our lynchburg bedford newsroom. tim, who publishes this paper? chris it's printed in new york by an organization that says it's trying to promote peace, but some in bedford say it's having the opposite effect in their neighborhoods. as the pastor of a christian congregation, david hinsen was surprised to see a paper promoting the islamic faith at the door of his church. david hinsen/pastor: "i really wasn't upset or concerned. i guess it maybe set me back a little." hinsen and many others in bedford are receiving the islamic post, an international publication that's been in print for more than 30 years. religious materials are mailed out all the time. what's unusual about this situation is the way the papers are showing up. they're being delivered to one or two homes at a time, mostly overnight but occasionally while people are away at church. major ricky gardner/bedford county sheriff's office: "there is no rhyme or reason as to which paper boxes these are placed in." major ricky gardner says the bedford taking calls from concerned residents sin

my first priority is to keep kids safe the bedford city improved.. the police are asking for help to find a the driver that a grandmothercc she is still recovery at metro the 18th has learned that there are not set up to record. they tell us with a white ford fan anyone with information is asked to call police. f three can't fire stations will be closed because of budget travel from the city's busiest stations were closed for rotation for several months fire officials are doing away with that program instead he will close for good they hope to higher more firefighters in the future. pressing insert the proper how almost upper apex today. highs in the mid- 20s.pp double deuce intimate dinah 24 down at barberton and over all snow obviously here. 20 west salem. not much forever rise. 26 degrees will to our snow showers this morning will taper blustery fault blowing 20-30 miles per hour by this afternoon taking our temperature down to 9 degrees tonight. the other 2-4 inches of snow fell. all moving under the comfort of lake effect snow and will be pushin

the bedford county sheriff's office and bedford police department have both received complaints, but say residents should not be alarmed. chief todd foreman/bedford police department: "i would suggest they read it to see that it's not something inflamitory, but also report it to us because i would like to know who is delivering them." the newspaper is published in new york by a group affiliated with the muslims of america organization. it's unclear if that group is distributing the papers in bedford. ((cold toss to leo)) allwell up in the mountains ski country could see a coating to as much is one to three inches everyone else maybe a blast snow comes the ground that is about it temperatures thirties across the roanoke valley right around forty degrees my get a couple raindrops air thirty two around smith mountlake thirty danville thirty two in the martinsville area will drop a little bit more than rebound a little as we head through the afternoon but not much of a rebound at all showers off the coastline be can see the snow showers driving into our region it tends the ballpark as it

bedford at 33. your hourly weather tomorrow shows mid-30s, above freezing at 8 a.m. 41 at lunchtime and lower 40s with the sunshine coming out tomorrow. and it is going to be cooler tomorrow as we will have the wind shifting around to the west and northwest as the cold front moves in, bringing us cooler weather, but look at this weekend forecast, 57 on saturday. then all of us should be making a run toward the lower 60s on sunday. so we are going to see a rapid melting of the snow; however, before we get there, we will have three more cool days with highs in the 40s. do notice the lows are going to get colder with lows in the 20sget colder with lows in the 20s. here which come with the warmhere which come with the warm-up. 50s and 60s into early next week. a big warm-up. >> mark: george, thanks. >>> abc 13 giving away good food for free. the good eats contest. from today through monday, february 1, you can log on to our web site at wset.com or the chance to win. now you can find a form if you go to

as a treasurer for bedford county ... rebecca jones deals with a lot of people and their money and if someone snapped .... she says there wasn't a way to fight back. however after a board of supervisor's meeting monday... jones has a way to protect herself. the board voted to allow employees to carry concealed weapons if they have a valid virginia permit. county attorney patrick skelley says it was previously a restriction in the employee handbook that's now taken out. patrick skelley/county attorney and it would be illegal for the county to prohibit exercising their second amendment rights on county property. in addition, the county attorney took a look at possible issues before the meeting monday night. he said the county's insurance premiums will not be affected and liability issues could happen with or without a restriction. ananda rochita/bedford - "the sheriff's office is also helping out by offering safety classes. in bedford ananda rochita wsls 10." happening now .... people in botetourt county have a final chance

julie mcdonald live in new bedford with the latest on the conditions there. >> the new bedford regional airport has shut down until at least tomorrow morning. across the rest of new bedford, 100 20 plows working to clear the main roads and neighborhoods across the city. mayor john mitchell spoke with newscenter 5 right as the wind up. like i mentioned earlier, a ground. until 3:00, 4:00 -- until 3:30, 4:30. so far no major reports of issues. a lot of cities in massachusetts, they learned from their mistakes last winter. they rolled out some new equipment this year and we are looking for to the first real test today. >> some better technology, some scanners on the vehicle to roadway. salt that gets put down. >> the mayor was down for the mayor' s conference. he got a firsthand look at what a nightmare of gridlock, cars just being abandoned on the road. fortunately he did make it back in anticipation of this storm before all the cancellations keeping an eye on conditions in new bedford. >> a very serious toll on coastal new jersey, flooding areas like atlantic city, some of the worst floo

the bedford walmart and in two weeks you won't see >> i was upset. like i really just started working here. i haven't been here a whole year. >> reporter: dominic is that will be transferred or out of a job. and with her nding on her it makes tough times tougher. >> a phone bill and light bill and rent. >> reporter: not the only one employees, customers and city found out just this morning. >> oh, my gosh. where am i going to go? macedonia and i don't want to go that far. y doesn't leave us options. >> impact. >> city manager mike mallard says this will be a hit to a city reeling from other hits. >> bedford has had good things but this is something that we will have to overcome. >> in the first two weeks of obs vanishing from northeast ohio. 461 workers hit by large layups o companies in lorraine and macy and akron. mayfield heights and bedford's walmart and that is one thousand northeast ohioans. >> it is one of those yes the economy is fragile. >> reporter: now this walmart has been opened since 2008. center. 28th. >>> new tonight, attorneys claim

the bedford county sheriff's office and bedford police department have both received complaints, but say residents should not be alarmed. chief todd foreman/bedford police department: "i would suggest they read it to see that it's not something inflamitory, but also report it to us because i would like to know who is delivering them." the newspaper is published in new york by a group affiliated with the muslims of america organization. it's unclear if that group is distributing the papers in bedford. thingthe can be a limit on the windy side and certainly in the cold side in the next twenty four hours with some modifications of some school systems around the area and then include the bedford county system where the buses would be using snow routes craig county in giles county will be opening two hours late on friday the grayson highlands school be christian academy in reptile meat will be opening two hours late the river lawn elementary school is closed into ascii ascii county and kaslow county schools surprise and be going to hours later at write about recently with some disruptive

bedford high school will be schedule next week. so that classes will only be held for students who need extra help. s going to be happening with teachers and students academically, that' going to be for students who have not yet mastered those key skills. and that' s really what competency recovery is all about. shelley some parents we spoke to : like the idea of kids getting cleared of midterms. >> i think it' s a great idea for the kids who really studied and have great grades don' t have to take another one. shelley other parents think it' s : in the best interest of kids, who are struggling. >> they' re falling behind, it' s a good chance for them to catch up before it gets too late. shelley still, other parents : told us off camera, they just don' from them, but he says many come around, once he explains the district' s goal. >> when we take the time to explain what it typically is like and how it isn' t that different. and also our intention is to help students who haven' t mastered those skills yet get there, we get a pretty

police charged a 22 -year-old jimmy larkin and 22 -year-old ariel cole posted bedford those of bedford with criminal trespassing and disorderly conductstrd. >> it's just stare because youou don't know with all the weapons on the street you don'the know what this kid was thinking of what he was going to do he was clearly angryry joyce says all she could think about where her kids who witnessed the entire thing. >> i was just doing my job my first priority is to keep the kid safe. >> bedford police say larkins and call had been summoned and will appear in court january 205 schools reiteratera that their school bus policy is no one is allowed on a student or an approved parentnt. >> she did an amazing job and did everything she could to make sure that this kids were safe she followed exact protocol and will report on situations like this it could've turned out a lot worsecot thankfully everyone is okay. >> we are not on the playoffs but let's talk a little football here the browns closing in on the next coach plenty of rumors swirling tonight things it may be heating up gerontology is her

if you were watching us from forest or bedford, you have rain right now, actually seeing bedford and the rain moving through the boonsboro area and madson heights.madson heights zoom you on down and rain from timberlake to the new london area and evanton. looking to the north if you were watching us from i-81 up toward lexington. you have light rain which is making its away cross the interstate and you can see showers as well from southwestern virginia. so occasional light rain for your tuesday evening, and we will also see a few showers possible very early tomorrow morning, but all the rain is going to be ending before sunrise. so this means that your wednesday afternoon through friday afternoon will be dry with cool temperatures, and then we are going to see a big warm-up settling in for the weekend. i think you will like the seveni think you will like the seven-day forecast for your saturday and for your sunday. we are up to 51 degrees right now with cloudy skies. a southwest wind at 6 miles per hour. and this southwest wind has helped to warm us up today. we have the light rain w

. >> danner: coming up, what county employees many bedford can bring to work with them next time they walk through >>> and abc-13 obtained a search warrant. and what they're telling us about the day police say a centra security guard shot a patient. >> george: we're tracking light rain as it moves across the heart of virginia. we'll let you know how long you can expect this rain to stick around. >> danner: a live look tonight at wintergreen resort where skiers are enjoying the snow. >> george: danner, we are going to see a few more light showers continue, but we are not expecting any heavy rain. we're looking live out over lynchburg. we've had some areas of light showers make their way across the showers are moving off to the east. and we'll see small showers reforming and moving across our area. >> danner: across the area, icy slush is covering a lot of the residential streets out there. public works says that the city can't afford to pretreat those side roads. katie brooke checked in with public works and has more on their progress. >> katie: the director of public works, gaynelle h

some students in bedford, will next week. district officials have decided classes don' t need to show up, or take any midterm exams. >> if a stud passing their class, that a teacher can wave the midterm. shelley: it' s a controia plan called comptency recovery days. bedford high school will be adjusting their normal class sche. n so that classes will only be held for students who need extra help. >> the work that' s going to be happening with teachers and students academically, that' s going to be for students who have not yet mastered those key skills. and that' s really what competency recovery is all about. shelley some parents we spoke to : like the idea of kids getting cleared of midterms. >> i think it' s a great idea for take another one. shelley other parents think it' s : in the best interest of kids, who are struggling. >> they' re falling behind, it' s a good chance for them to catch up before it gets too late. shelley still, other parents : told us off camera, they just don' t like the idea at all. superintendent

jeff martin accused of raping and stalking a bedford woman will face charges. has indicted the former officer. his office says martin also used a database available to law enforcement officers to obtain information to stalk the woman. >>> numerous firefighters spent the morning on the scene of a fire in cuyahoga falls. it damaged four homes. it happened in the neighborhood before sunrise. two of the homes under construction. another vacant but one family was living in the 4th home. all able to get out of the home safely including the family cat who was rescued by one of the firefighters that went into the house to get him. >>> a guilty verdict for an akron woman that kill a teacher. 22-year-old alisha walker was convicted in the death of a 61- year-old man. she admitted to stabbing him after he demanded unprotected sex. she faces 20 years in prison. >>> an 8-year-old told her rameriz touched her when she was six. she faces life in prison and would happen to register as a sex offender if ever released. >>> a judge that worked with kids will spend 8 years behind bars on child porn charg

. >> reporter: there is not much left inside this bedford wal- mart. in a matter of a few hours, it will close for good. about 300 people work here. the company said that some happen transferred to other locations and -- some will be transferred to other locations and help the rest find other be. >> s. this is only one of 12 wal-mart super centers shutting down across the country, and it's the only one in ohio. bedford city manager said that it will result in a quarter of a million hit to the city's annual budget n. an effort to clear out the inventory, nearly everything inside is 75% off with the exception of electronics, guns, jewelry, and alcohol. the discounts are bringing in a lot of customers. there is quite a few people here right now, even though many of the items are already gone. in bedford, sarah phinney, newschannel 5. >>> and let's get a check on the forecast with meteorologist >> no, not, mike. and we're looking at plenty of sunshine and there is a live look at our sky cam. a-okay, plenty of sunshine and there is some chill in the air. ov

bedford 46. fitchburg at 35. the evening hours and there may be a couple of pockets of drizzle but nothing significant at any time tonight or really even tomorrow. this is a storm system number one that's going to bother us and first glance you are thinking well, wall of rain but it falls apart and so storm number one doesn't really live town its name. there will be a lot of clouds tomorrow and like today there could be a couple of pockets of drizzle but that's about it. now storm number two, that's for sunday. that will become a powerhouse some. here it is now in texas just now getting organized but this will rapid leblossom into a band of rain tonight and tomorrow and then move northeast up into new england for sunday. so sunday looks wet, in fact it is quite the storm coming at us. no rain, no concern of snow or ice with just wet roads. it will be so warm that we may challenge record warmth. the record is 56. i think we'll be around 53. heaviest rain on sunday looks like from noon until 7:00 p

the bedford county sheriff's office and bedford police department have both received complaints, but say residents should not be alarmed. chief todd foreman/bedford police department: "i would suggest they read it to see that it's not something inflamitory, but also report it to us because i would like to know who is delivering them." the newspaper is published in new york by a group affiliated with the muslims of america organization. it's unclear if that the papers in bedford. visors pocahontas county western greenbrier county and western highlandcounty up in the s of something to keep in mind, temperatures pretty much in the 30s to near 40 throughout the day gusty northwest wind as this continues to move to the south and east now once a pushes a little farther to our south and east. the winds will begin to slacken this afternoon and it will turn quiet in the overnight hours today would talking upper thirties to near forty for the roanoke valley partly sunny lynchburg low 40s partly sunny southern virginia pretty much same story low to mid forties with a mix of sun southwest watch

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that hasn't been a issue at least here in new bedford. pam: crews are out tonight making sure access to trolleys and subway cars is safe. this is the fairbanks stop shoveling snow and putting down sand as the trains moving in and out, no problems with key service. reid: a live look in boston, copley square covered in a winter white. the city picked up more than six inches which right now is the biggest snowfall of the season taking it very slow is the best advice for anyone that may make their way out tonight. boston common brightly lit as people walk through it tonight. same story over across town, plenty of people not letting the snow upend their plans. the ripple effect of the mid-atlantic store hitting logan tonight. 200 flight cancellations, 40 delays reported. travelers helped out changing their flights to avoid the mid-atlantic airports. pam: now to the road to the super bowl, the patriots and broncos ready to resume their heated rivalry. tom brady and peyton manning meeting tomorrow in the a.f.c. 5 mike lynch live in denver with a

live in bedford, wmur news 9. erin: thank you. the republican a debate last night on the fox business network. the contenders touched on a number of topics. at times things got a bit heated. nikole killion is in the washington bureau to show us some of the highlights. reporter: perhaps the fiercest was between donald trump and deed -- ted cruz. >> not a lot of conservatives come out of manhattan. i'm just saying. >> this was a very insulting statement that ted made. >> on the issue of citizenship, donald, i'm not going to use your mother's birth against you. >> okay. because it wouldn't work. if you become the nominee, who the hell knows if you can serve in office. reporter: the top two candidates came out swinging. >> i hate to interrupt the episode of court tv. reporter: those pulled their own punches. >> i like chris christie, we cannot afford to have a states that supports common core. we cannot afford to have a president of the supports gun control. >> i like marco too. two years ago he called me a conservative needed. that w

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stuck in the ice in bedford. in fact, six were trapped. parents and their babies -- died before the rescuers arrived but bedford police and firefighters responded along with animal control officers, as well as the animal rescue league and through a team effort they were able to save the parents and two babies. >> this is new tonight, another animal rescue this one by a dog and it does have a successful inning. a publish leads rescuers to another dog that had become trapped in some brush. it happened after the two dogs ran away when their owner was taken to the hospital for a medical condition. hours later one dog ran up to an officer and, like lassie, coaxed him to the embankment where the other dog was stuff. both are now warm and safe. >> we all know the chances are beyond slim but many of us will still buy two or 10 for a chance at tonight's half a billion dollar jackpot. new at 6:00, here's some expert advice on how you might be able to up your chances, take a look. >> someone has to hit. >> just to be clear the odds are not in your fa

the details now from bedford. new at 11:00. >> reporter: the parking lot of the bedford wal-mart was crammed with cars tonight as people came from every direction to shop for 50% off. >> you had to wait because the fire marshall would only let so many people in a the a time. >> reporter: shoppers posted videos showing empty shelves and crowded registers. >> this is elizabeth alley's second day shopping here. >> i saved about $300 of the oh yeah. i shopped for everyone. ends from, grandchildren. >> reporter: the bedford location slashed prices to get rid of the inventory before it closes next friday. >> i am sad for the people who worked there. >> reporter: he rushed here to buy tires for his truck. >> the original price was $159 and i got them for $75 each. >> reporter: the sale was right on time who bought toys for the daycare. as word of the sale spread the business was unbearable for workers. right now the wal-mart is so packed they are closing down and turning people away because the employees tell me it will

tomorrow boston around 41, bedford 39. on sunday afternoon the city reaches 50, bedford reaches 49. the jet stream will look like this. this will carry us well into next week. the 1st week of february this year just about as opposite as you can get from last year. the record in the city next wednesday is 59. there. last year the temperatures were only in the 20s and 30s. monster snowfall last year on the 12th of february. snow will fade away. our next storm will be wednesday. these a rainstorm. 30s and 40s. see you at 5:30. >>> thanks. a dog's eye spotted -- >>> and then, hard to talk about food, but we are going to the puffs knows winter... ...is hard on your nose there's the endless runny noses. the sneezes that just won't quit and of course, the biting cold of snow day play. that's why puffs is soft. puffs plus lotion tissues... ...are gentle on skin. they help soothe irritation by locking in moisture better. so you can get out and enjoy winter a nose in need deserves puffs indeed. for softness that fits next at 5:30, an alarming attack. helped customers team up for a take-down.

live in bedford, tim saunders, wdbj7. snowoutside right now some of you are seen a few rain sprinkles but most of your staying fairly dry was a very very cloudy day and a very warm one as it turned out in parts of southside in southeastern virginia we do continue to see very very light rain streaks showing up on the first alert doppler ritter will put it in the motion quite clearly this is a cold front on the move the rain is moving from the southwest of the north east a little bit colder at some higherelevations. it could be a little mixing going on with some of frozen precipitation late tonight or early tomorrow that hangs on that long right now just a few 100 skier and they're mostly attentive that a proposed wind farm. saunders is there now with a preview of tonight's board of supervisors meeting. botetourt county board of supervisors hold a public meeting to discuss the future of a proposed windfarm project. if the project passes, the developer apex clean energy will build 25 wind turbines on north mountain. rockbrid

it's really feeling like 18 in boston, 20 in bedford right now. 23 in new bedford. the winds going to stay with us through lunch time. we're going to continue to see the westerly gust up to about 30 miles per hour and then they start to die down. slowly but it's staying breezy until tonight. we won't be talking about calm conditions really until early a.m. down. but at least we have the sunshine today; huh, chris? >> that sunshine not warming us up that much. as we go through tomorrow wind speeds picking up especially by wednesday. 30-plus-mile-an-hour. out at the bus stop and on the way to work not as code thanks low. it will be cold start. 30 to 35 this afternoon. tonight it's cold. teens in the suburbs low 20s in boston. wind light starting off tomorrow. the south-southeast. along 95 start off with rain showers in the afternoon and then we'll transition over to snow mixing in as we get into the evening hours. best chance of couple of inch north and west of 495. wednesday, thursday and friday unsettled saturday. right now looks like mainly rain inside 495. those a

in bedford ananda rochita wsls 10. a pittsylvania county woman is dead following a late night house fire. the deadly fire happened at a home on henry street in gretna just after 11 o- clock last night. emergency crews responded to find one end completely engulfed in flames. crews entered the home to fight the fire... but had to retreat due to fear of the roof collapsing. 73-year old katie yeatts was later found inside. it's believed she died of smoke inhalation. at this point... investigators say arson and foul play are not suspected. the cause of the fire remains under investigation. governor mcauliffe announces a compromise deal with republicans on gun reform in the commonwealth. mcauliffe says ... attorney general mark herring's proposal to end reciprocity agreements with 25 other states will be dropped in return for 2 major reforms. background checks at gun shows and people with protective orders against them will no longer be allowed to own a gun. we'll hear directly from the governor on wsls ten at 5-30 about why

in bedford county ananda rochita wsls 10. the montgomery county board of supervisors says it will not decide the future of circuit court clerk erica williams. at a meeting this week.. the county attorney explained to the board it has no liability or responsibility for a constitutional officer's actions. a petition is currently circulating to have williams recalled after she didn't reappoint four deputy clerks. board members say they have no part in that petition. many living in the county have questioned whether those who sign the petition could be subjected to perjury charges. the county attorney says that is not the case. board of supervisors chair - "there was a lot of misinformation. we were receiving emails from our citizens saying that the board was actually a part of the recall process, and we're not." erica williams responded this evening.. saying in part.. "i respect of citizens who are unhappy with my personnel decisions are pursuing." the case against a woman charged in connection with the murder of man at a roanok

bedford to lexington and the snow band continues to march eastward. cape anne as we head to the north is switch a man chest erin gloucester and the snow showers will continue to give you guys an additional 1 to 2 inches of accusing lame -- accumulation. winter weather advisory until 10 a.m. after that it will brighten up in the sky a bit. all the heavy snow out of here accumulation over with but we will is have an isolated flor grit forecast. cold and wind will-- flurry in the forecast. cold and wind winds will stick around. higher elevation to the north dealing with height accumulation but that's great news for the skiers head hing the north. we have some lingering flurries dry. no additional snow accumulation out of that. and notice the temperatures. we click back into the low 20s and upper tunes by 5. colder air funneling in overnight into tuesday morning and we have some lower teens for the actual even worse. current temperatures right now 27 boston. notice these are our high temperatures for the day. we are going to get worse overnight as lows di

looks like snow in bedford and berlin to. holliston to franklin around the bends sing up there at the sheraton as well happening look at this heavy rain coming through these areas is noah's want to get to the colder air . of heavy snow it comes on by that's pretty intense rain coming in. massachusetts here are some of those reports by twitter responding here they are moderates know north of billerica .3 inches so far ryan said he's expecting three let's see how we do. head-to-head snowing in westford that's coming out out there like snow in milford being reported light snow one ellington from susie. reports this one is different not snow like drizzle in east freetown this comes from tom. one of our weather interns last semester so we rely on that report drizzle not snow in that area. his was expected this evening push on out of here start to clear out a lot of snow showers come on through with the backside of the system intensifying to our north it's going to blow some cold there into southern new england as it pushes away fr

the fire started at 2:30 on jefferson avenue in bedford- stuyvesant. this was and all hands on deck fire. two others were seriously injured and taken to kings county hospital. four firefighters also suffered minor injuries taken to kings county hospital. investigators say at this point the cause is still being determined but they believe the fire started in a stairwell between the second and third floors. >> thank you, stefan. >>> well, natalie cole died. she famously used technology to sing a duet with her dad on the song unforgettable and when i fall into love. cole went to rehab in 1983 she blamed her drug use to her contracting hepatitis c 3 which led to a drug transplant in 2009. she fought, graduation battle, dying how she lived, with dignity, strength and honor. we will look back at cole's career and bring you more on how the music industry is responding coming up on eyewitness news at 5:00. >>> and crews have finished cleaning up after the big party in time's square last night. 1million people gathered to watch the ball drop. crews used dozens

curry martin/bedford county board of supervisor 10:19:15 "bedford county ten years ago you never had to lock your house you never locked your car you didn't have to has changed and has changed fast." other nearby localities allow their employees to carry concealed weapons .... including lynchburg city and campbell county. new tonight at 11 ... jonathan falwell releases a statement ... after his brother jerry falwell junior announced his endorsement of g-o-p presidential candidate donald trump earlier today. in a statement ... jonathan says in part " .. i have made it my practice not to endorse political candidates. i do not believe it is my responsibility to point people to a candidate but rather to point people to jesus christ..." he goes on to say .. he believes everyone should exercise their right to vote for a person who most closely aligns with their beliefs. today ... jerry falwell junior said .. he believes trump can lead the country to greatness. meanwhile ... trump announces today he's skipping thursday's g-o-p debate -- the last one before the iowa caucus. the montgomery co

at bedford funeral home. services will be held 2 p.m. this thursday at promise land baptist church.annabelle craghead was killed when the driver of the pick up truck she was riding in-- lost control on the ice on route 122 wednesday night, crossed the center line, and was hit by another truck.that truck was then rear ended by a car. the crash is still under investigation. last weeks winter storm forced the american red cross close some donation centers.now the group is in dire need of platelets donations.as wfxr's solina lewis reports- the american red cross in our area is calling for anyone who can donate -- to help. 27-37 help.can donate -- to for anyone who area is calling cross in our the american red lewis reports- as wfxr's solina lewis reports- the american red cross in our area is calling for anyone who can donate -- to help. 27-371:11-1:20 the snowstorm caused a lot of problems for the red cross to get enough donations and are urging anyone who can donate, to help" "when he was dying of cancer, he got platelets and it was like a

this accident at atlantic avenue and bedford. that is a busy intersection at this time of the morning with a lot of activity as this accident is being cleared. live over brooklyn, john del giorno, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> john, thank you for that. >>> in response to the illegal drug epidemic across new york state, cvs pharmacy will sell the heroin antidote. 479 cvs pharmacies will sell narcan without a prescription. crews and emergency rooms for decades. the state health commissioner hopes the agreement with cvs with save lives and get drug users on the road to recovery. >>> we will get another update on the breaking news in brooklyn next. >> we are following an investigation into a ra you can't predict the market. but through good times and bad... ...at t. rowe price... ...we've helped our investors stay confident for over 75 years. call us or your advisor. t. rowe price. your path to retirement may not always be clear. but at t. rowe price, we can help guide your retirement savings. so wherever your retirement journey take

police in bedford searching for a bank robbery suspect. s these are surveillance photos from a inside the bank on west gray street. witnesses say the man walked in today and demanded cash. if you know anything about this, contact bedford police. >>> memorial services held today for a soldier froms akronom who dieds in 1951 will being held as a prisoner of war northort korea. >>'s night jack shea explains how the remains of the fallenen patriot were finally returned to his hometown. >> a u.s. army honor guard pays to be to private first class david burke of akron, 65 years after he lost his life serving hise country. get to see this. >> david burke a graduate of the south high school in akron enlisted in the army during the korean war. he says in november 1950 private burke and members of his unit were taken prisoner by chinese soldiers on the north korean chineseth border. three years later prisoners of war who returned to the ust reported thato private burke starved to death in a pow camp in the spring of 1951. >> not only the sucked life

a dramatic ice rescue to save swans in bedford. take a look at this video. those people are crawling across the ice and our families were captured as the animal rescue league tried to save the baby swans. there you go it was thick enough to trap the birds but thin enough to give the rescue thin enough to give the rescuers a scare as they crawled on their hands and knees. >> the ice was too slippery and they were going out like that and they were, like, running in place. >> julie: once safely recovered on shore, rescuers tried to give them a clean bill of health. they will try to reunite them with the parents who flew away during the commotion. that wasn't really nice to fly away in your little baby's time of need. light as you might expect. 4:16 in the morning. expressway you are flying from furnacebrook parkway to columbia road. pike wide anticipate from framingham through the weston tolls. a look through brighton -- a nice -- a great time to head out on the roads. nothing slowing you down. 12 minutes from 106 to 128. 20 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the

we're hearing of a few school closings in bedford. mount ayr. and we're hearing of a few school closings in bedford. mount ayr. and lenox. it's time no to get a meteorologist megan salois joins us now... ad lib wx quick the snow so far has fallen in southwest iowa this morning. totals range from 2.5" to .5" from places like atlantic to lamoni. the snow has to overcome drier air over central iowa and the des moines metro before we begin to see it falling here. we are most likely to see it during mid afternoon through early evening. only about an inch of snow is expected in des moines. temperatures will hold in the mid teens this today. donald trump is keeping voters so i'll see you folks in a little while and i'll see you specifically at our third meeting where we're going to have a good time thank you.. trump told supporters he had a but he wasn't giving it away quite yet. he is said to make the announcement in ames tonight where he is hosting rally and he's bringing a special guest with him trump and other republican presidential hopefuls are i

>> about 300 people work at the wal-mart here in bedford. the company said that some people will be transferred and it will help other people find jobs. and this is one of 12 wal-mart super centers closing across the country, the only one in ohio. the bedford city manager said it will result in a quarter million hit to the city's annual budget and doors will be locked for good at 9 this evening. in an effort to clear out the inventory, nearly everything inside is 70% off and the discounts are bringing in lots of customers and shelves are mostly empty. >> and this is all picked over now. >> i just want to go home. >> she shops until she drops. >> literally. >> and some tires shoppers there. some things are not 75% off like electronics, ammo, guns, jewelry and those types of things. this store opens at 7 this morning and closes at 9 this evening. >>> 5:34 now. the plan who set fire on this home last february will learn his fate today. comacho, there you see him, 11 people were affected by the fire that spread to two other homes. police say a n

new bedford 8 inches in the city of boston officially 6.1. hudson you go north of the mass pike you will see that here. numbers drop off so this was the jackpot if you will. the sweet spot between 10-15 inches. 6 had ever 10 inches of snow. metro boston about 5, 6, 7, 8 inches of snow. dudley 2 so there is the sign of the dryer air doing what it was supposed to do in boston but it did a good snob northwest of town. snow, bolton, hudson about an inch of snow. lexington a couple of inch, tops field three inches of snow. storm system moving away. high pressure taking it place for the difference between the high and low that is what we have to contend with. these are the peak gust yesterday between 55 will have 75. not nearly as windy as yesterday. hyannis gusting to 40. plymouth at 24679 the wind chills are cold. when you are out there shoveling, it feels like 4 in boston. it feels cold out there. bedford feels like 6 and with the north wind we do watch the concern of coastal flooding especially nantucket. chatham the high tide coming in at 11:0

we have bedford at 48 degrees. and worcester and nashua, 45 and worcester and nashua, 45, which is still pretty juan warm warm. a good 10 degrees above average average. 50s norwood, plymouth and new bedford, 51 bedford, 51. provincetown 50 degrees. my hot spots. tonight temps back to freezing and that means we will have to keep an eye out for some patchy black ice out there. we are seeing debris freeze and highs tomorrow in the lower 40s highs tomorrow in the lower 40s. thursday keeping it brighter at 40 degrees. and by friday, this is when we will be tracking that next potential for a little bit of light snow. notice the nor'easter is mostly a myth. we actually have another system tracking along the canadian border with the potential of tracking in light snow. still a lot more to fine tune. back to you guys. >> gene: shiri, 6:21. >>> a cruise ship capsized off the italian coast. we are getting first look inside that wreck and the image mark announcer: where do you line up with john kasich on the issues? take the k

and further west 114 to wallace road in bedford is also hitting the brakes. 101 east is a good ride, and things are stocked to go on the spaulding turnpike in newington. i'm peggy james for 95.7, wzid. jean: coming up, one new hampshire town is being told to boil the water after e-coli showed up in a sample. josh: crews are searching for two military helicopters that collided off the coast of hawaii, they have found debris, but so far no survivors. mike: a mess from the west and the south, a wintery mix to kick off the weekend. when the worst

could have a few light showers, right along 271 quarter over towards bedford heights . that will there will out a few scattered snow showers the wind out of the west in the afternoon not expecting much accumulation .ot most of us will see anything today .st as the clipper that we will be tracking . with within arthur fredd and bring an end to the snow, likely get some lake-effect . tomorrow, you can see the snow started to form and looking at between one and 3 inches tomorrowow for the snowbelt . the rest of us, just a coating of it will have to continually falling temperatures sunday, one to 3 inches expected in the clipper and lake-effectt in the cold air . although we don't have those extreme cold temperatures .th we will still get some snow but we can tolerate it . today would be uneventful weather just a welcome back this morning. jim jordan the rockets, or no match for the cavaliers last nighto at the toyota center in >> the kept it pretty close in the first quarter, the cavaliers and jean houston, at the end of the quarter, and the second quarter the cavaliers ta

it in fitchburg and in nashua, 8 in bedford. 4 in milton. 14 in boston. ports mouth is, new hampshire, feels like 11. 16 in marshfield. 14 in hyannis. keep it partly cloudy. a slight chance of temperature in and even though we are going up to 29 at noontime, we still have those wind chills in the teens guys all way through the afternoon. now get you over to julie grauert. the latest on live realtime traffic. still slippery this morning. >> i agree, shiri. we will see problems even on the on-and-off ramp. we have a tendency to stay slippery as well. main roads have been cleared and see things moving along fine on the expressway and on 128 as you approach the pike. route 1, 93 south, moving along just fine. you can see route 1 in saugus wide open. of course that will be changing within the next hour and a half. really starts to slow down. here are your live drive times. 13 minutes on route 1 from 128 to the tobin. 9 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to 10 minutes on 24 from 123 to 28 28. sara and gene, back to you. >> sara: all right, julie

so 32 in boston, 30 in lawrence and bedford. in fact, we have gone up a degree there and last hour it was just 29 . still 29 in fitchburg, 27 in worcester and in keene, new hampshire. i got 36 in hyannis and still hanging on to the 40 degree reading in nantucket, but temperatures really don't move very much, so noon time today, let's plan around freezing temperatures in and around boston with sun and couple scattered clouds, not promising it will stay this crystal clear all day lock but going to be pretty good-looking where we get a couple clouds and best chance

pinpoint doppler radar shows light showers in bedford, blacksburg, roanoke. pittsylvania, will be getting light rain. overnight we'll stay above freezing with lows in the 40s. we'll see a big warmup with >> mark: thanks. right now radford police are trying to determine who sexually assaulted a woman as a social gathering. it happened thursday night on the 300 block of second after. it was an 18-20-year-old man with dirty, curly blond hair, wearing a black sweatshirt with a white t-shirt. >>> tonight one person is dead and the leader of a militia group is in custody. fired. police say the person who is dead was the subject of a federal probable cause arrest. were also arrested. they all face federal charges. >>> last night the board of supervisors passed the measure to carry concealed weapons inside city buildings. they say that it was a natural progression to allow workers to bring a weapon to work. >> it was a second amendment right. why do we treat the general public in a different fashion than county employees? and as much as we've seen mass shootings in t

live in bedford, shelley walcott, wmur news 9. josh: bail for the man accused of trying to kidnap a teenager at the merrimack outlet is now $50,000 cash only. 25-year-old desmond mighty had been released on $100,000 cash or surety bond. a judge made the change after mighty was cited in his home state of connecticut for school bus which was picking children up. his trial on new hampshire charges will start next month. police in maine made a gruesome discovery, the body of a woman found inside her wells trailer. authorities believe that lucy mcnulty died two and a half years ago, she was last seen in the summer of 2013 after a stay in the hospital. the maine medical examiner's office say she died of cardiovascular disease, but what makes this case unusual is the time between when she died and when she was found. >> the town was about to foreclose on the house because of the unpaid taxes. so it was determined that we had to go in. josh: a friend called police after the christmas card he sent was returned and asked for a welfare check

these gusts are still up over 20 mph in make him feel like this outside when chills of teens 17 bedford feels like worcester. let's talk about it not much happening satellite radar but a west. futurecast to work overnight tonight will be clear and cold first thing in the morning sunshine here come the cloud during the afternoon if you o'clock. and the more significant shot of rain and snow during the evening commute. rain near the coast snow for the inlet i believe snow is going to be changing over over to boston area before comes to an end. the latest numbers coming in exactly how much you can expect in your town of that for you if you missed picnics with a chance for snow tomorrow we should be sure to download the fox 25 whether app it is free and available on the app and your place to pick breaking news in iraq to netware isis is claiming responsibility for the tax the left 18 people dead today. to the element to a shopping center in baghdad after a car bomb was shut off the 18 people killed another 50 hurt. shortly after the attack isis posted a statement online warning of quote wor

the board is forming a search committee to find the next president. 3pattie tight bedford county now has a new county administrator.. supervisors have voted to hire carl boggess permanently. he's the county attorney who's taken on the role of interim administrator as well, since mark reeter left the post at the end of last april. the board also appointed patrick skelly as the county attorney. skelly has serves as senior assistant county attorney since may 2009. 3whit and there has been a lot of talk about the new middle school in bedford county as supervisors hash out a new budget. supervisors have to decide whether to allocate more funds toward the new middle school.. or have the schools pare down their plan. supervisors had allocated 38 million dollars.. but the school system just dollar price tag. following last night's meeting, supervisors will vote on a final budget february 8th. crews will break ground on the new middle school in november. 3pattie tight food, gas, music and medicine. those were the top needs named for the downtown area-in an online survey taken last fall. lynch