prosecutors say thomas milton was part of a white supremacist prison gang when he beat another inmate to death in 2010. in his appeal, milton argued that an expert witness testified about incidents other gang members were involved in. being unfairly portrayed during his trial. sean: we still don't know what caused a fire at an apartment on amherst street in manchester thursday. when firefighters arrived, they found heavy fire and smoke coming from the front of the building. they say the fire was contained to a first floor bedroom. the entire building was occupied at the time, but everyone made it out safely. held the heat and the fire was contained in that one environment -- that one apartment. there was no personal injury at this time and no firefighter injuries. sean: a man and a five-year-old child were brought to the hospital for smoke inhalation. the fire caused about $50,000 in damage. erin: a medical emergency at nashua high south led to the discovery of a loaded gun in a student's backpack. police say the 17-year-old student appeared to be having a seizure, so school officials

prosecutors say thomas milton was part of a white supremacist prison gang when he bade -- when he beat another inmate in 2010. he argued that an expert witness testified about other incidents that other gang members were involved in that he was not. the court ruled that the value of that school districts around the state remain concerned that a bus driver strike could impact transportation in the coming days. two districts in sau 55 are taking their fight to court to keep their drivers behind the wheel come next week. cherise leclerc is live tonight in belmont. cherise: only the drivers who work at of this bus depot in at those two school districts are taking action hoping to prevent any of their bus drivers from walking off the job as well. this bus depot in belmont is where a drivers strike could all begin. there is day in court, attorneys for sau 55 tried to prevent that strike from spreading to their district. >> we have a great bus driver that provides an excellent service but to withhold services from the families is unacceptable. timberlane school district. he said it could impa

thomas milton was sentenced to more than 30 years in prison. prosecutors say he was part of a white supremacist prison gang when he beat another inmate to death in 2010. in his appeal, milton said unfair light during his trial. state climatologists are warning that even if we have a snowy season, the current drought conditions will last until at least march. experts say once the ground freezes, any precipitation, whether it's rain, ice, or snow, stays on the surface. that means the deeper groundwater supplies won't be replenished. because of that, the state climatologist says people need to continue conserving water temperatures over the next couple of days continuing to warm up. we have a couple of systems and a more active pattern starting to kick in early next week. for the time being, the last clouds up north continuing to slowly lose coverage. a long day yesterday with the overcast there while the rest of us were enjoying sunshine. sunshine today and tomorrow. the next system arriving sunday morning. temperatures are going to jump quickly