live we're here at the marathon on the corner of columbia parkway and redding road where gas is only $1.39 a gallon. according to triple a, this is the cheapest price per gallon in the metro gallon. good news for actor tracy the actor and morgan-- he is coming back to t-v. the actor and comedian is set to star in a pilot for a potential f-x comedy. according to entertainment weekly, morgan will play a career from prison after 15 years, hoping to blend into society. morgan has slowly re-surfaced in the public eye since a 2014 crash that him seriously injured and killed a close friend. he appeared at the emmys last year and hosted saturday night live. hollywood's brightest hit the stage for the twenty-first annual critics choice awards. award season is in full swing... aand a&e's critics choice awards gave us a preview of what is to come. winning the coveted best picture award..."spotlight". "the big short" took home best comedy. "dance.. dance.. dance.. put me in uncle james i'm like half cop, half puma.. nats " saved by a bullet- proof vest.. and a hollywood laugh track. the cop come

live corner of columbia parkway and redding road where gas is only $1.39 a gallon. according to triple a, this is the cheapest price per gallon in the metro area. the federal sending help to the federal sending help to flint, michigan -- after high levels of lead contaminated the city's water supply. over the weekend, president obama declared a federal emergency for the city. volunteers are now delivering cans of water, filters and testing kits. the problem started when flint switched its drinking water source... from the city of detroit to the flint river back in 2014. fema will now coordinate a response with those on the ground -- including the national guard and the red cross. mos says: "we've been fighting too long, we need more help, we need obama to come over here and change these pipes. creel says: "i'm glad that they're doing it, but i'm be done? i know that there's more that should be done." and this morning -- pop icon cher now says she's donating bottles of water to the city. it will go directly food banks and fire on low income housing areas. something h

live we're here at the marathon on the corner of columbia parkway and $1.39 a gallon. according to triple a, this is the cheapest price per gallon in the metro area. average in ohio is 1.67 ... which is about 23 cents cheaper than the national average. the average right now in kentucky is $1.75... still cheaper than the national average and still about 25 cents cheaper than we were paying around this time last year. motorists in 36 states are paying an average of less than $2 per gallon at the pump, and retail averages in 10 states are at or below the $1.75 per gallon. volunteers continued to volunteers continued to search overnight for a 2-year-old boy.. thursday near jackson, tennessee. vanished during a hiking trip with his grandmother and sister. law enforcement and search dogs spent the day looking through the wooded area yesterday... and in a last-ditch effort, called for volunteers to come and help through the night. "he was on a trail when he went missing.. we have searched all around those trails. i wouldn't be afraid to say that there was hundreds of miles of

the marathon on the corner of columbia parkway and reading road gas is only $1.39 a gallon. according to triple a, this is the cheapest price per gallon in the metro area. average in ohio is 1.67 ... which is about 23 cents cheaper than the national average. the average right now in kentucky is $1.75... the average right now in kentucky is the latest try to on a platform in the pacific ocean, land a space rocket on a platform in the pacific ocean, ended up in a flop. ended up in a flop. company launched rocket that put a satellite in space yesterday. but when the rocket tried to land upright on the platform, it hit too hard and broke a landing leg. that was the fourth failure for the company. space-x wants to be able to re-use its rockets, so it can cut the cost of its flights. and prevention says they are closely monitoring people.. who may have had close contact with a flock of turkeys in indiana with a new strain of bird flu. a c-d-c spokesperson says infection related to the new strain as h-7-n-8.. but the agency says they are health officials on implementing a program t

live we're here at the marathon on the corner of columbia parkway and redding road where gas is only $1.39 a gallon. according to triple a, this is the cheapest price per gallon in the metro area. if you think gas is cheap in the tri- the price on your screen. 47 cents! at one gas station in michigan. when word got around about that low price....dozens of cars were lining up, to fill their tanks. sean penn is opening up about his secret meeting with el chapo for the first time. why he's calling the interview, a frank weather open the coldest at devry university's college of business, we're looking for what the companies you'd want to work for, are looking for: the go-getters. students who want to go places, in the business they're in now, or the start up they haven't even started yet. at devry we teach, what's been business-world tested. so if you want to learn today, and make an impact tomorrow- you're our kind of student. our kind of different. devry university's college of business. season is on tap as you step out this morning with temperatures near zero in many spots and wind ch

``this is on columbia parkway. ``a few people out on the highways ``trying to help and some people ``doing it for free. `` he takes us along for the ride. `` >> as you can see, moving along ``just fine. ``have this in mind. `` >> an air compressor for flats, ``exterior ports for jumper ``cables. `` `` but on snow filled days like ``today, sean is driving all over ``the interstate looking for ``people to help. ``>> i justices people whether ``it' s fire, ambulance, foot ``patrol. ``>> he works for the ohio ``department of transportation and ``state farm. ``for those he helps, it is ``nothing. `` >> when we caught up with him, ``most of the morning problems had ``faded. ``a few cars were abandoned. ``no one help. `` even a semi-stuck waiting on a ``new airline. `` >> sometimes they' re stunned and ``confused, it doesn' t make sense ``to them. ``it' s just a service we provide. up cones to alert ``traffic and waiting until a ``semi-was all set before moving ``on to help the next unlucky ``weather victim. ``>> people t

the expressway from furnace brook parkway to columbia road brook parkway to columbia road. pike volume very reasonable and light. live drive times, 28 minutes on the pike from 495 to mass avenue. 30 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the pike. 33 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. gene and stara, back to you. >> gene: track the storm along with our team of meteorologists. you can get custom forecasts for your hometown. free to download tore your apple and android destris. jason and jewel will be backtracking weather and traffic for ten minutes. will be doing it throughout the morning. >>> police in whitman are warning people about a sophisticated scam of people dressed up like national grid workers. >> people are taking advantage of people just when they need a warm house the most. fox25 stephanie coueignoux is live in whitman of how you can get the difference between real and fake. good morning, stephanie. >> reporter: sara, we spoke with the national grid, and a spokesman said it is actually illegal for them to shut anyone's power o

``dan: we are here at columbia ``parkway. ``we will have the latest road ``and main roads coming a cow and all. and you may not know whatr i'm talking about, but, uh. the yogurt made fromryour milk, is delicious. ``mark: another system coming from ``our west. ``meteorologist randi rico is in ``with more on how much the ``greater cincinnati area is ``expected to get and when we will ``see it. ``lisa: a dog left to die in the ``cold. ``his fight to survive, and how ``his rescuers are hoping to get ``some vindication for the pup. ``mark: and a war of words at city ``hall. ``who cincinnati mayor john ``cranley is butting heads with on ``the city council? ``[captioning made possible by ``wlwt-tv] ``>> from cincinnati' s wlwt, ``leading the way. ``this is "wlwt news 5 today." `` >> have a good one! ``mark: looks like there is at ``least one person not worried ``about traveling from the snow. `` turns out he had an easier time ``than most cars did. ``good morning, everyone. ``thanks for joining us. ``i' m mark hayes. ``lisa: i' m li

toward 71 or 75 or columbia parkway, all lanes look clear. we will continue to keep you updated. gas prices could drop below one dollar. mark: that is right. lisa: wait a second. mark: there is an app for winning the lottery. lisa: not really. mark: it was close. lisa: that was a stretch, mark hayes. hoping that we are the one. we' stay with wake up in your first home. wake up in a home you've made a bit bigger. wake up in a home with a new address. wake up in a home that doesn't even have an address. as your life evolves, and protecting it takes committed support. at american family insurance we support your dreams. see how you can save with ring video doorbell here in vineland, home of progresso, we figured out how to get rich ingredients like bacon into 22 light soups, so if you want 100 calories or less per serving without giving up rich flavor do what we do...make it progresso. look at this sweet face. so sweet. ok, we're going to need a napkin gooey, flaky, happy. toaster lisa: good morning and welcome back. hope is a great start for you. stick around. have a powerball tick

i have a broken down reported on columbia parkway, near taft. as we look at the interstates, bottle of traffic picking up in areas in colerain, 75 doesn't look bad in either direction near the lock land split, but 71-75 is heavy from kyle's lane to the ohio river in the northbound direction, back to you. >>> thank you, jen. >>> sorry, you got to go to work today. nobody won the huge power ball jackpot. >> no, they did not, that means you could still win saturday's record jackpot. it will be the largest ever in history worth an estimated $675 million. statistically speaking you may not want to choose your own lucky numbers. 80% of all jackpots are picked by the computer. no one from indiana, ohio or kentucky won the match five jackpot, either. >>> developing this morning, demcontract tin martin o'malley for ohio's primary. >> this is after he fell short of getting enough signatures, to be a write in candidate, contenders were supposed to file a declaration of intent by 4:00. the paperwork came in at 8:00 a.m. on tuesday, too late. >>> a part of a

columbia parkway looks good. let' s check in now with meteorologist randi rico. randi: temperature starting up this morning in the upper 20' s across our area. breezy as well. anytime you get that 10 to 15 mile per hour wind, it feels like the teens. current windshield, 18 degrees. a cool start for everyone today. make sure the kids have the thick coats and gloves at the bus stop. after school, different story. way better than yesterday. tim khufu -- 10 to 15 degrees warmer. the temperatures warm up into the weekend. we have some rain and flurries this evening. mark: randi, thank you. a so-called food desert looking forward to the new grocery options. the exciting new project underway and how much it will cost. lisa: making sure your water is safe -- how city leaders are reacting after the water ice is in flint, michigan. mark: and they live look outside this morning. 6:40. 20 degrees. as we get you up and moving on mark: good morning and welcome back as we take a live look through our city cam at the fountain square ince ce rink. looking good. nice, hard ince. n

moves in, ``certain roads tend to have more ``accidents, here' s the breakdown, ``first stop, columbia parkway. ``this is a problem spot because ``if you car starts sliding, you ``have nowhere to go. ``to the norwood lateral, it' s ``spots in the state, no matter ``the weather. ``the 275 interchange at i-75 in ``erlanger is a dangerous road ``because of the heavy car volume, ``on to sycamore hill in mount ``auburn, it is shut down ``quickly, because it is too ``steep. ``finally, most streets in mount ``adams can be dicey, they are ``narrow making it difficult for ``plows and salt trucks. ``mark: let' s check in with randi ``rico to see what is coming in ``now. ``randi: obviously we weren' t ``expecting widespread rain but we ``do see some tricky trouble ``spots. ``round one of the snow is on the ``way out. ``on the west side of town, things ``are drier. ``in hamilton and middletown, it ``is ending but back in indy, they ``are getting hit with snow at ``that will be on the way by 8:00. ``from 8:00-10:00, that will be ``possible. `` those who are bundling up this ``morning, snow and wind with ``

street and headed in the eastbound direction on to fort washington way which will take you to columbia parkway, so it looks like traffic is moving. you will definitely see flashing lights headed southbound into the downtown area this morning going toward i-71 or second traffic there is a good sign. as we look elsewhere, we are starting to see heavy traffic in most of the our usual spots. i-71/i-75, and 275 near the loveland madeira up like that. traffic is going to be lighter than normal so the schools are going to be out. let go to meteorologist brandon in williamstown in grant county. as brandon said, they're are tweeting that the southern portion of kentucky is already getting slams. >> you know what, i was looking and i saw some reports. they're getting a inice storm a ice storm at southeastern kentucky. they have reports of snow on power lines, and we here are not dealing with that. here in williams town and you saw that truck move by, that is here. it's a ghost town. we are next to the banjo cellar, you can buy, trade, and rent all the sign that is on the door, you wouldn't guess it, eve

if you are hopping onto columbia parkway, things look good , fort washington way, everything is clear. everyone wins this morning, except for the powerball. lisa: we are looking for the silver lining everywhere we go this morning. mark: we cannot find it. lisa: there were some great movies that came out in the past year. mark: there were also some not so great movies. who is nominated for lisa: 29 welcome aboard my starship. ahoy, mateys! it's full of things i love... like me brave crew... and my fellow space adventures and free of things i don't. like aliens. just like eye patches. and when it's time to refuel, i eat chex cereal. it's full of stuff we pirates need. no artificial flavors, and it's gluten-free. excelsior! eat up, me hearties! keep it down! i'm exploring the galaxy. arrrr, that's not even randi: good morning, welcome back on a thursday, 22 degrees. mark: now we can go from powerball fever to oscar excitement. lisa: oscar nominations will be announced this morning in hollywood. the announcements will be made by a few hollywood stars and academy president cheryl boone isa

on to columbia parkway, east or west bound, things are clear. things are off to a great start. lisa: thank you. a new opportunity to get farm fresh foods in newport today. mark: the new store opening this morning and what deals the first set of customers could get this morning. lisa: a special announcement center this morning. how they' re looking to encourage more people to visit. mark: taking a live look this morning. lisa: good morning and welcome we have more headlines just ahead. right now we are talking about exciting news today out of the contemporary arts center. mark: the cincinnati staple is partnering with a newly formed group of art advocates to provide even more access to the region and the world. kyla has more on this groundbreaking story. kyla: the contemporary arts center is known for being transformative when it comes to art, but they took it to another level with the annoucement that, starting next month, admission will be free to everyone for the next three years. a group of patrons called the 50 combined with ongoing contributions from the johnson foundation

seeing an abundance of accidents pop up, fortunately. toward the daniel carter beard bridge or columbia parkway, another area that gets tricky with these types of conditions. we always mention overpasses and bridges, things of that nature, have the tendency to see more slick spots than other areas. randi: there are slick spots all over the place. it is not a ton of snow, one inch to two inch is not huge on the grand scheme of things, but during the morning rush, it does cause problems associated with more than that snow. taking a wide view, the back edge of the snow showers rolling through indy right now. between 10:00 and that edge rolls through greater cincinnati. right now the deepest blues indicating the heaviest snowfall. middletown to lebanon to mason through loveland in the eastern part of the 275 loop is where we are picking up the half in just a possible per hour. you can see the rate tracker showing that have your batch rolling through portions of northern butler county. as the kid set out to the bust snow showers expected -- whether they' re going now or with the delay -- expected to

shifting south expressway sluggish from furnace brook parkway up to columbia road. we do have a closure still. this is humboldt avenue between 28 sever street and hutching street for police activity and live look at the expressway, that volume remains steady, heavy and very typical of this time on the weekday morning commute. here are live drive times, 32 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the pike and hour and 20 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector and 17 minutes on 128 northbound from university avenue in westwood to the weston tolls. meteorologist sarah wroblewski in for shiri spear today and as you head out the door, you will be dealing 20s is where we will start but other things to consider storms coming in this weekend. >> sarah: good thing it is coming in this weekend and not looking at dry conditions and sunshine out there and temperatures that were in the teens, starting to improve, already 20 in boston right now, still 14 and worcester, so it is cold out there, 16 in portsmouth and boston 20 , norwood two, 19, with win

expressway average speeds 9 miles per hour as you head from furnace brook parkway up to columbia road. 93 south jammed from medford into somerville, route 1 in saugus average speeds 8 miles per hour and it is a parking lot out there as you approach lynn fells parkway. 33 minutes on route 1 from 128 to the tobin. an hour on 93 south from 495 to leverett connector and 39 minutes on 128 south from route 1 in peabody to the weston tolls. fox25 storm tracker meteorologist shiri spear joining us and how exactly to dress this afternoon. we started warmer, at least midline, now temperatures are dropping. >> shiri: we were at 50 in boston at midnight and now back to 30s, big change yesterday with the record highs and windy cold weather and pick up moisture over the great lakes as well and spawn lake effect snow showers even reaching into central and northern new england as well as western new england and more prone locations and even here see one or two snowflakes around, most of us dry, 9:00 a.m., let's go with sunshine and 31 , wind chill 20. at noon time 32, notice temperatures don't move s

expressway jammed with the brook parkway up to columbia road. 93 south route 1 sluggish, i'm going to take you out to route 1 right now as you approach lynn fells parkway in saugus and we are seeing pretty moderate typical volume in this area. over to those live drive times, 21 minutes on route 1 from 128 to the tobin, 48 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. 36 minutes on 95 from 495 to 128 fox25 storm tracker weather meteorologist shiri spear joining us and we have temperatures that are going to double from now until later this afternoon. >> shiri: we love it. sitting 20 now, 40 this afternoon and bright forecast for you today with a pretty nice warm-up, possible drizzle in the forecast tomorrow and then you got at watch out for? icy roadways here on saturday, nothing widespread, but potential in couple spots will have most of us on alert to north and west of boston. hey boston 27 , you're my hot spot this morning. beautiful colorful sunrise right now. 30 by 9:00 a.m., 36 by 11:00 this morning. we will get up to about 40 this afternoon there. a little bit cooler, s

expressway slow from furnace brook parkway up to columbia road. as you approach somerville and locks like there's a brand-new accident on route 3 and as you approach the burlington area in 128. saugus next half or so start to slow down, there we go, nice and open to jampacked. over to your live drive time, 24 minutes on route 1 from 128 to the tobin, 15 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector and 35 minutes on 128 south from route 1 in peabody to the weston tolls. gene and sara, back to you. >> gene: evening commute was rough along the south shore last night, and this morning it looks the same, slow going as the snow continues to fall out there. >> sara: along route 3 and on the cape we are expecting more snow to keep falling. along route 3, busy and snowy out there, jess. >> jessica: very snowy, sara. you can see it is sort of like a winter wonderland out here. we got some big snowflakes up a little bit, borne schools, just got word there's an hour delay this morning and big concern is along route 3. there were a lot of issues on this road last night and this morning

an 8-minute commute from furnacebrook parkway to columbia road. shiri. >> might i suggest something on a horse or something like that. that will be remember effect. it will be cold out there because of the breezy conditions and making wind chills drop back through the teens and 20s even cooleder mapping out the cooler and snowier weather to come next. adding fitness to the curriculum. where college kids have to add a fit bit to their list of school supplies. >>> gas prices have been falling for monday and may keep dropping. to hit and why some drive when cigarette cravings hit, all i can think about is getting relief. patented it starts to relieve sudden cravings fast. i never know when i'll need relief. that's why i only choose an american artist is found dead in florence, italy. they are investigating her death as a murder. 35-year-old ashley olson was found strangled over the weekend in her apartment. her boyfriend and her landlord found her body after she had not been heard from for days. olson was from florida. >>> police and the fbi are inve

a driver passing by that night on long green parkway in northeast columbia called 9-1-1 and reported what looked like a crash but richland county investigators quickly saw silva had been shot. no suspects, no leads, no reason why a father of five and grandfather was gunned down half a mile from his home. "i woke up to missed calls, texts and stuff and when it all settled in, it was a little bit of a shock. still is." "i don't have any idea who could do this to him. he never had one enemy ever." "if anyone knows anything at all let the police know and let's get this person or these people. i want them to feel the pain that he felt a half a mile away from i interviewed the silvas on awareness in 2014 --- 6 months after his kidney transplant. they talked about meeting the donor from california and the experience of being given a new lease on life. so, this unexpected tragedy has hit the family hard. and because of silva's history of health problems, he did not have life insurance. if you can help the family, we have a link on our web site - wistv dot com. you can also watch his intervie

expressway typical delays from furnace brook parkway into columbia road. here is live look at route 1 in saugus. heavy volume there as you approach lynn fells parkway. over to the live drive times, 31 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the pike, a little almost an hour on 93 connector. look at that. this is refreshing site. down to 15 minutes right now on 128 northbound from the weston tolls to route 3 and max point this morning we were at about so things picking back up on 128 northbound after that earlier shiri? to see. really good to see the weather will cooperate for drive into work this morning, slim chance of any kind of snow before noon time today. in fact, really not going to fill in from four to 7:00 p.m. today, 7:00 p.m. counts on snow, heavy in spots, but wraps up in time for the wednesday morning commute, 5:00 a.m. wednesday, just looking at a couple flurries out there, so right now 22 in boston and comes with mostly clear skies. you will find a couple scattered clouds blending with the sun in then increase. , we make it into

we shift north, things on the expressway typically slow from furnacebook parkway to columbia woed. live drive times. 11 minutes on route 3 from 228 to the braintree split. 14 minutes from 106 to 128. 19 minutes on 95 right now from 495 to 128. i suspect that to increase drastically especially after that second accident that just happened. meteorologist shiri spear joining us. we are dealing -- flirting with the teens, 20s right now, but temperatures are on their way up. >> shiri: they sure are, julie, and even in the next half an hour, things will get much, much brighter and temperatures will start to rise. 27 in boston right now. a little warmer in the city center than it is in the burbs starting out in the teens. still 28 degrees at 8 a.m. and then check it out. we bump you all the way up to 34 by 10:00 this morning. although we are pulling until afternoon clouds. they are high and thin and i think you are still going to get the bright forecast. milky skies for a good part of the day. no big weather makers making it into town. pumping the high pressure and clear skies right now b

heading over to the expressway where you are flying from furnacebrook parkway to columbia road. a live look at the expressway. still very dark out there. but you can see from those taillights that nothing is slowing us down quite yet. over to the live drive time, 10 minutes on route 3 from 228 to the split. 10 minutes 128 northbound from university avenue to the weston tolls. nine minutes on the expressway president braintree split to the exit to the pike. >>> we are so excited to welcome meteorologist shiri spear back from vacation. your gift to us is your presence and a nice, quiet monday. >> shiri: you are welcome. yes, because the morning commute is going to be so easy going. especially compared to this mess that we had over the weekend. and just to kind of add up the west tisbury, we got 50 inches of snow. nearly a foot. boston coming out with just over 6 inches of snow over the weekend and worcester, not even 3 inches. the snow totals dwindling to the north and west of boston. a look at current cloud cover. most -- snow cover, most falling over the weekend and one and a ha

expressway still jammed from furnace brook parkway up to columbia road. as you could see very heavy volume past the gas tank. 49 minutes on the pike eastbound from 495 to mass ave. 34 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the 38 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. fox25 storm tracker meteorologist shiri spear has been tracking incoming flakes and you're describing them as kind of spotty and light out there. right, shiri? >> shiri: patchy stuff and see from the boston camera, how patchy, how light it is, stare to wait for the flakes to move across the screen. part of the problem is temperature 22, dew point gone up but mostly single digits 11 in boston and bigger the spread the dryer the air. air pretty dry, eating some of the flurries, not all getting down to the ground but out around the merrimac valley and north shore we got a come of the snow showers and southeastern massachusetts as well, cape and islands, this is ocean effect snow and since you're tapping into a little more moisture than the rest of us, this is act

expressway average speeds of 14 miles per hour as you head from furnacebrook parkway to columbia road. here are those live drive times. 14 minutes on route 3 from 228 to the braintree split. from 495 to the leverett connector. 28 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the exit to the pike. gene and sara, back to you. >>> all right, julie, we have been following a developing story. threats called into more than a dozen local schools. >> gene: the fbi is investigating bomb threats in 15 different communities from yesterday. fox25's live in waltham. and catherine, we know the investigation is spreading farther than just massachusetts. something that was happening near massachusetts. and in fact according to reports today, six states -- schools in six states received states included new jersey, hampshire. going on at this point. we do know that students will be returning to schools today here across massachusetts including here at this elementary school in waltham this comes after schools in more than a dozen communities receive these types of threats and this isn't the fir

up to 19 minutes northbound from furnacebrook parkway to columbia road. sara. >> sarah: 19 is the number i have at the bus stop but feel like the single digits. the winds should lessen a little bit with mostly sunny skies. but will still feel like in the 20s. we have big changes headed our way for the weekend. i am tracking a big storm that will bring significant snow cripple crippling parts of the mid-atlantic. how much it expect in our town coming up. >>> and a warning this morning about car seats. coming up at 7:00, the safety alert involving this popular brand. this story getting a lot of attention on our facebook attention on our facebook page. home. suspect has b you get a cold. you can't breathe through your nose. suddenly, you're a mouthbreather. well, just put on a breathe right strip which instantly opens your nose up to 38% more than cold medicine alone. shut your mouth and say goodnight mouthbreathers. >>> getting ready for a weekend storm. i am fox25 meteorologist sarah wroblewski. i have snow, ice and rain pushing through the southeast. the

jammed from furnace brook parkway up to columbia road, pike a little bit slow, after the weston tolls and then here you go as you approach the allston-brighton tolls, still heavy volume heading eastbound. over to those live drive times, 36 minutes on the pike from 495 to mass ave, 26 minutes from the weston tolls to the ted williams tunnel. 36 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the exit for the pike. meteorologist jason brewer in for shiri today and d.c. is getting the bull's eye but what you have been seeing for boston changing throughout the morning. >> jason: several models keep it offshore and don't get a lot from it and others still not in agreement with that and both options on table and let me show you right now, got the low out to the west of us here, tracking eastward, ever so surely and monitoring that as it gets over to the carolinas and really starts to develop area of low pressure near the outer bank. so still time before that occurs meantime clear skies here above boston, right now it is a dry end to the week, timing still late saturday into the first

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 leverett connector. 10 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the exit to the pike. fox25 stormtracker weather meteorologist shiri spear joining us, shiri, when the sun comes up, that shot of the pike always has a lot of solar glare always has a lot of solar glare. yesterday in particular another >> absolutely. today. starting out a little chilly, julie but a nice warm-up. today will be our nicest for the next self-because clouds creeping in tomorrow, and the possibility of some drizzle and then you got to beware of icy roadways here early on saturday saturday. not an all-day thing, but i can problematic. feels like 19 because of the breeze. the breeze is not going to be a big issue again today. but 28 will do it at 6 a.m. 8 a.m. things start

you will hit the speed limit on the expressway from furnace brook parkway to columbia road. 128 northbound and southbound are clear through canton, dedham and needham. pike wide anticipate from framingham through newton into the allston-brighton area. a few cars on the road eastbound through brighten. 24 minutes on the pike from 495 to mass avenue. 12 minutes from the tolls to the ted williams. 18 minutes from the braintree split to the pike. >>> meteorologist shiri spear joining us now. shiri, as people head out the door, they may see wet spots this morning. >> reporter: some damp roadways expected. not that the point expecting any black ice. temperatures are mild coming down from yesterday's high, 51 sorry guy, a one-day deal. highs around 43 degrees. highs around 43 degrees, tomorrow, 40. by friday and saturday those 30s are back. we still have our front coming through, and that front is going to trigger some of these lighter showers now. it is going to favor southeastern massachusetts, because that's where it has to pass through this morning before it is done, but we have another one b

expressway you are flying from furnacebrook parkway to columbia road. pike open through framingham tolls into the allston/brighton tolls area. 11 minutes on route 3 from 228 to the split. is it minutes on 24 from 106 to 98. 2 minutes north as you approach 128. >>> stormtracker meteorologist shiri spear joining us. a few rogu e flurries, shir? >> shiri: a few during the morning hours and the best chance of getting that and ocean-effect showers over the cape and islands. watch fought or slip vis spots. afternoon turns brighter and we have got mostly rain in the forecast here for your saturday forecast here for your saturday. further inland a little bit of a mix, but good news as far as the patriots game goes. satellite and radar. we have got clouds that are really filling in this morning. this morning we tend to turn mostly cloudy. we have this little piece of energy that will come out of area. will not bring all that snow across the region, but it is going to lead to a couple of flurries and we already have ocean-effect snow showers popping south of nant

. >> julie: average speeds 13 miles per hour furnace brook parkway up to columbia road, trouble spot 128 southbound, average speed section miles per hour as you approach route 3, remain open and woburn to medford and into somerville, live look at route 1 as you propose lynn fells parkway and saugus and it is bumper-to-bumper. here are live drive times, 42 minutes on route 1 from 128 to the tobin, almost an hour and ten minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector and thankfully dropped down hour and a half to close to two hours on 128 southbound from route 1 in peabody to the weston tolls. gene and sara, back to you. >> gene: mbta focusing on keeping the trains running this morning. >> sara: cold slowed and stopped the commute before. cold mornings leak this bring bad flashbacks for a lot of people. >> catherine: commuters a little nervous hoping they would run smoothly and i have been checking the mbta alerts and haven't seen any major issues. i have spotted minor delays on various lines. most of them due to signal problems. latest one i just spotted was minor blue line del

expressway typical slowing from furnace brook parkway up to columbia road. here are live drive times, 34 minutes route 1 from 128 to the tobin and 33 minutes 95 south 495 to the leverett connector and 35 minutes on 128 south route 1 in peabody for the weston tolls. back to you. >> gene: updating breaking news in saugus this morning. firefighters have to jump from a burning home to save their own lives this morning. you could see from the video the flames consumed the house on all sides. >> sara: sky fox live over the scene for us right now as you could see huge smoke filling the air this morning as they work to get this under control. the got news here is everyone made it out safely, and we just learned that one of the victims is in her 80s. catherine parrotta getting new details from the chief moments ago. catherine? >> catherine: the chief telling us the homeowner is 84 years old and also in the home at the time was an adult daughter and a granddaughter. they have all made it out okay. ambulance that's nearby. now, as for this home, you mentioned the flame

here's where paula was coming in. this is as columbia parkway heads into downtown. you can see that it appears that that will be salted and traffic seems to be moving okay once you get into that area. lots of fender-benders out there this morning, but again on 275, the top loop is where we've had lots of problems. we've had one near blue cold, colerain and pool, an accident reported there at this time. princeton glendale at 275. we've got new haven and hamilton cleves, so lots of stuff to watch out for this morning as far as accidents are concerned. fender bender-ish, but our interstates are starting to lighten up a little bit. i want to go back and end near the cut in the hill where we're still seeing some slow traffic along 71, 75 as you can see from this look here, but it looks like we're lightning up out there as far as volume. john? >> and around an inch of snow reported in amelia, wyoming, 1.1" of snow reported in hamilton so it's not a lot but enough to make for some issues because the roads are so cold due to the fact that we've had single digits readings. l

adrian silva was found shot and killed on long green parkway in columbia. richland county deputies

it happened on long green parkway in columbia. there are no suspects or leads. silva's family is pleading for the public to come forward to help find his killer. that story coming up on the news at 6. coming up, we're having chilly weather in the midlands. but could things be heating up for a little bit? we'll check in with meteorologist von gaskin next. plus--bright shiny objects are catching the eye of a serial jewel thief.. who is catching the eye of the fbi. break a look now at your first alert clear and very cold this morning with temperatures in the lower teens! look for a mostly sunny day with a few clouds by mid-afternoon highs upper 40s. due to a few more clouds and winds turning to the southwest, not as cold tonight, lows middle 30s. increasing clouds thursday, much warmer, high in the upper 50s. more clouds for friday with periods of rain likely, warmer with highs in the lowers 60s. authorities are asking for the after a series of armed robberies and jewelry store heists stretching across the south. sam bleiweis has more. they're brazen robberies that

expressway slow from furnace brook parkway up to columbia road. if you're heading eastbound on the pike this is where you see the heavy, steady volume used to this time of the commute. 40 minutes on the pike to mass ave and 29 minutes from the weston tolls to the ted williams tunnel and 37 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the exit for the pike. sara and gene, back to you. >> sara: police chased truck through three towns after a traffic stop went bad. fox25 has been talking with police all morning long. >> jessica: police arrested a suspect at lenox street and they had several witness out for him and oui oui and drugs and theft from the scene and in the process one of the police officers and he is now in the hospital with some cuts and bruises but we talked to the chief and he is expected to be just fine and will be released later on this morning. again, we know all this started and ended here in norwood, mostly on route 1a and down into walpole and foxborough. suspect in turn around to go back north and into walpole in norwood

deputies say someone called in a motorcycle crash at long green parkway and churchland drive in columbia. when deputies arrived, the driver had a bullet wound to his upper body. if you have any information that can help investigators call crimestopprs at 1- 888-crime-sc. the dry weather will continue sunday expect mainly sunny skies but there will be a few passing clouds from a stationary front that is parked over the gulf coast states. still calls for a continuation of dry and cool weather with highs near 60 another shot of cold air arrives tuesday as a cold canadian ridge of high pressure shifts southward, expect midweek highs to range from the middle 40s to the lower 50s during the daytime and overnight in the middle 20s. mother natate made it a messy 2015 for farmers across south carolina. that includes those in newberry county --- who say months after the historic floods, they're still seeing impacts from recent wet weather. our mike desumma joins us now from the overbridge farm in newberry with more on allie it was just the latest chapter in what's been a rocky 12 months for area f

adrian silva was found shot and killed on lonon green parkway in columbia. richland county deputies responded to a possible crash but found silva dead. silva's wife says he was on his way home from a party, on his bike, a half mile away when he was killed. she says he loved his family and riding his motorcycle especially with his club. "he was dedicated to his club. he was dedicated to his family. he loved to ride his bike. here to have justice to whoever the person or person's who did this to him." investigators are looking for leads. if you know anything that might help catch silva's killer, call crimestoppers at 1-888- crime-sc. might help catch silva's killer, call crimestoppers at 1-888- crime-sc. thanks to cloud cover its significantly warmer this morning with middle to upper 30s by sunrise, those clouds will be with us on and off today with highs reaching the lower to middle 50s. clouds will be on the increase tonight as an area of disturbed weather near the coast skirts by with a chance of showers frfray. bbezy with scattered showers tomorrow, highs

deputies got to the crash at long green parkway and churchland drive in columbia just before 3am on sunday. and they discovered silva- who was dead- had a bullet wound to his upper body. richland county sheriff's deputies are following up on leads and looking for the murder suspect. if you have any information that can help investigators call crimestoppers at 1- 888-crime-sc. investigators in georgia are searching for two vehicles in connection with a triple murder they're calling "brutal." the muscogee county coroner says three people were found dead inside a home near columbus georgia. right now, investigators are searching for two stolen vehicles. the first a 2014 silver volkswagen beetle with georgia plates, number plb-6099. the second a 2004 green g-m-c enovy with georgia plates, number tmr-654 investigators confirm a little girl, a teenage boy, and a grandmother were killed in what they say is a "brutal" way. gloria short, caleb short, and giannie lyndsie were killed. authorities say the little girls father found the victims after coming home from work. the fbi is monitoring a tense

: 128 northbound head through dedham and through the pack and expressway from furnace brook parkway to columbia road. we will have a look at live look for you and live drive times coming up in a few minutes. let's check in with meteorologist shiri spear for just bitter cold today. >> shiri: urging you to dress for it, sending kids off, mittens, hats, nice and covered up, flurries, small risk of seeing that the next couple days and all of that fresh snow out there and got this photo coming in and calling it a winter wonderland and i got this one from lawrence looking at clock and fresh snow on the ground and you know how pictures look cold and new hampshire and toward keene and do have patchy clouds and even a couple flurries leaking in from the west. this is not going to be big time snow, not going to be accumulating snow and couple flurries in particular to the north and west of boston and central massachusetts or overall partly sunny today and everybody wind and he that's what i want you to walk away the forecast and remembering we have sustained winds 15 to 25, gusts to 45 miles per hour and

julie: taking look at roads at 9:46 on tuesday, still slow on the expressway furnace brook parkway to columbia road. 93 south sluggish starting right after the cloverleaf and continuing through woburn, through medford and then as you approach somerville. zakim bridge and leverett connector pretty typical delays right now. over to those live drive times, 20 minutes on route 1 from 128 to the tobin, 45 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector and 37 minutes on 128 south from route 1 in peabody to the weston tolls. meteorologist jason brewer in for shiri spear today and updating us on those frigid wind chills out there. >> jason: a biting wind out there, bitter out there for today and we will be seeing few clouds coming in as well, making it feel kind of raw, some sun elsewhere and don't be fooled wind will continue so single digit feels all day, not as blustery tomorrow, a little bit eyes to the weekend and keeping eye on porsche -- potential nor'easter and wind advisory until 7:00 and we will be seeing gusts up 30, 40 miles per hour, higher for the cape and islands, let's take a l

there is a broken down car on the expressway northbound at saabin hill. columbia road to furnaceburg parkway. to the north, that earlier crash in wooburn at montvale a has 93 southbound backed up almost to andover. route 3 south is jammed between treble cove road. and 128 south, a strug free lynnfield to wooburn. and to the west, we had be earlier multicar crash. that's at route 27. we're not seeing a major delay there just yet. >> thank you, robi. >>> 6:47 now. checking our top stories this morning, boston mayor marty walsh will be in washington today supporting president obama's move on gun control. >> the president is expected to use executive action, meaning he wants to bypass congress and require gun dealers to be licensed and conduct background checks, even at gun shows. he's also calling to change federal privacy rules to keep people with mental health guns. >>> battleground new england. donald trump rallied republicans in lowell with tough talk on immigration and repealing obama care. and bill clinton stumped for his wife in new hampshire. he refused to get into a war of words with t

. >>> we track traffic and weather every ten minutes. 21 commute from furnace brook parkway to columbia road. shiri. >> shiri: what i have for wind chills. feels like 20 in boston and feels like the teens in several spots. we have flurries falling in foxborough now. i will break down the extent of that snow and how chilly it is going to get as we travel through the day and even tomorrow next. >>> now at 6:39. if being a new dad isn't enough if being a new dad isn't enough, mark zuckerberg setting up another challenge for himself. what he says he will make this year that could actually help all of us. >>> and will she stand by her man? what sources behind the scenes are saying about bill cosby's wife testifyin what would you do with five minutes to kill, and a smart phone? check the scores. probably post a pic. text a friend. how about register to vote? really? you can. five minutes online and is all it takes to register so you can vote for our next president. go to registertovotema.com. it's that easy. done. i just registered. that was easy. announcer: 3 republican governors. but which

starting to get busy between furnace parkway and columbia road. that looks like about a 12 minute ride. the rest of the route from the southbound getting busy in the about it. cathen. >> thanks -- kathryn. >> thanks very much. >>> checking top stories on this friday morning, new concerns for the patriots. star tightend rob gronkowski reportedly suffering a second injury. we know he has a knee injury but we have learned he hurt his back. espn adam schefter and reported he missed practice and the pats think he will be able to play tomorrow but they will need to see how he feels. patriots defensive end chandler jones apologizing for what he calls a stupid mistake. jones didn't offer any details on what actually happened but foxboro police say he walked into the police department sunday and was acting strange. he was then taken to the hospital. office are say when they searched his home they smelt burnt marijuana. >> fans pumped for the game. gillette stadium and again the excitement continues. >> reporter: of course it is the playoffs. and we know pa

good morning, everyone, on the expressway looking at 22 minute commute from furnace brook parkway up to columbia road. shiri? >> shiri: right now we are seeing gusts over the cape. we have winds gusting teens and 20s and look at what happens this afternoon. we have winds that gust 30, if not 40 miles per hour, very we will pair the winds with a couple showers next. >> sara: stuck inside with nothing to do and how cooped working overtime with the big blizzard over the weekend. >> gene: planned parenthood following series of congress doesn't regulate wall street... wall street regulates congress. it's a rigged economy that sends most new wealth to the top 1%. and it's held in place by a corrupt political system and billionaires buy elections. my campaign is funded by over two and a half million small contributions. people who know you can't level the playing field by taking more money from wall street. i'm bernie sanders, and i approve this message. join the fight to take back our government. >> sara: planned parenthood has been cleared of any wrongdoing in videos. texas grand jury indicted activi

right now 17 minutes on the expressway from furnacebrook parkway to columbia road. shiri, you are coming with us on this big trip. >> shiri: sure am. we mean it. wind chills in the 20s and this afternoon going lower teens and 20s. we are mapping out the chilly forecast next. >>> 6:41. it seems hugh hefner is ready to downsize so to speak. the playboy mansion up for sale sale. how much it will cost to take over one of america's famous addresses. patriots fans have all week to prepare for their tailgating parties, but they may have to fans in minnesota building a better bank starts with looking at something old, like this... and saying, "really?" so capital one built something new - caf\s. where you can unwind with free wi-fi and banking advice, without all the mumbo jumbo. free checking accounts. no minimums, fees or gimmicks. and a top-rated banking app that lets you handle your financial needs... right here. that's banking reimagined. >>> wall street expected to start on a high note in spite near negative territory. the dow snp 500 and nasdaq are all projecting gai

deputies say someone called in a motorcycle crash at long green parkway and churchland drive in columbia just before 3am on sunday. when deputies arrived, they discovered the driver- who was dead- had a bullet wound to his upper body. if you have any information that can help investigators call crimestoppers at 1- 888-crime-sc. a group of protesters and reported militiamen who have taken over a federal building in oregon have vowed to stay there indefinitely. they're accusing officials of punishing ranchers who did not want to sell their land. the protesters say.. if police come with force, they are ready to respond with force. chris liedle reports. malhuer national wildlife refuge... 30 or so miles south of burns, oregon is better known for bird watching and site seeing. patriots.. as they call themselves... have taken over. blocking off roads, arming guard towers and restricting access. the militia is led by ammon bundy. "when government steps outside of its bounds that the people have given it, that it is the duty of the people to put that government back in its place." the bundys and

, you can see things moving along pretty typically slow on the expressway from furnacebrook parkway to columbia road. the live drive times. 34 minutes. 20 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to columbia road. 12 minutes on 24 from 123 to 128. fox25 storm tracker weather meteorologist shiri spear joining us now, and giving us sun, shir, and the temperatures are a little warmer and got sun. >> shiri: going to warm up starting the 20s in boston. normal starting place as the sun comes up 23 degrees where we hit the low for the day. normal high 36. we are actually going to be a afternoon. sun comes up at 7:13 this morning, as it does, it will be endless sunshine. 27, materials like 19 because a little bit of a breeze still in boston. winds are not going to be too huge an issue. not going to break down wind chills. instead just look up these warming temperatures. at 8 a.m., 27 degrees. lower 30s at 10:00 this morning morning. middle 30s. and it is mid if not upper 30s through the afternoon. wouldn't be surprised if boston gets even up to 40 degrees later today, but we have got clear sk