didn't find narcotics on him adding. today the coach addressed the jones incidents speaking about his personal concern for his glairs his glairs there is nothing more important than the play, staff and support people in the organization so that is the way it is with this organization and me personally, and i don't think that will ever change. >> reporter: while jones was taken to the norwood hospital an officer went to lock up the house and according to the police report while in the house he noticed the smell of marijuana. he locked the house and notified the desk of what he smelled and to advise the fire paramedics, i asked jones whether he maybe facing discipline. are you in any trouble? >> i understand your question by my main focus is trying to hone in on kansas city. >> reporter: police seem to indicate they consider this a medical, not a criminal matter.

jones is showing up for work and for meetings. i asked nfl if they're looking into the incident. no response so far. live in foxboro, dan hausle, 7 news. >> kim: also breaking from gillette, rob gronkowski missing practice again. let's go to joe amorosino. >> reporter: patriots remain hopeful that gronk will be able to play, but two days before the patriots' divisional play-off game he needed an injection no hin injured ride now. he spent part of the day at a boston hospital. the patriots tight end missed to us' practice with a limited participation yesterday before missing today's session. gronk injured the knee on november 29. returned on december 13 against houston and appeared to be fine in the patriots regular season finale in miami. alex corddry reporting live

are preparing for the chiefs without gronk on the field. alex? >> reporter: joe, they hope they don't have to be without gronk because, but they know they node a healthy rob gronkowski so espn reporting that he was in the hospital today. he did get treatment on his right knee. but his status could be a game-time decision, he will place based on how he feels. >> i don't know about that one. >> reporter: patriots players won't take any questions when it came to their all protight end missing as a second practice in three days but espn is reporting that he was at a boston hospital receiving treatment on his right knee which included an injection. >> i don't know if he was are a not but we have to play and just do our job. >> reporter: wednesday gronk was listed on the practice report as limited with a knee injury. the nfl network is reporting he should be good for the divisional graham against kansas. s is for confirmation from the patriots they weren't

>> got to ask gronk. >> reporter: what pats safety devon mccourty seems to answer finding a way to in 12 weeks. >> i think watching the film. the biggest thing is executing our game plan. we'll always have keys answer things we need to get done. usually when we come out of the game we're happy with a be 12 games. >> you know without trying to put too much of a game plan, you know they're good at what they do and you have to go back and look at those games or those plays or situations where they didn't look at smooth. >> reporter: finding things they didn't look very smooth as high to youer said is tough to find. he said there is a reason why the chiefs are the hottest team in the nfl right now. live in foxboro, alex corddry, 7 news, joe.

than 100% gronk could still present headaches. he won't be the only number 87 wreaking havoc. the patriots are voicing their concern about travis kelsy coming up in 7 sports. reporting live in the newsroom, joe amorosino, 7 news. >> kim: we're following breaking news right now out of methuen where the tim appeary grammar school will be closed tomorrow because there are so many students and staff out with a stomach virus. school administrators made the decision to prevent further spread of the virus. >> adam: turning to the forecast. we've moved past the flurries for now. but we could see rain before weekend. let's check your forecast with meteorologistier jennifer. >> meteorologist -- jeremy reiner. >> reporter: it'll load up on moisture and head up the 95 car dorr so that it is in new england by saturday morning, we have a separate

could be a couple of flurries tomorrow and even pox of drizzle but the main event looks like saturday morning versus saturday afternoon. we've rain on the way saturday morning, mote even be a little bit of freezing rain route 2 corridor early in the day on saturday but even up there, more about the rain drops than anything else. but the whole thing quickly moves out of here during the afternoon hours. when we're talking about the game tailgating clouds and pox of drizzle, upper 30s and at kickoff cloudy. breezy, temperatures in the upper 30s at the start of the game and when the game wraps up partial clearing. case. also on 7 a deadly drive in new hampshire after this pre-school teacher gets stranded in a snowstorm. police say the much-loved woman got out of her car to call for help and this is when a jeep slid off of the road and hit her. byron barnett has more. >> reporter: this is such a

lori dawe was killed on this road during tuesday's snowstorm in what police say was an accident that probably couldn't have been avoided. her family and friends say she was an absolutely exceptional person. >> those words -- never forget them. >> reporter: bill and linda dawe getting the news no parent wants to hear, the loss much their daughter, 31-year-old lori dawe of derry, new hampshire. >> doorbell rang. >> it was at that moment my heart went to my feet. and -- >> when they said -- >> two officers came in. >> reporter: lori was driving home from work during tuesday night's snowstorm coming down this hill in hamstead, new hampshire. when her car skidded off the road. police saylory got out to call for help on her cell phone. >> vehicle came up mind her and ran into the same scenario and actually slid the same way into her and struck her investigate and struck her.

>> she was' just such a nice giving loving person. haverhill. colleagues who walk past her now empty desk say she was' passionate about caring for children. >> the last hours of her life was with the children and they just gave her so much. >> i'm going to miss her walking through the door. >> reporter: bill dawe, a retired firefighters has seen many tragedies. now he and his family are suffering through their own. >> just happens so many times we see it with others and to be in that feeling what they feel it is difficult but the love and support that we're receiving from others is, is wonderful. >> reporter: the driver is a 17-year-old from derry, new hampshire. police say that there was no alcohol, drugs or excessive speed involved.

accident and lori's parents say that their hearts go out to the driver and his family as well. that is the story live from hamstead, new hampshire, i'm byron barnett, 7 news. >> adam: a multifamily holmes home in taunton goes up in flames. fire pouring out of the roof around 1:00 this morning. when crews thought flames were out they reflared. offices say that fire spread through spaces in the walls that were created when the building was cop -- converted over to apartments. two young men driving bay stopped to help out. >> i could barely breathe. >> could have been much worse. seems to be burning down to the ground. there could have been people inside. everybody got out o. k's which is the most important thing. >> reporter: the fire department says people were home in five of the seven apartments. they got out safely. they're investigating the cause of the fire. >> kim: all smoke at sandwich high school today.

smoke from a heating unit on the roof began pouring into the building. crews responded. they determined the source of the smoke. one student did have to go to the hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation. firefighters rush to the rescue when a dog fell through thin ice. using special suits and a rope they were able to pull the dog to safety. they potioned for the picture. one of the firefighters took off his coat to help warm the pup. >> adam: happy by the fire there. the wood stove. >> kim: much better than before. >> adam: comparatively speaking a junior jackpot. meet the two local powerball players who are a whole lot

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he says he plans on using winningings to pay off his an his wives student loans to help out their parents. the other is robert dole who was also joined by his wife to pick up their big check. he says he used a combination of birthdays and anniversaries to pick winning numbers. the lucky tickets were purchased at the 777 convenience store in charlestown and a tedeschis in east bridgewater. both of the winners had the first five wins numbers missing out on the jackpot by not having the possible number. -- powerball. as for the big winners last night three jackpot tickets were sold. one in melbourne beach, florida. the others in california and tennessee. each ticket is worth more than $500 million before taxes. saturday the estimated jackpot drops to just $40 million. jadiann thompson, 7 news. >> kim: thank you. >> adam: still early to be

trips down south but if you have those million dollar -- might be a decent weekend to go south. >> reporter: never too early in the month of january. we're tracking our next storm on the way. rain drops, details up next. >> anchor: it appears chandler jones will be playing on saturday but what about rob gronkowski.

>> adam: legendary singer billy joel will be performing the first concert triple play at fenway park. he will be performing on thursday, august 18. fans can mark the calendars for january 22, that is a lot sooner when tickets are go on sale to the public. case. it will be august before we know it. >> adam: billy joel will be crooning. we will be all happy. >> kim: have you ever been to fenway for a concert. it's really special. august weather, concerts sound good right now. >> reporter: it does. i saw the boss out there. if you can chet out there. check it out. clouds overnight, through the day tomorrow. rainy saturday morning but we can move that out of here in time for the patriots game, sunday, month remainder of

although monday maybe a couple of snow showers, winds not as much of an issue as it was yesterday but some wind out. there wind chills in the middle and upper teens, boston 19. the wind will subside if you are out and about. you have a chance of staying warm fending offer the cold winds compared to last night. our next weather system it's here. in the upper mid west. it'll work up into the northeast. it has a few clouds on the way. could even be a couple of pockets of drizzle mid day but this here, this is our next real weather system that comes out of thes gulf of mexico and spending time in the gulf of mexico allows the weather system to bring a bag of rain up to new england. not snow, rain. alt least southern new england saturday morning. tomorrow morning commute is dry. early sun in the day otherwise a lot of clouds. numbers a little milder than today. upper 30s to around 40.

the morning. just about all of us it's rain but outer route 2 corridor fitchburg, townsend, ayer up to southern new hampshire, nashua maybe a little bit of freezing rain mixed with the rain earlier up until about 8:00 then up in these location, the pink the rain takes over. farther north it's going to be snow. vermont, new hampshire as well as maine but for us here metro boston, 495 rainy saturday. most towns about a half inch to appear inch of rain so -- an new hampshire so a bit of a soaker saturday morning but it's moving so fast as we work through the afternoon on saturday, it does start to dry out. so that by mid afternoon, we'll have clouds but nothing more. maybe pockets of drizzle around gillette. mid afternoon on saturday. the kickoff will feature clouds with temperatures in the upper 30s, breezy then skies combine to clear out through the game. this is the storm system that normally would pummel southern new england with

cold air so the snow is going to happen in northern new england for the key areas with maine and new hampshire talking 4, 5, 6 inches of powder. sunday mix of clouds and sunshine. monday snow showers early and the much of next week looking cold. >> find out on saturday. i could xerox you a copy of the game plan and send it over to kansas city, it must be easier for all of us. >> reporter: belichick reminding everyone why he is so guarded appear his news conference. this was his response to a question about chandler jones' availability for this saturday after police found the presence of burned marijuana in his home on sunday. then they showed up when he showed up at the police station and was taken to norwood hospital.

>> i made a mistake and, each and everyday my big -- each and everyday all i can focus on is this kansas city. it sounds line i'm repeating myself but that is what it is right now, becoming the best number 95 i can be. i want to apologize to everyone and this week is probably going to be -- i'm focusing having probably the big of the game of moy life trying to clear this, but like i said i made a stupid mistake and hopefully go by. >> reporter: the worst was feared back on november 29 when the gronk was carted off thes field in denver with the knee injury but he appeared to have avoided a major injury missing only one game before playing the final four regular season games but there is concern once again. espn reporting that gronk spent part of his day at a boston hospital and needed an injection in the knee. the tight end missed today's practice. the second practice he missed

as limited yesterday. alex corddry has more more on what is new a growing concern for the patriots. >> like we do everyday. >> reporter: gronk was a lited participant went but missed practice thursday. espn is reporting that he was at a boston hospital receiving treatment on his right knee which included an injection. >> we have to go out there and play and do our job. >> reporter: that is stopping k.c.'s running game. even after losing jamell for the season -- >> they're nice. i give them credit. they play pretty well. they do a good job. of running the ball. and we got to go out there and stop them. >> reporter: the patriots d.will look to stop travis kelsy who proved to be exceptional for the passing game. >> whatever we think of gronk this guy is right there. i think it's 3 yards that

he makes tough catches. he makes plays. >> reporter: in saturday's win in houston he caught 8 passes for 128 yards. four catches resulted in first downs. >> so i think that speaks for itself. >> reporter: huge praise for mccourty comparing kelly to gronk adding that the chance to go up against gronk helps them prepare for anyone and anyone which will only help them this saturday. in foxboro, alex corddry, 7 sports. >> reporter: the 49'ers have a new head coach chip

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>> kim: reporting few duty. the beloved mascot who went miss something back home. the cat returned back to the base in roxbury. officers are happy she is safe and ready to get back to wok. >> adam: keep the food coming. she is already. too. or he. this is our time or 7 news at 6:00. we thank you for giving us 1078 some of your valuable time. i'm adam will annuals. >> kim: i'm kim khazei.

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