wmur' s shelley walcott has more on this emotional day for his family. shelley: army sergeant christopher vars was buried with full military honors at a church in reading, massachusetts today. he disappeared 65 years ago while serving in the korean war. his remains were thought to be but his nephew, charles vars of amherst, new hampshire, fought for years to get information on his uncle. in 2009, a mass grave was found near a north korean prison camp. a dna match helped identify vars' remains. friends and family, many whom never got a chance to know vars personally, got to know vars as an american hero today. >> he was part of the greatest generation. a period in our history where men and women of this country all came together in unison. we remember appreciatively of this generation. shelley: vars' relatives were lucky to be able to give him this honor today. more than 7800 americans are still unaccounted for from the korean war. live in studio, i' m shelley walcott, wmur news 9. tom: straight ahead at 6:00. jennifer: a seacoast teacher is taking issue

shelley walcott, wmur news 9. mike: it started off chilly but started with a fiery sky, courtesy of al in hampton. earlier today, take a look at that sky cover, we had just a few lone clouds out there, all in advance of the next system that's building in from the south and right now carrying with with it a lot of moisture. through the ohio valley, midwest and deep south, all, taking aim on the granite state. so chilly tonight, 20's and low 30's for many, a few mid third at the coast. then the next system moves in here for tomorrow afternoon. heaviest rain will hold off until tomorrow night. downpours, one maybe two, even two and a half inch eggs of rain not out of the question. all of this clearly below flood guidance in terms of any flooding on rivers or streams. so good news there, although there could be some ponding on the road with downpours tomorrow night. then windy at times for wednesday night, and it warms up big time for one day on thursday before it cools right back to average by friday and the upcoming

i'm shelley walcott, wmur news 9. jennifer: hurricane joaquin is shifting east toward the open ocean, it's now also downgraded to a category 3, but it has caused flooding in the bahamas. meteorologist hayley lapoint is here now. hayley: the good news is it looks like it latest stay away from the mainland, still causing huge problems in the bahamas, it's basically right on top of the central bahamas at the moment, bringing lots of heavy rain and gusty winds. the winds are still up near 125 miles per hour, that is a little bit weaker than where it was yesterday, but it's now a category 3 hurricane and here's the latest track that came out at 5:00 this evening. it will maintain its hurricane characteristics all the way up the east coast. but it takes a big turn to the east away from us. some showers across southern new hampshire tonight, and over the weekend it's going to be cool, of some showers for our saturday. i'll break down the full weekend forecast in a couple minutes. josh: you can track hurricane joaquin's path

shelley walcott, wmur news 9. jennifer: following his date on murder charges, matthew dion waived his arraignment. dion is accused of killing his parents and setting their home on fire. the court set jury selection for january 19. the trial is expected to take two weeks. the home where the murder took place is expected to be demolished before trial. so prosecutors will use video to show this scene. tom: commitment 2016 now, and new hampshire's place in the presidential selection process is once again coming under fire. this time by the top democrat in the u.s. senate. jennifer: harry reid attacked both new hampshire and iowa in an interview over the weekend and today offered a less than sincere apology. josh mcelveen takes a closer look. josh: the new hampshire primary has been under attack a lot lately, last month it was the outgoing chair of the republican national committee that warned there are no sacred cows in the process. but now another lame duck is flapping his wings as senator harry reid is drawing fire

i am shelley walcott. tom: i am tom griffith. mike cronin joins us live with a preview of what happens next. mike: the money is back in the budget, and that fire station will reopen in less than 48 hours, as people and counselors look forward. -- coucilors look forward. unlike some of the contentious meetings that have taken place inside the municipal center in recent months, tonight, there was applause at the town council meeting after a battle over -- over a controversial budget. cuts of been reversed, and counselors are moving on. >>>> people have asked me, what now? the council voted unanimously to put 1.6 million mike: dollars back into the 2016 budget. council passed a budget that included cutting funding to public safety departments and the closing of a fire station. residents filed petitions, and a take place. a week ago, people overturned every cut the council made and what was the biggest turnout in the election. me. it said that the vocal minority was in fact the vocal majority. prevail. there' s no question about that

wmur' s shelley walcott joins us live with details of this investigation. >> this is dangerous stuff. somebody was cooking meth in individual bottles. a resident walking his dog spotted the strange bottles. some of them had tubes sticking out of them. the area was sealed off and called in the fire department. we spoke to the police chief and here are some details he offered. >> last night in individual walking their dog happened to it was a plastic bottle and it was smoking, or had some ingredients he did not recognize. he called us and we were able to identify it as methamphetamine production. in mind and expect to make some arrests shortly. >> a man was taken into custody last night at the econo-lodge in manchester, charged with selling heroin. manchester police worked with a state police narcotics unit to execute a search warrant of the hotel, they arrested 26-year-old paulson papillon. additional charges include possession with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine. bail was set at $10,000 cash. tonight on wmur we will be airing a special town hall event focusing squarly on the

shelley walcott has a closer look.

live in the studio, shelley walcott. jennifer: prosecutors have filed their response to a request by lawyers for owen labrie to have his felony conviction set aside. the former st. paul school student was convict in august of several charges related to the assault of a 15-year-old freshman during a tradition called the senior salute. andy hershberger has more. reporter: the state's response to the defense motion to set aside the guilty verdict basically says the laws were written a certain way for a reason and should be followed to the letter. labrie was found guilty of file charges related to the sexual assault of a teenager at a concord prep school, the most serious crime was a felony of certain uses of computer he used a computer to lure a 15-year-old into the sexual assault. defense lawyers argue that the law wasn't meant to apply to two teenagers who knew each other. they also say the fact that labrie will have to register for life as a sex offender is too harsh. the state's response says the law isn't limited to st

a firefighter was taken to the fire at a vacant home in walcott. crews were called to the building just south of the night. by the time they arrived, the home was engulfed. the firefighter who was hurt is expected to recover. a nearby corn field also caught fire. rain fell for the first time in october this morning....meaning the threat of fires is now all but gone. we'll go now to chief meteorologist ed wilson for a first look at weather. it has turned into a beautiful evening with partly cloudy skies as rain moves away. temperatures will be in the 60s this evening and fall to the mid 50s by morning. more showers possible wednesday... we'll show you those coming up. pose a constant threat to cars... and it turns a deer crashed through westerlin residence center at augustana college. you can see the deer slide into view after breaking through the glass. a staff member opened the door building. a town's former city clerk misspent more than 200-thousand dollars. leaders in the town of neola requested a special investigation after the current city cle

shelley: i'm shelley walcott. thank you for joining us. even though many of us are seeing the rain now, they should clear out by the time you wake up tomorrow morning. let's head over to meteorologist hayley lapoint. we're hoping it nicer than this. hayley: yes, it's been a miserable day, but a healthy dose of rainfall moving through. still we're running relatively dry, but the rain showers should be moving out over the next couple hours. still some time for rough travel. this is a very busy time on the roads, and visibility is reduced because we have this rain still coming down, maybe big puddles on the roads too. heavier downpours by hillsboro, shades of green and yellows and oranges. a slow go of it this evening on the roads because of the rain. 57 degrees in concord, 52 laconia, raw in plymouth at 48. but warmer in the southern part of the state, manchester, nashua in the low 60's. once we're over and done with this miserable weather we break out of the sun starting today morning and then temperatures will start to warm up too. we'll s

shelley walcott has details. reporter: friends of sue hutchinson are already starting to gather here in front of her home on calef road as they prepare for a vigil in her memory. the gathering was organized by hutchinson's coworkers that. hutchinson's body was found in her home sunday night after someone reported a strange odor. police found a body in the hidden crawl space. hutchinson's roommate, steven andrade, went missing around the same time she did. police say he killed himself in a massachusetts motel room, and an investigation into whether he's connected to hutchinson's death is under way. an autopsy is being held on the body found today. again, taking a look back out there live, friends and family planning to hold a vigil tonight in hutchinson's memory. some have already gathered. again the investigation into her alleged death is under way. live in manchester, shelley walcott, wmur news 9. jean: thanks. administrators met with parents today to discuss a threatening school. a student reported a classmate

a fire in walcott sent one firefighter to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. crews were called to a vacant home just south of the iowa-80 truckstop around 11-30... the home was fully engulfed in flames and it took crews hours to get it extinguished. several area fire departments were called in to help bring in water. a nearby corn field also caught fire. burn bans are in place across the state because of the extremely dry conditions. but we saw few sprinkles today... and it looks like we have at least one more chance of rain this week... let's check in with ed wilson for a first look at the forecast...ed? it has turned into a beautiful evening with partly cloudy skies as rain moves away. temperatures will be in the 60s this evening and fall to the mid 50s by morning. more showers possible wednesday... we'll show you those the first democratic candidate is dropping out of the presidential race. jim webb announced today he's ending his bid for the presidential nomination. he made statements from the national press club in washington d-c. experts say the former v

good evening to you i' m shelley , walcott. all that destructive power on a path to a popular tourist destination. abc' s michelle franzen begins our coverage. michelle franzen so gigantic, it : blots out the sky. with winds so ferocious, they are frightening everyone out of its path. hurricane patricia, with winds -- gusts as strong as to her miles per hour -- 200 miles per hour, driving up to 20 inches of rain, howled into mexico friday as a category five storm. this angry surf a taste of , what' s to come in the vacation area of puerto vallarta, where they are boarding up filling , sandbags, streets deserted, as thousands of tourists tried to outrun patricia. >> we were of actuate it from our hotel this morning for the hurricane. they said, it is not safe, we will go to the technical center michelle vacationer stacy zapar : is stranded with her family. way out. we are concerned, but we are trying to keep our game face on for the kids area michelle this : record-setting hurricane is americas. 200 mph winds, enough to make car

fire officials say rebecca lavenz lived a firefighter was taken to the hospital after a fire in walcott. crews were called to the vacant home around 11-30 last night. by the time they arrived, the home was engulfed. the firefighter who was hurt is expected to recover. a nearby corn field also caught fire. fires are now less of a concern thanks to a bit of rain this morning. and a lot more this afternoon as we look to the east. ed, you say more a third presidential candidate is dropping out of the race. democrat jim webb announced today he's ending his bid for the nomination. he made statements from the national press club in washington d-c and said that he will now look into running as a third party candidate. democrats are still waiting to see if vice president joe biden will join the race. yesterday n-b-c reported that biden would make a decision in the next 48 hours. according party iowa...biden can wait just a little bit longer if he wants to make the jefferson jackson dinner on saturday. 41:30 this a wonderful night where all these candidates get to talk to an enthusiastic passion

i'm shelley walcott, wmur news 9. tom: a judge has dismissed charges against richard penny, the man accused of an armed standoff and kidnapping in january of 2013. jennifer: the county attorney's office and victim are worried the community. jennifer crompton explains. reporter: this is a confusing and frustrating case that has to do with mental health laws to protect people and the criminal justice system and the fact a 2 two can't communicate. richard penny appeared in two courts today, here at stratford superior court hoping a judge would dismiss those charges, which he did, and then he appeared in rochester circuit court to face two new stalking charges. the county attorney and police admitting that they're trying to slow this process so they can figure out whether penny poses a danger to himself or the community. 38-year-old richard penny was accused of stealing his brother's guns, threatening and holding another woman hostage, and engaging in a standoff with police in january of 2013. then he was found incompeten

shelley: i am shelly walcott. police say a man walking his dog stumbled on something extremely dangerous, and as a result, federal investigators had to be called in. in this quiet corner of franklin, a disturbing find. >> an individual walking their dog noticed something that looked strange. it was a plastic bottle that was smoking or had some ingredients in it he didn' t recognize. franklin police were called, and authorities jumped into action after recognizing the danger of what the man had found. >> we were able to identify it as a possible one-pot methamphetamine production. shelley: basically math in a bottle, individual portions known as one-pots, and just as explosive as any other method. drug enforcement sealed off spring street. >> we were able to secure the scene, and we were able to seize approximately 15 plastic bottles shelley: we asked, why would anyone make individual portions of meth? >> it' s much more mobile. people have been known to do this in their cars as they are driving. shelley: franklin

shelley: i'm shelley walcott, wmur news 9. amy: the walk starts at 9:00 this morning, part of concord's homecoming parade. tickets of $20 a person. chris: inspiring. amy: and technology, too, helping him communicate. remarkable. it's an asian salad with a twist. we'll show you the take on this classic dish. in our next half hour of news 9 this morning, several presidential candidates are spending the weekend here in new hampshire. we'll take a look. this week's adopt-a-pet is joey. the pit bull mix almost two years old. he likes to run in the yard and in the pool. he's also enrolled in an animal for more on joey and hello, everybody, we're talking soba noodles. do you know what those are? we're here on concord street. i didn't know what an soba noodle was. noodle. we're addressing it with a sesame soy dressing and crisp vegetables for crunch and garnishing with peanuts, it's a classic presentation. hard. >> everything is ready to go. >> everything a chopped up. is this napa cabbage? >> this is napa cabbage. with start with the

good evening, i' m shelley walcott. investigators are sharing information about how hutchison died. wmur' s stephanie woods spoke with the attorney general' s office and has the top story. friends and family brought candles, flowers, and pictures for sue hutchison. labor say this woman didn' t deserve her horrible death, which in the attorney general' s office is ruling, was a homicide. >> it' s always disappointing. you always hold out hope that maybe they' ve just gone away. stephanie: investigators had been searching for sue hutchison who disappeared along with her roommate, stephen andrade. at 159 caliph road, family members in the home noticed a strange smell sunday and called police. >> they were able to isolate the smell to the front hallway where the closet was, and after some searching, they discovered a false front on the closet come in the back with the crawl space where they discovered the body. jean: the autopsy revealed that the woman was hutchison. >> this is very disappointing. i know it' s hard for the families, and our hearts go out to her family. stephanie: kenned

shelley: i' m shelley walcott. parts of the state will see a let' s get the details from chief meteorologist mike haddad. mike: it happens every so often. a preview of winter. eventually, it warms back up. the colts, cold, relatively' s out long. just above the magic 32 degree mark. a system approaching. with it, rain showers. snow. the great north woods and northern part of the white coating by tomorrow morning. what about saturday? colder air by sunday. we will look at all of that. shelley: searchers looking for a missing hiker in the white mountains have found a body that matches her description. claire marie cocuzzo, from massachusetts, takes an annual hike. her family thought she was going last week, but some people saw her at the galehead hut in she may have run into trouble the next day. fish and game says the night before she left the hut was a rainy one. more than 2.5 inches l. >> so i am sure the gale river was really flowing at that point so any river crossing in that amount of water would have been dang

good friday evening to you, i' m shelley walcott. the mother of that toddler has been charged with murder. the attorney general' s office wants an investigation to see if more could have been done to prevent the girl' s death. wmur' s stephanie woods has our top story live from concord. stephanie: the attorney general' s office says the division of children, youth and families met sadie willott' s family before her death. but they say that' s not the only case that' s troubling them. >> more than anything, i know that every granite stater wants every child, our most vulnerable citizens, to be safe, and that' s what this review is about. stephanie: governor maggie hassan has demanded an external review of the division of children youth and families following the death of city will it. -- sadie willott. manchester police have charged her mother, 22-year-old katlin paquette, with murder. the attorney general says sadie' s family visited dcyf before her death on september 6. >> but after the death of sadie willott, the attorney general a

i' m shelley walcott. tom: i am tom griffith. ham smarts mother says it is time for the case to be retried, and she smoke with jean mackin -- spoke with jean mackin today. jean:. pam smart' s mother is speaking to us for the first time in 25 years since her daughter was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. she says now it is time for a new trial. >> i hope i live long enough to see my daughter come home. it' s been too long. too hard. jean: linda is speaking with wmur for the first time since her daughter pam smart was convicted in being an accomplice of the first-degree murder of her husband, greg. >> it' s been a long time, difficult time for everyone. everyone is devastated. it' s very hard, and my daughter is still in there. jean: greg smart was shot in the head in 1990. the four teenage boys convicted have been paroled, including billy flynn, released in june. he says he had a sexual relationship with pam smart while she was working as a media school district. he testified she orchestrated the crime

`good evening, i' m shelley `walcott. `the mother is now in custody, `and her daughter had to be taken `to the hospital. `wmur' s stephanie woods has our `top story from the salem police `department. `tonight. `stephanie: kari houlne is facing `a child endangerment charge and `her daughter is staying with `family after police say she shot `up heroin at a salem hotel with `her daughter in the room. `>> it is scary. `uses a -- it is a scary thought. `we are seeing it a lot more `often than we have in years `past. `stephanie: salem police say a `man called them from the la `quinta hotel on keewaydin drive `around 2 tuesday afternoon. `31-year-old kari houlne had `allegedly shot up heroin passed `out, and stopped breathing. `lieutenant joel dolan says `houlne' s 4-year-old daughter was `in the room. `>> it just goes to show you how `serious this heroin epidemic is. `that even while she' s supposed `to be taking care of her child, `the illness and the addiction `just took over. `stephanie: dolan says the caller `said he gave h

they are safe tonight after the m shelley walcott. m tom griffith. police in derry say they found severely malnourished animals just in time. jean mackin explains why the facing charges. jean: police in dairy say neighbors called in, reporting the possible neglect of pets at a home in town. and they arrived, they say they living in filth. when police arrived on friday, they found this force in the yard. a veterinarian call to the site said the horse was severely underweight and malnourished. it was immediately removed from the house on mckinley avenue in derry where police say a woman was keeping three dozen pets in poor conditions, including 17 with six cats, three dogs, a guinea pig, and an iguana. >> we determined that she had fallen on hard times. she was unable to care for the animals. luckily, she voluntarily gave them up. jean: police say animal waste cover the floors of the home and cages. the stalls were filled with manure, and many of the animals had no access to food at all. the spca in stratham are going to work to bring the animals back

good evening, i' m shelley walcott. tom: i' m tom griffith. before learning his punishment, owen labrie heard from the wmur' s kristen carosa has more from today' s sentencing. kristen: the victim in this case statement before labrie was sentenced. she spoke about how this has impacted her life and why she is fighting so hard for justice. >> to this day i still feel numb. >> appearing by video, the girl who was sexually assaulted by her st. paul' s classmate owen labrie recalls the day it >> i will never understand why the offender raped me. >> labrie has been sentenced to one year in jail and 5 years of probation. the victim says what labrie did suffering. >> what he did to me made me feel like i didn' t belong on this planet and that i would be better off dead. >> she says she has trouble sleeping and can' t concentrate at school. >> any time i am touched unexpectedly my entire body jolts. >> she admits it' s been hard to share this story but it' s one that has to be told. >> why i am so adamantly pushing for justice for myself is because i

good evening, i' m shelley walcott. tom: i' while police have yet to make an arrest, they did confiscate a shotgun and several bags of ammunition. adam sexton is live in laconia tonight with our top story. adam: tom and shelley that gun is what had police so concerned earlier this afternoon. acting on information that not only did the suspect have it, he was allegedly threatening to use it. investigators left 20 jewett street in laconia with a double-barrel shotgun and bags full of ammo tuesday evening. the items were taken into evidence following a tense afternoon which saw police surround the home following the report of a threat. >> attempted to make contact with an individual; we were informed that one of the rifle or a shotgun, we knew it was a long rifle gun. after detaining and removing a a young woman from the scene the group set about trying to determine if the suspect was still inside the home. after initial tactics produced the home and determined the suspect was gone, most likely making his escape in the tim

the search is underway right now in the area of row and walcott streets. police asking foam stay inside and call them in they see the pear. phil: we're learning more tonight about a private social worker accused of human trafficking. the alleged victim's, teenage girls. new at 11:00, investigators looking into the possibility of more victims. our mary saladna is live in reading with the story. mary? mary. he operates out of this office building here on main street. authorities say, at this this point, it is not near the charges are ref lated to the business here. >> 34-year-old rick hall of wakefield, a social worker now behind bars on child porn charges. hall is accused of enticing three 15-year-old girls in oregon and paying them to e-mail nudic tors. the al vagueses are serious. they can devastating to young people and they are concerning in the case. professional obligation to report any suspicions of if abuse against children. mary: redding police launched an investigation back in august after they came forward. police here eventually seized computer

he met up with staffers at the i-80 truck stop in walcott...before they headed to the university of iowa event. that's the glamorous life of a candidate. here's another side. donald trump's been ridiculing paul and saying he'll drop out because he has little support. paul's campaign actually issued a memo today to the media and supporters to try to quiet that speculation. tonight you can take a trip down favorite political cartoonist. brian duffy has published a new book of his favorite iowa caucus cartoons from his 40 years with the des moines register. you can buy a copy and meet the author at an open house at his studio in the cummins mansion tonight. that's on forest drive ... next door to terrace hill. the open house runs from 5:30 t0 7:30. ad lib main weather coming up next ... the mosted hated aunt in america clears we need to disrupt the old order in washington, dc. we can do a lot better by applying conservative principles we should lower rates and simplify the code to allow people to freely decide how they want to spend their money. what we need is leadership to fix a few big t

new hampshire, according to a new it' s the first time in eight haven' good evening, i' m shelley walcott. close to half of new hampshire residents say they personally know someone who has abused heroin in the last 5 years, that number jumping to 60% for residents 18 to 35-years-old. some of those people came out tonight to a forum in derry. wmur' s jennifer crompton was there. jennifer: about 150 parents and educators showed up at the derry boys and girls club for an informative and very direct forum, called ' our children and the opiate crisis.' >> i have to start by saying, before i came here, i stopped at the cemetery. jennifer straight talk, about an : issue now hitting at the heart of every community. >> i lost my oldest son peter ten months ago last weekend, to an overdose . jennifer experts talked about : gateway drugs and warning signs, but the emphasis was on awareness and education about an opioid crisis hitting all ages, many of them young people 19-25. >> the scenario we see too often, is a 16-year-old who suffers some kind of sports injury or a college kid that suffers a spo

good evening, i' m shelley walcott. tom: i' m tom griffith. firefighters were already close by when the boy needed help but that' s actually what got him into the tight spot in the first place. wmur' s mike cronin joins us live from manchester to explain. mike: anthony and his friends have climbed the tree many times before but this time there was a little complication on his way down. anthony is safely on the ground now but monday night there were some tense moments for this 9-year-old when he got stuck in a tree. >> i was scared that i wouldn' t get down at all. mike: he was at his friend' s house on blucher street in manchester. the boys saw a fire truck nearby and wanted to know what was going on so they started climbing. >> so i tried to get a closer look. not fully. mike: anthony tried coming down but his leg got wedged between two large limbs twelve feet in the air. neighbors flagged down firefighters who were leaving that previous call. >> i was grateful for when they came and when they showed up. mike: firefighters tried to lift antho

good evening, i' m shelley walcott. tom: i' m tom griffith. president obama' s anger was evident when he talked about the have become too common. gun rights. abc' s lana zak is live in washington d.c. tonight. what can you tell us tonight? >> the details are still flowing in. sources tell abc news that for firearms were recovered. we can confirm that there are 10 fatalities. just moments ago to share said the scene has been cleared. just before 11 am pacific time, the police scanner in roseburg, oregon with horrific reports. active shooter at ucc 1140 umpqua college road. >> the images now emerging, show a campus in chaos. i look out the window and >>i look out the window and there' s a couple of girls running like sprinting away from the building. and then i hear screaming after that first gunshot, and then i looked out and saw the people running. and i said to the teacher we need to get out of here right now. >> shots were being fired we cover went down and heard multiple shots going off, a lot of screaming. >> the suspect, a 20-year-old mal

shelley walcott has what's happening in the granite state today and wanted to hear you say-- >> what's happening, new . shelley: it's the spooky time of the year, from nashua, it's a haunted experience that grabbed halloween's dark side and a cast of crowns and fright kingdom is one of the largest scare attractions in young. have an other worldly experience today. stroll through a 200-year-old historic site in canterbury. fun. some dressed in costumes, prizes will be awarded for best dressed. the jack o lanterns are here. it's held in keene, but moved to laconia. there's a record for the most pumpkins lit. keen hold the record of 30,581 carved and lit jack o lanterns the monadnock pumpkin festival is at cheshire fairgrounds in swansee. it runs it will 8 p.m. and that's what's happening, new hampshire. i'm shelley walcott, wmur news 9. >> now, jason king and news 9 sports sports. >> eastern, eight weeks of the high school season in the books. several teams are trying to punch their ikts tickets to the playoffs like the timberland owls. taking on spaulding, a win and help, they would sec

shelley walcott us here to explain why prosecutors say they cannot stand in the way of his release. reporter: that's right. to stop ronald paquin's release because experts who examined him say he's no longer sexually dangerous. back in 2002 paquin pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 12-year-old altar boy over three years. he admitted to committing as many as 50 sexual assaults in massachusetts, maine and new hampshire. at the time paquin was an associate pastor and took the boy on out of state shopping and camping trips. county prosecutors tried to have him committed as a sexually dangerous person, but the d.a. says he had no choice but to withdraw that petition after experts say he no longer posed any threat. it's not clear when he'll be released from prison. jean: hurricane joaquin is slamming the bahamas tonight, the category 4 storm has ripped off roofs and pulled up trees as it passes over the islands. right now the coast guard is searching for a 735-foot cargo ship with 33 people on board. it disappeared on its way to puerto rico. before losing communication the crew of th

live in the newsroom, shelley walcott, wmur news 9. that a shooting that sent an 18-year-old to the hospital was not random. police say isaac velez of hooksett was shot last night near gill stadium. he was shot in his abdomen and treated at a hospital. investigators believe that velez knows the person who shot him, they are currently working to identify a suspect. jean: salem police are looking for the man who robbed the pet life store on south broadway yesterday. employees told police the man made verbal threat and said he had a gun, he threatened the employee who handed over the money. the suspect is described as a white man with a trimmed beer wearing a white baseball hat and baggy sweat pants at the time. surveillance video shows him leaving in a dark green pickup truck. josh: a police chief will step down january 1. the police commission voted to approve a separation agreement with chief steven dubois, he will be paid severance through march, dubois is stepping down surrounding the geraldine webber inheritance case. a judge threw out a will she had written to largely benefit aaron goodw

shelley walcott has the story. >>. shelley: anthem blue cross blue shield is putting a doctor at your fingertips. >> online may be knew to you. the professional you're seeing is use today seeing a patient >> a new hampshire law now says you can use your tablet or smartphone with a health care provider. previously you couldn't do that unless there was a face-to-face relationship with the doctor. >> the access is 24/7. >> the access online is 24/7. the physicians are available and licensed in new hampshire so for our members, accessing care becomes quite easy. >> here is how the service works, patients must register online and answer a short questionnaire and within a few minutes, a doctor arrives for your visit. >> hello. >> hi, dr. mia. >> dr. mia finkle steins say most are for the cold and flus. >> in the three years and two months i only sent one child to the e.r., that was for a burn. oosh usually i'm referring them to the primary care physician the next day if i feel it's >> starting january 1st most anthem blue cr

. >> that's what's happening in new hampshire, i'm shelley walcott, wmur news 9. >> now, news 9 sports. >> a rainy, somewhat windy night for week five of the friday night football season. let's start with a big one, exeter at salem. >> one, two, three! >> yeah, this is number four exeter and number five salem, it went right down to the wire. excellent opening drive for salem. 75 yards, nick shumski took the pitch and then threw it down field for a nice gain and first down for the blue devils. 7-0. ensuing kickoff great blocking for mason wallace, a nice return. and two touchdowns for exeter, his second one came with seven seconds to go in the game. and exeter wins 14-10 to stay undefeated. in hampton, another big showdown of top ten teams. timberland goes on the road and beats the warriors. spaulding and dover. getting the first win breaking a 18-game losing streak. and two touchdowns passes to eric stevens. >> all right, here we go, lancer is at home with portsmouth and cody graham find christian peete for a touchdown. after the conversion, jake stevens will roll right and keep it go

shelley walcott has more. >> three, two, one. >> the main goal of most parents is to watch their children soar, there's a growing debate how much supervision do our children really need? >> i definitely hover. i do, i hover now and it's hard for me to let go. >> jennifer admits to what's being referred to often as a helicopter parent. keeping track of every move throughout the day. >> you just don't know what's out there. you're afraid or i'm afraid, i don't know who is interacting with my child or who might approach my child or how he's going to react so i don't know what's going to happen. i don't know if he's safe. >> some parents are more hands off, a style often referred to as free range parenting, a phrase coined by a writer. she wrote a newspaper column about allowing her nine-year-old son to ride the new york city subway alone. the story went national and within two days, she became known as america's worst mom. >> well, after being sort of raked over the coals on all of these talk shows, i wanted to start a blog that weekend that explained that i love safety. i'm not an evel knie