbing a cab driver on Washington Boulevard who wouldn't offer him a ride. The Elkridge man was sentenced to 18 years in jail for the first-degree assault charge, with 9 years suspended, according to court records. The Sun reported that the cab driver was taken to shock trauma and released the same day.