cody mccune and his wife count their blessings mccune "we made it through a lot this ain't going to stop us." there's hardly anything left of the mobile home, mccune and his wife lived in. and its contents have been blown all across the property.mccune "it's hard but we'll make it..we got a lot of people helping us." but everywhere you turn..nats there is no shortage of support.brandon means "just trying to get it clear for them so they can get in and out." uniting..to overcome a force that tried to tore this community apart.means- "everybody is doing what they can to help. appomattox is a town where something happens 3 mona liveu3 3 mark tight families all over appomattox are coming together to recover after the storm left many without a home. valerie bragg spoke with one teen who was sitting at home when a tornado ripped through. valerie, to say he's lucky.. would be an understatement.valerie satlive yes, anchor. right now i'm in front of ???? and words cannot even describe the devastation i am seeing. so i'll show everywhere... this sums up what a large part of appomattox looks like t

mccune and those close to her never gave up, and her faith in the search was rewarded."he was my first born son so to know that he was still there means the world. i had hope that he was there. i had hope that i would find 3 him and we did." :17pattie plasma mccune says she wants to thank the thousands of people who reached out to her online.. and the volunteers who searched for countless hours to give her this special moment. 3 3 pattie tight following the tornado, we have seen so many stories of unity and recovery of lost items. as well as incredible accounts of survival. to follow all of our couverage visit our website at wset.com. you can also check out our abc 13 facebook page. 3 pattie plasma still to come on good morning navy seal is set to receive one of our nation's highest mission. and... 3 3 3 3 a few light showers are possible out west early this morning as a cold front approaches the commonwealth. most of us stay dry with increasing sunshine for leap day. it'll be a breezy but this afternoon. mostly clear for tonight with light winds and overnight lows in th

william mccune was arrested on friday. police say he robbed and attacked a student with gun inside a residents hall last week. mccune was not a umass student and got inside the dorm with another man. the student is expected to be okay. mccune faces multiple charges including assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. >>> daniel: new hampshire man robbing and attacking a store clerk in manchester, new hampshire and police were able to catch and arrested. >> julie: firefighters used a crane in farm field. suv crashed into the field but no one was hurt. >>> julie: look at this. rhode island man intentionally drove his car into a river in swansea. they got several 911 calls and they had to rescue the driver from rock offshore and driver was drunk and did it on purpose after hitting several parked cars in the area. >>> julie: theory based on crimes that were caused with help of surveillance video. this episode expected to show video from the five atm's she was forced to withdraw money last june edwin alemany was sentenced for

william mccune was arrested on friday. police say he robbed and attacked students with the gun inside residents hall last week. mccune not umass student and got inside dorm with another man the student is expected to be okay. mccune faces multiple charges including assault and battery with dangerous weapon. >>> sara: new hampshire man will be charged later today with clerk. police say gideon crosse attacked a man in manchester. police were able to catch and arrest him. >> gene: thieves break into a woman's house in westport and do more damage than they may have realized. it was rent for local animal shelter and woman that lives there is treasurer for the shelter and now going to be hard for them to complete the mission. >> there's a cat out there right now that needs us, and we will still bring it in but we are going to be hard-pressed to be able to pay for medical. it is so much harder for us. >> gene: shelter still hoping tet get money back. abused and neglects at shelters. the puppy mill bill will be unveiled today at 1

samantha mccune lost her son tornado swept away her his urn. after an all day search, the mother was able to find bits and pieces of it, but so far ... no ashes. the funeral home tells her they were in a plastic bag with his name 3 on it. shes hoping someone,somewhere will find it. (:09) "it would mean the world. i would give them the biggest hug that i could. because he was 3 my baby." danner pots samantha says she'll continue to look for it, until her sons remains are found. 3 3 danner pots as people start to process what's happened, they're calling their insurance agencies. to try and make things easier for people, allstate has set up a mobile catastrophe center at evergreen baptist church. claims adjusters from various companies, including allstate, went door-to-door to start the claims process today. a lot of times people find out that natural disasters slip through the cracks in their policies, but generally wind damage is covered under basic home insurance policies. adjusters say there's a few things that people can do while they wait fo

. >> reporter: samantha mccune says that a family member found her son's ashes in the rubble. her son, sully, died from sids ten years ago. she says that the ashes and the urn were the only way of keeping her son alive. today her faith in the search >> he was my first-born son to have -- to know that he was still there means the world. there. him. and we did. >> reporter: she tells me that she wants to say thank you to the thousands of people who reached out to her on social media and the searchers who searched for her precious loss. >> whitney: thank you, courtney. many of you came out to help those affected by the tornado by donating to gleaning for the world. today there were collection spots at the walmart in appomattox and the sam's club in lynchburg. they're collecting, non-perishable food, clothing wset.com. >>> and a few local churches for stepping up to provide items for the tornado victims. piedmont church of christ and one other church are offering free supplies to anyone affected. it includes, food, clothes, cleaning supplies and for. 191 police tower in appomattox

. (:04) "it was an old pooh bear cookie jar that i chose for him."3 sully mccune louis died from sids seven years ago. samantha already lost him oncea& now this timea& (:08) "it's 10 times worse because it makes me feel like i lost him again." the scattered pieces of the urn doesn't mean all is 3 lost. the funeral home says the remains could still be out there. (:08) "they confirmed to me that it's in a bag. it will have his name on the bag and a little disk with numbers on it."(:11) standup- "she's hoping to find the they could be anywhere. so she's asking the community to please keep a lookout. " the home is in piecesa&but nothing will stop her. she'll keep searching, until someone out there finds her son. (:09) "it would mean the world. i would give them the biggest hug that i could. because he was my baby." 3 valerie liveu mccue is really devastated 3 because the urn was at her brothers place when the tornado swept it away. she was moving and kept it there, to be safe. live in appomattox co., valerie bragg, abc 13 news. 3 danner plasma we want to update you on those sent to the ho

. >> whitney: mccune wants to thank the thousands of people who reached out to her online searched for hours to give her the special moment. >> reporter: today there were two collection spots at the walmart in appomattox and the sam's club in lynchburg. they're collecting non-perishable food items, cleaning supplies, clothing supplies, and other donations. we have a link at wset.com. >>> and folks in waverly were also hit by a tornado on wednesday. a mass text went out to community groups asking for help. hundreds responded. many cleaned up and others gathered down the road at a supermarket to gather food for everyone. they plan to return tomorrow. >> will: i'm will stafford. after a sunshine-filled afternoon, we're looking at

other two officers wounded who served more than eight years as a police officer and 33-year-old david mccune who was actually with the department more than 10 years. doctors say they expect them to fully recover. however, those two officers do have a very long road in front of them. >>> now to our your vote coverage and the race for the white house, it is shaping up to be a very busy year. all the candidates were, in fact, busy on the campaign trail today ahead of super tuesday this week and donald trump announced a big surprise. u.s. senator jeff sessions of alabama is throwing his support behind the billionaire. jennifer johnson has our your vote coverage from washington tonight. >> reporter: fresh off her huge win in south carolina, hillary clinton worked the crowd sunday in tennessee, a super tuesday state. tuesday. important. >> reporter: clinton clobbered bernie sanders by roughly 50 percentage points. >> we got decimated. among older african american it was pathetic. >> reporter: a new nbc wall street journal poll those donald trump trailing ted cruz in cruz's homestate of texas on su

. >> daniel: 19-year-old william mccune pled guilty to charges of armed robber and assault of dangerous weapon. police say he and another suspect were involved in robber that triggered campus lockdown and victim attacked in the dorm and hit in the head with a gun. prosecutors say the incident was drug-related. >>> daniel: dozens people arrested after three day house party will be in court several days this week. neighbors tell fox25 the party on maple avenue in bridgewater started thursday. and didn't end until bridgewater police showed up around police say two 21-year-old hosts were serving alcohol to minors. the clerk's office at brockton district court tells fox25 the rest of the 41 party goers will be arraigned throughout the week. >>> daniel: police in one local town make dangerous and local find and found in chicopee full of packets of heroin and thankful it did not fall into the hand of any children. >> julie: traumatic scene could come back into the streets of watertown. producers of the movie patriots day want to recreate the shootout between police and dzhokhar brothers with g

weapon used in the salt to put the umass amherst campus on lockdown last week was a bb gun. 19 william mccune framingham charged with hitting a student with that gun before stealing money during a drug deal in a dorm. but the tense moments of the umass campus told the shelter in place as breaking news on fox 25 news at six thursday. q1 is free on bail tonight. so it's casino in ever is now on hold because of the latest legal challenge the city of summerville has filed a series of challenges against $1.7 billion development. setting potential health and environmental impacts. the groundbreaking isn't the only thing that's been canceled. >> today we are announcing that we are canceling seven upcoming job fears that we were going to do in the first half of march. >> job fair cancellation come with a hiring freeze 4000 trade jobs related to the concert on hold when it helped a great break on the spring totally 2018 for its opening. when resort says it still committed to building the casino even if it means another legal battle. >> no explanation for what caused the manhole cover to fly off into t

teenager charged with attacking students at umass amherst being held without bail. 19-year-old william mccune pled not guilty with charges of amount robbery and assault with a dangerous weapon and triggered a lockdown with umass campus last week. the victim was attacked in his gun. prosecutors say the incident was drug-related. dozens people arrested after a three day house party will be in court several days over this week and party on maple avenue in bridgewater started thursday and dent end until bridgewater police showed up until 1:00 a.m. sunday. police say the two 21-year-old minors. the clerk's office at brock district court tells fox25 the be arraigned throughout the week. >>> gene: police in one local town make dangerous and unusual find. this couple found on sidewalk in chicopee full of packets of heroin and they are thankful it did not fall into the hand of any children. >> sara: this morning boston police want to fingerprint every taxi driver in the city. more than 6,000 drivers will have the prints taken when they renew the licenses. the process will take place every year. the fi