saturday night a whole bunch of local small businesses get a nice boost, local consumers have been coming out in support of hear communities by spending money close to home. plus an emotional moment during a protest begins grand jury decision in ferguson, missouri. what led up to this heart wrenching moment captured in photos. but big story on a "action news" tonight is a continuing search for missing student from west chester university, who walk out of a bar in

manayunk early thursday morning and hasn't been seen ever since. businesses there have since put their holiday celebrations on hold, and just a short time ago searchers and supporters gathered for a vigil playing for safe return of shane montgomery. kenneth moton is live in manayunk with much more, kenneth. >> reporter: walter, it was an emotional scene here at canal right parkas so many played and held vigil for this missing college student. even kildare's that last place shane montgomery was seen was closed out of respect for his family and friends. it was an out search for the ground and waters around manayunk as a community looked for 21 year-old shane montgomery. this morning hundreds pack saint john the baptist catholic church, and got their search areas and then went to work. >> people actually care that much about somebody that they came out and in the the cold, it is overwhelming.

absolutely overwhelming. >> reporter: karen montgomery's son disappeared 1:45 a.m. on thanksgiving after he left kildare's irish pub on main street. west chester university student on break and back home in roxborough left on foot. so cameras are still being checked to try to figure out which direction he walk. >> would i ask that anybody that lives in the neighborhood, if they can hear anything or see anything, go out in their yard and look, and, you know, how he went. >> reporter: marine unit for philadelphia police was in the manayunk canal with the greater philadelphia search and rescue. right now crews are focused on this section of the city. >> it is not expanding. there is no reason to believe that he went far from this area we don't have anything developed, his cell phone was hit in this a area. >> gathering has been unprecedented. >> reporter: once night fall hit family friend and residents lit candles at canal view park across from kildare's and prayed for shane's safe return.

manayunk even canceled tonight's planned christmas tree lighting and caroling activities because of the intense search. >> you just keep praying, that is what tonight is, and people will open up their hearts and people will open up, it is unbelievable this community. >> reporter: right now a mass at saint john the baptist is wrapping up. it was dedicated to shane. officers with the philadelphia police marine unit says areas of the schuylkill river were check today, tomorrow divers will be back in the canal, to continue their search. walter in reporting live from manayunk, kenneth moton for channel six "action news". >> all right, thank you kenneth. police in philadelphia are also searching for a miss would go man who suffers from demens a. olga treewick who is 66 years old and requires medication was last seen at her home on the 6600 block of guyer avenue in southwest philadelphia, on thanksgiving day. she's 5 feet 5 inches tall, 180-pound and last seen wearing a light blue shirt and lie blue pants and gray or black hat. if you have any information,

please call the police. breaking news now from ferguson, missouri the associated press is report ago this officer darren wilson has resigned from the force. the information reportedly comes from wilson's attorney. wilson, who is white, shot and killed unarmed black teenager michael brown back in august. he has been on leave since the shooting, this past monday, of course, grand jury decided not to bring criminal charges against wilson. that touched off widespread protest a across the country. wilson's resignation is said to be effective immediately. it has been a chilly tart to the holiday weekend but little warm up is on the way. meteorologist melissa magee is a at will big board with the a accu weather details. hi there, maine melissa. >> a warm up would be a a good thing because throughout most of the day, we were stuck in the 30's in the i-95 corridor. high climbed up to just 39 degrees. outside tonight we are at 36. north and west of town, in allentown, lehigh valley where we had snow showers earlier this morning at 30 degrees. poconos, 22. along the coast in beach haven coming in at 44.

but factor in the wind and the wind right now are coming from the south east. we are adding moisture to the add months fear. feels like 30 in the city. wind chills in the poconos of 22. twenty-eight in reading a long the coast in beach haven we have a current wind chill of 38. we will talk about what ace head for the rest of this evening. lots of clouds. expect that for the rest of tonight. good news it will be milder as early as tomorrow. tomorrow will be a busy travel day after enjoying the thanksgiving day holiday. we will look at those details with the accu weather forecast, walter. >> thank you melissa. stay on top of the changing weather situation with six abc.com. visit six abc.com/weather forstrom tracker six radar, both hourly and seven day forecast is, the the latest video from our "action news" meteorologists and our collection of weather-related photos and videos. well, today's frosty condition served a as a prelaid of things to do, namely, winter, christmas and hon contact ale the while merchants are hoping shoppers spent big this season many are hoping you spend big a at their local businesses. a "action news" reporter annie

mccormack has more on small business saturday. >> i was pleasantly surprised to see so many people out on the street. it was really nice to see. >> reporter: saturday shops in manayunk, fishtown, doylestown and across the bridge to haddonfield, new jersey were just a few hoping customers shopping small, dropped some large christmas cash. >> i think it is huge. >> reporter: republic bank paraded down the street in haddonfield to one of their small business lenders, hanna's a kitchen promoting the american entrepreneur. >> we think it grates to support the local business community. entrepreneur ship is wonderful part of the business community. >> we miss the had small town experience of the holidays. >> reporter: four years ago small business saturday began with a shop's small slogan, urging americans to cheese local stores over big box chains. american express was behind the original idea, but each year, small businesses like latitudes and longitude is here in manayunk continue to see more and more people coming out on this day, as

they realize the more they spend here stays here. >> small businesses are technically the backbone of america. so, it is so nice. it is just great to have people from around here shopping, and it is almost like a little will neighborhood. >> most of our owners also live within 5 miles of main street so money we are spending here, they are literally going to eat at the stores and restaurant next door to their store. they are spending money locally and supporting non-profit and community groups. >> reporter: there are 23 million small business as cross the country, sales office say in the past two years, surpassed $5 billion. owners are bracing it and shoppers are making it a yearly tradition just like black friday and cyber monday, always this day feels a little bit more personal. >> our customers are our neighbors, our friend. they are people we know socially or people we have met last year over being opened. >> reporter: in manayunk annie mccormack channel six "action news". meanwhile president obama and his doubters were patronizing small business is

today. the command inner chief, sascha and malle a a made a stop at politics and pros book store. mr. obama paid by credit card and walk out with a basket full of books. we're told he bought about 17 books including the best sellers, all of the like we cannot sianni brown girl dreaming. much more to come on "action news" tonight, concerns continuing to grow after disappearance of the popular member of the ohio state football team. why history of concussions has many par particularly worried. wait ace moment that captured emotional toll on both sides of the ferguson protest, conversation that took place between a young boy and police officer before it developed into a very touching moment. but first a holiday greeting from one of our wonderful military men serving overseas.

it is a picture that truly speaks a thousand words, this photo was taken during a ferguson related demonstration in port land, oregon this week. a 12 year-old african-american with tears, streaming down his face, hugging a white police officer. devanity heart was holding a a sign that says freed hugs while crying when the officer approached him and asked him what was wrong. heart told the officer he was concerned about police brutality against black children. the officer says quote, yes, i know, i'm sorry. two then embraced. renewed plea for information about a missing

ohio tait football player. buck eyes stadium went silent as costa karageorge's photo was displayed on the scoreboard. he was last seen wednesday at his apartment. he also texted his mother right before he went in missing, apologizing for recent spells of extreme confusion, and in the wake of several concussions. his family fears he may be in danger and they say he would never have purposely skipped today's big game. >> it just doesn't miss practice. he doesn't miss competition. he had has never missed competition. he never missed practice. >> well, friend say karageorge left his apartment for a walk to clear his head after a fight the with his girl friend. police are investigating his disappearance as a missing persons case. a 13 year-old was reunited with his mom today four years after he reported him missing. investigators say the child's father was holding him captive this whole time at his home near atlanta, georgia. investigators have looked at the youngster there before but the dad would allegedly hide

him behind false walls inside the home. youngster's father and stepmother have been since arrested and charged with false imprisonment, child cruelty and could be trucks. break in the case came after police? jonesboro received a tip. in case you needed more proof, pigs cannot fly. woman just boarded a u.s. airways plane in connecticut with her pet pig when the animal became disruptive. the pig was brought aboard by a woman as an emotional support animal but almost immediately the pig freaked out, started squealing, and then defecated near the cabin. flight attendants took no time escorting would the man and pig off her plane. emotional support animals air loudon planes under federal law, a as long as they're not disruptive. still to come on "action news" the flyers really need a win today. today they try to pick up that w inside madison square garden. jeff skversky is up next to tell us how they did when "action news" comes right back.

jeff skversky has a check on sports. the good news is flyers are better than sixers. >> well, everybody is better than the the sixers. that is maybe the only good news with the orange and black. boy, do flyers have big problems or what. a none may be bigger than their issues in the big apple. the flyers have not won a regular season game at madison square garden, in nearly four years. flyers in new york playing the rangers for second time in as many days. down one in the first, back they come. nick grossman shoots, scores. flyers tie it at one. in the second on the power play, how about jake voracek winding and firing and then scoring. flyers take a two-one lead. just the second time they would even have a lead at the garden during this losing streak. well, flyers blow it. rangers scored three times in the third on ray emery. he gives new york the lead.

seven minutes later, jt miller with the wrap around. flyers lose five -two. they have lost eight of their last nine games and they have lost their last ten. their last ten, regular season games, at the garden in new york. >> i think that is what we are missing right now, we don't skate well. we are slower, every where, in the battles, in the corners. >> it is mental. i truly believe that. it is a confidence thing for sure. i think that chemistry on our hockey team is kind of gone the other way. we need to get that back in our game. >> yes, they do. the sixers are trying to avoid their worst start in team history tonight. zero and 15 innings isers have never lost their first 16 games of the season. have one crossing their fingers tonight it doesn't happen a against dallas. sixers just underway against mavericks who beat them by 53

points just a few weeks ago. as you can see, sixers only down by two, midway through the first. sixers without tony wroten their leading scorers, dallas witt dirk nowitzki. college football you a saw penn state here on channel six. after a four-o start to the james franklin era, lions limping to an ugly finish to the regular season. penn state loses six of their final eight games. penn state seniors trying to finish strong against tenth ranked michigan state today. well this kills the mood of senior day, right off the bat, opening kick off, rj shelf even shuts everyone up. he a a roids tackle after tackle. are you kidding me. 90-yard kick off return. penn state down seven to nothing. second in the game. all right. into the half, penn state down ten. christian hackenberg for the end zone, tipped and then picked off. hackenberg two more turnovers today. michigan state puts ate way in the third with two scores. conner cook to tony lippet right here. not a happy night in happy

valley, penn state loses by 24. some of the fans even lose their shirts. lions still bowl eligible though. all right. temple has the fewest seniors in the country owe their senior day celebration, it doesn't last long. temple could become bowl eligible with a win over cincinnati. second quarter, bj walker loses the the ball. cincinnati recovers after three. it turns into a score. two plays later, cincinnati's miguel mckay. they would fall behind by 11. third quarter, how about temple, they can tie it with one powe eggs here. walker for colin thompson. off his hand. cincinnati hands temple their third straight loss, 14-six the final. owls have one more game to be bowl eligible. widener fans, wow, they are fired up for their division three playoff game against christopher newport today down in chester. and he runs it in, widener runs away with the 37-27 win. they are 12-o have moving on

to face lynn field next in the division three national quarter final. high school football playoffs st. joes prep playing for quad a championship. prep's jack clements to deandre swift, 50-yard touchdown, st. joes prep wins, 34-30. they win a title right there, how about them winning the quad a title, pennsbury also wins by beating coatsville for district 4a title in their first in eight years. >> thanks, jeff. up next on "action news" meteorologist melissa pennsylvania magee has the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast when we come right back.

sound of season at macy's in center city. philly pops brass band entertain shoppers getting them in the holiday spirit. fittingly they played right beneath the site of the icon i can nut cracker light show. time for the check of the accu weather forecast, meteorologist melissa magee and a little bit of the warm up. >> much needed warm up. it has been quite chilly. warm up comes tomorrow. we've got good news traveling back home after enjoying the holiday, things look dry. we will show you what is going on. storm tracker six showing us dry and quiet. no issues with precipitation. we will show you outside. gorgeous shot at valley forge at historic park there. you could see the sunset and the sunset, today was at 4:37, and this afternoon. it is getting earlier and earlier, across much of the delaware and lehigh valleys as we get in the heart and thick

of the winter season soon. and highs today across the region 39 in the city. wilmington 38 degrees. allentown 32. same thing in trenton. just at freezing markup in the poconos. high temperature today just 24 degrees. wind chill currently in the city at 30 degrees. it is 36 when you look at a the air temperature. twenty-two in the poconos. trenton 30. millville coming in at 34. dover in at 41 degrees. here's satellite six with action radar. you can see lots of clouds across much of the delaware and lehigh valley. we have had a weak disturbance that moved through earlier today there were a couple of snow showers across our northwestern suburbs in allentown, lehigh valley, nothing sticking or accumulating but you can see this boundary is lifting off to the north and east and it looks to be quiet for rest of tonight. big weather story as we get in the second half of our weekend is rebounding temperatures, 8:00 o'clock in the morning. much better start. along the i-95 corridor temperatures will be in the upper 30's to about 40 degrees. keep in mind that is much better because our high today

was just 39 degrees. as i advance this and we tap in the southeasterly wind throughout most of the day on sunday a long i-95 corridor temperatures easily climbing to about 55 degrees, average for us, this time of the year is about 53. we will go below average today to a above average as we get into the second half of our weekend and it looks like if you are doing any traveling heading back home after enjoying the holiday conditions will look nice and dry and milder as well. the call from accu weather for rest of tonight, lots of clouds around. we will drop down to 37 in the city. thirty-three in the suburbs. so temperatures holding steady tonight, and then slowly rising overnight as we tap into that southeasterly wind at seven to 14 miles an hour. the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast showing us it is turning milder tomorrow. up to 55 degrees. on monday, the first day of december and that warmth will be overhead, a high temperature of 61 degrees. a as we get into late monday we are tracking a front that moves through. showers are likely late in the day. much colder on tuesday. only in at 43 degrees. tuesday night we're tracking a

frontal boundary that will dip to the south and moisture will spread north and east ward. so across or northern suburbs on tuesday there could be a little bit of wintry precipitation. otherwise it stays primarily wednesday. wednesday, clouds and a few showers. we are back up to five 56789 on thursday sunny a and cool in at 50. as we get into friday cloud which evening rain, a high of 49, some of those showers could carry over into the first half of the next week went a high temperature of 51. we are up and down this weekend as we get in the month of december, walter. >> thank you melissa. eagles game plan is next here on channel six and don't in miss "action news" at ten on phl17 tonight. then we're back here again on six a abc after the game. to you melissa magee, jeff skversky and the entire "action news" team, i'm walter perez. we will see you again here tonight, right have after college football. >> ♪

12 down, four to go eagles look to issuing is will the wagon to make that final playoff push as we come to the close of the season. on today's show we will look at which players meant the most to this eagles team so far in 2014. we will also look at our first look the at how eagles could defend seahawks and quarterback russell wilson. what will eagles need to close the season out strong? we have a ton to get to so strap in and get ready because eagles game plan starts right >> ♪ welcome to eagles game plan presented by verizon wireless. i'm rob ellis here with mike

quick and ike reese. happy post thanksgiving to both of you. >> same to you, rob. >> a lot to be thankful for with this season but lets start with the new pilgrims to the program, here. and mark sanchez. >> rob, i think in the national football league it is hard to go an entire season with the same quarterback. i think getting mark sanchez, a veteran quarterback. the the eagles and fans have to be thankful for that move. a guy that can steady the ship when nick foles was down and keep this team in contention. you watch him here on this route, a little play action inside. over route by jordan matthews. you see athletism that chip kelly wants out of his quarterback and perfectly thrown ball to the rocky jordan matthews. >> we have a new old face with jeremy maclin who was sorely missed last season but making his presence felt this year. >> in doubt bit, rob, mike, we have to be thankful for jeremy maclin. after losing desean jackson jeremy maclin coming back after a attorney acl. not even i expect jeremy maclin to put up the numbers he has been able to put up in

the first three-quarters of the season. he had been the mvp with this offense. i don't know where we within without maclin in that receiving core. you watch him against best quarterback in all of football patrick peterson. he turns him around on this deep out route. this is one of the passes he caught on number 21 in that day in arizona where he had 160-yard having. >> you bring up jeromy maclin. let's turn to mike quick's wheel house and receivers. is there one play in particular mike they are using to get him opened down field. >> they are running jer mist maclin on the post route with a crossing route coming from the other side of the field, to hold that safety. let me give you a closer look at this. take a look at this play from a few weeks ago. eagles are running a post cross concept early in the first quarter begins houston texans. once the ball is snapped you see deep safety take bite and bite on jordan matthews running across the feel. creating a void overtop with jeremy maclin. nick foles delivers a perfect throw and eagles take an early seven to nothing lead over texans on