department, where gross had had once served as chief. reporter: the current chief of the nashua police department says he remembers don gross as a big guy with a big personality. and tonight they are mourning the loss of a leader and a friend. the man who died thursday in a brush pile fire in andover was identified friday as former nashua police chief don gross. >> his fellow police officers loved him. he was the e pit -- the epitome of a good chief. this came as a shock to us. reporter: he was sheriff for eight years and worked with gross as police committee from 2000 to 2004. he remembers gross as a man who loved the department and the city. >> was always available, you know, some chiefs sit in their office, but don gross never sat in his office.

you could call the police department and he'd answer the phone. just an all around good guy. reporter: gross retired to andover when he left the police department, but continued to serve the public as a selectman. >> he was a huge presence in the town. he was someone who cared about his friend and neighbors, he -- everybody considered him their friend. reporter: gross was a one-term selectman, stepping down in 2013. roy says he loved the small town appeal. >> he had great business advice for young people that were starting businesses in town. he would make it a point to seek them out. >> he did nothing but try to promote the community, community spirit, anybody i think that met him he tried to help. reporter: andover town officials say they will be meeting today to talk about a possible

hershberger, wmur news 9. tom: we do have breaking news coming in right now from i-93 in canterbury, we're getting world of some very slick road conditions on the southbound side. cars apparently there are sliding off the road, at least one crash reported. so let's go to chief meteorologist mike haddad who joins us now. it could be a problem in other areas tonight as well, right? mike: that's right, tom, it's not going to be widespread, but a few areas that get the snow showers and freezing drizzle, that's all it takes, just a little glazing to slick end up area roads. here it is on doppler radar, you say not much going on, but as we've been talking about, a lot of what's falling is just underneath the radar, it's a fine mist of drizzle and in some cases steadier light snow showers around concord, what's showing up on radar is what's falling in southeastern portions of carroll county. northern stratford county. so a coating to a half inch. notice the winds draining very lightly out of the northeast.

saturate the atmosphere and result in some slick conditions. notice temperatures are very close to that freezing mark, so if you're going to be out and about statewide, you may be in an area that remains dry, while if you're in concord, points north and east watch out for slick roads on and off through early tomorrow morning. what about the other changes as we go through the weekend, we'll look at that straight ahead. jennifer: the mother of a rochester teen who died of a fentanyl overdose may also face federal charges. jazzmyn rood was in stratford superior court for a bail hearing as a judge decided whether or not she should be released. wmur's jennifer crompton is live from our seacoast bureau with more. reporter: the stratford county administrator says that new information weighed heavily in his decision to override the opinion of his own community corrections staff that they could safely supervise jazzmyn rood if she were to leave jail and go into transitional housing.

to argue that the court should essentially override his override. 41-year-old jazzmyn rood has been in jail since october, one of three adults arrested in connection with her daughter's death. authorities say 17-year-old eve tarmey died of a fentanyl overdose in the rochester motel where she was staying with rood and rood's boyfriend. her attorney file forward this bail hearing after finding out that approval for rood's release under strict supervision had been reversed. >> on december 16, everyone's belief was that should these conditions be in place, community corrections would be converting the bail. there was no whition perfect that there was a chance that the county administrator might override that decision. reporter: the mental health supervisor who approved rood's release testified, as did her boss, who says part of the decision to override was based on increased flight risk because

>> they had been contacted by the united states attorney's office and it appears that they will be taking over miss rood's case. reporter: he told the court the other reason was based on what perceives as a threat to her safety and the public's after he was told by someone he respects in the community. >> she owes people money and they were going to come up and she didn't have the ability to pay, was going to be hurtful to herself and spill over to the people she might be staying with. reporter: the judge's ruling came down after 5:00 tonight that bail will remain set at $10,000 cash and then it will remain up to the discretion of community corrections, as to whether or not they will supervise her into transitional housing. the state would not comment further, though, on the matter of those federal charges. live in portsmouth, jennifer crompton, wmur news 9. tom: a joint task force created to address the state's heroin epidemic has released its final report.

implementing harsher penalties for those who distribute fentanyl, evaluating the use of narcan, enhancing drug and alcohol programs in schools and exploring the idea of implementing a 24-hour drug crisis hotline. each recommendation will be taken up in the current legislative session, but some could be signed into law by the end of the month. >> what the legislature had committed to me was that they would get those to my desk by january 21 and right now with joint hearings on the bills i think next tuesday, it looks like we could be on track for a late january signing and implementation of those new laws. tom: governor hassan says dozens of other recommendations will be discussed in the coming months. jennifer: to commitment 2016 now, republican governor john kasich is meeting with voters right now in exeter. his town hall is part of another busy day in the granite state, where republicans carly fiorina

held events. stephanie woods is live in exeter tonight with more on this. reporter: more than 100 granite staters are packed inside a small ballroom here at the exeter inn. listen to john kasich make his pitch for the presidency. we're just a month and a day away from the new hampshire primary, if you can believe it. the governor of ohio says his resume should speak for itself. kasich says his home state is surplus. and ohio has 385,000 new jobs since he took office. but he says it's his humble beginnings in pittsburgh that qualify him for the white house. >> i never want to tear anybody down, but i've also felt that people who play by the rules, god fearing, you know, common sense, need to have a voice. so i got into politics for one basic reason. to lift everybody. reporter: kasich wasn't the only

personal history. fiorina earlier spoke to voters in amherst and says this is the only country where a secretary can go onto become the c.e.o. of a great technology company and then run for the presidency. coming up at 11:00 we'll wrap up this busy day of politics and also give you an exclusive interview with the ohio governor. live in exeter, stephanie woods, wmur news 9. tom: the history of the new hampshire primary, it's important in the new threats being made against our first in the nation status are the focus of a wmur special that airs tonight at 7:00, from events that candidates attend as they crisscross the state to some of the journalists who have covered years of campaigning, to what the primary means to new hampshire. it's all part of the tradition that makes this political season so special in the granite state. >> when their national primaries or regional primaries, the big money in politics shines. not the individual voter like hampshire.

to regain that power would much rather have that power rest with them and with the big money people in politics and with the television advertising, and with the candidates that are picked by the establishment. new hampshire supports that and does a good job of that. tom: tune in tonight on wmur at 7:00 for first in the nation, 100 years of tradition. you can also stream it at wmur.com or on our mobile app. jennifer: love that old video. still ahead tonight, first responders are called out to a lake in derry to help a deer, the trouble the animal was in before the rescue. tom: after nearly a year apart, a military father and his daughter are catching up, and this soldier's return home from his deployment led to a big surprise for this little girl. mike: a lit wintery mix, heavy rain, gusty winds and warmer temperatures all on the way over the weekend, a timeline of all those changes heading our way. >> former u.n.h. coach bill

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tom: a deer was stuck on the ice on beaver lake. crews with the derry fire department, police, fish and game helped with that rescue. the deer ran off into the woods after it was rescued. neighbors said the crews did an amazing job. jennifer: also in belmont, police are reviewing home and business surveillance video after mull spell reports of bee-bee gun damage. just this week alone eight incidents were reported by residents and business owners, some with thousands of dollars

police are asking the public for help in finding who ever is responsible, saying that this is fast becoming a public safety issue. tom: gotta be careful if you're on the roads tonight. mike: it's going to be spotty in nature, snow for some, a little

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jennifer: a milford third grader got a huge surprise today. her dad, an army national guards man, was waiting at school. tom: he's been overseas for almost a year. heather hamel shows us their reunion. >> i'm like almost anxiety at this point. >> daddy! report come here, baby. reporter: judging by this reaction, so was she. 9-year-old kiley jones hasn't seen her dad, george jones, in about a year. he has been deployed to the middle east since february. >> how are you? >> good. >> i missed you so much. >> so did i. >> you're getting so big. reporter: he decided to surprise her in her third grade classroom, and although her classmates and our camera was there, you'd think it was just the two of them. >> i missed you. >> so did i. reporter: theirle breakingses making up for a year of missed hugs and kisses. >> felt like the best moments in

>> oh. reporter: kiley's mom says the this moment is a great relief. she says over the year george's absence has taken its toll on their daughter. >> you can't just call him up because of the time zone, so it's very hard. >> i was smiling before the door even opened, i could hear her outside talking, waiting for her to come in. >> i wasn't expecting all this. reporter: and her friends joined in her excitement, giving her a group hug sendoff, dad included. >> here we go, group hug. reporter: then it was time to leave with dad, catching up on so much lost time and making plans along the way. in milford, heather hamel, wmur news 9. mike: if you're traveling across parts of new hampshire tonight, keep on guard, some of the roads could be slick out there.

drizzle, radar not detecting it. around wakefield, northern parts of stratford county and around new durham and milton, there a coating to an inch possible. where you don't see much on radar, you could get a coating to a half inch in some areas and then we've got a little freezing drizzle that could develop in spots as well. first of two systems moving in now through tomorrow morning. notice this one fairly broken, a couple of showers that will move in tomorrow morning in the form of light snow, a little freezing drizzle or just plain drizzle right at the immediate coastline. in texas and the gulf coast states the next storm is beginning to develop. a lot of downpours and scattered strong thunderstorms are accompanying this storm as it begins, and it will approach here by sunday morning and that means a heavy rain for the second half of the weekend. right now temperatures are right near freezing, that means any untreated surface will glaze over with any fine light snow or freezing drive. so you want to give yourself

out and about tonight. will not be widespread statewide, but again some areas including in and around concord and canterbury and back into portions of northern stratford and southern carroll county getting it right now. temperatures overnight tonight 20's on average in many spots, a few low 30's right along the coast, and then during the day tomorrow, any light mix will give way to just cloudy skies in the afternoon. and a little bit of drizzle. but then later tomorrow night and early sunday, that's when thicker clouds move in and notice the timeline with that spotty light mix on and off, could get an inch of snow in the mountains, maybe a coating to a half inches where, with a little of that freezing drizzle on top of it. then a little drizzle in the afternoon. couple of light showers tomorrow night and notice the big changes for sunday, winds will crank up, and that southerly wind will drive in a lot of tropical moisture. we could see one to two inches of rain in about 10 to 12 hours. notice the winds fairly light tomorrow really crank up on sunday, could see gusts over 40

especially in the higher terrain and along the coastline. temperatures tomorrow, they run in the mid to upper 30's in many spots, possibly near 40 along the coastline. with that light wintery mix in the morning corks be slick on the roads through at least midday in a few spots, and then it warms well above freezing, speaking of warming up, take a look at sunday's temperatures, mid to upper 40's to lower 50's. before that wintery chill moves back in here, in a big way for next week. by monday, lingering flurries in the mountains, gusty winds making that 34 south even colder, low 20's north. a few flurries or light snow showers tuesday afternoon. the only trick in the forecast beyond then is whether or not we get a dusting of snow or a little more on wednesday before more cold air builds in behind that later in the week. so a lot of changes, watch it on the roads tonight. tom: all right. bill bowes used to be a household name. >> big news for bill, we'll tell you about that.

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>> former u.n.h. coach bill bowes will be inducted into the national college football hall of fame. the announcement was made this morning, bowes was the head coach at u.n.h. for 27 years

as the winningest coach. the ceremony will take place later this year on december 6. the bruins are back in action tonight, they take on the devils in new jersey. both teams have lost two straight games. former u.n.h. wild cad paul homp son of derry will make his nhl debut tonight for the devils. dartmouth on the road, they skate at vermont. the wildcats are home to host the 10th ranked team in the country, the u. mass lowell river hawks. >> they're one of the better teams in the country, it's a great opportunity for us. they're a tough team, really good defensively, really strong. we have a pretty good rivalry with them, so looking to get a win early in the series against them and hopefully we'll come out strong. >> lowell is always a hard team to play against, they play a fast physical game, they're good in their own zone, so it will be tough to score, but hopefully we get some. >> patriots had had a nice leisurely week beginning to

physically for the playoffs. the bye week will give a number of players extra time to heal up a bit including tom brady who is suffering from a high ankle sprain. edelman hasn't played since breaking a bone in his foot on november 15, but he is expected to play next weekend. the pats will host either the bengals, chief others texans in the divisional round on january 16. >> i would say with any work, get a little time off, a little less stressed, but i can't wait to start. >> it's a lot of time obviously preparing, a lot of different scenarios, so you try to do your best mentally to get ready, and physically you can put as much effort as you can to make yourself feel better. >> tomorrow it's the chiefs and texans, can you see that game at 4:20 right here on wmur tv. watch for ryan griffin of londonderry, highs a tight end for the texans. tom: thanks.

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