: pumpkin festival, lighting up for the first time in laconia. the world record they're attempting to break. chris: some sun in the offing and rain, too. and patricia's rain reaches new forecast. amy: hurricane patricia weakening to a tropical storm, texas this morning. >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. now, wmur news 9 this morning. amy: good morning, new hampshire. 6:00 on sunday, october 25th, i'm amy coveno. we'll get to the top stories, we talked chris jarzynka into coming back. chris: hi, amy, 44 degrees. hey, there was a car-- it was pretty quiet yesterday this time of the morning. temperatures in the 40's and already 50's in portsmouth. needless to say it's going to be warmer almost by default. we have some rain moving on through and some of that is steadiest and heaviest in places like keene through the lower and upper connecticut valley. we had a batch of heavier precip, down through epsom in route 4 and moving through the lincoln plymouth area at the moment and off to the north, heavier rain through the connecticut lakes. that's moving out this morning, temperature

going to carry on. stephanie: and laconia kicked off its first pumpkin festival today. the world record they attempted to break. hayley: here come some showers. they should end midday sunday, but these showers bring something else with them. my forecast coming up. stephanie: hurricane patricia weakened when it hit land, but the remnants of the storm are dropping heavy rain on texas. how the state is bracing for >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. now wmur news nine tonight. stephanie: the death toll and the oklahoma state homecoming parade crash rises to four. a two-year-old was before person to die at a local hospital. dozens of other people were injured when a car drove into a crowd. good evening. i' m stephanie woods. the 25-year-old woman behind the abc' s devin dwyer explains how it happened. >> page out -- disaster page for the station. devin: it was a horrific scene at a homecoming celebration. the oklahoma state university cowboys annual parade turned in the chaos after a car plowed straight into the crowd. >> can need a bunch of hell. devin: stillwater police, fir

salts in his possession. the pump and festival launches in laconia for the first time tomorrow. one year after riots broke out near the keene pumpkin festival, organizers say they' re ready to move on. our stephanie woods joins us live with a preview. what a great site. stephanie woods: it really is. night. they packed more than 900 jack-o' -lanterns into the tower behind us. it will be list tomorrow. -- lit tomorrow. >> bring your confidence -- pumpkins. stephanie laconia is lit up. : for the 25th annual new hampshire pumpkin festival. this is the first year the pumpkin festival will be in the city and the lakes region chamber of commerce is pumped about the boon to business. >> we' re every excited. we' re so excited here in the lakes region to have this event and everyone has really come , together. i' m so waiting for tomorrow to come. stephanie: organizer ruth sterling is hoping to snag laconia a guinness world record when the festival tries to break jack-o' s get all of new hampshire, all of new england, all of the world to come and it' s pumpkins together, all those lights sh

saying thank you for his sacrifice. a highly anticipated event gets underway in laucona -- laconia today. we'll tell you about happenings at the pumpkin festival. >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. now, wmur news 9 this morning. amy: good morning, new hampshire, 6:00 on saturday, october 24th, i'm amy coveno. we'll get to our top stories in a minutes. chris, chris jarzynka is here with a look at the forecast. how is the forecast. chris: hi, amy, how are you? >> great. chris: at least i'm not talking about the warmest day, it's not balmy weather, it's october, we expect weather like this. we have an area of high pressure moving in and my knee jerk reaction would be to say it's going to be bright and dry. chilly in the 20's and low 30's. we have some clouds coming in right off the coast and these clouds are going to make things rather cloudy for southeastern areas of new hampshire today. at the same time we have a batch of clouds moving in from the west. they're high and thin and thicken up, so it's a squeeze play. nice and dry, highs in the 40's and 50's and we have what pat

erin: now on daybreak, laconia police are looking for a man they say made a threat causing a standoff yesterday afternoon. they don' t know what his name is. a family and hanover can' t drink their well water this morning and officials say a chemical from a former animal burial ground at the dartmouth medical school may be to blame. kevin: as the rain and wind approaches, we are expecting the heaviest of it later today. we will have the timeline ahead. erin: republicans are getting ready for tonight' s presidential debate and the candidates are prepping in a variety of ways as a new national poll shows a bit of a shift at the top. now, wmur news 9 daybreak. erin: good morning, new hampshire. if you are headed out to the roads anytime soon, you may find some patchy fog out there. kevin skarupa joins us with a look at our forecast. kevin: a building overcast sky eventually setting up the rain and the wind that builds from this afternoon into the evening. for now, temperatures are anywhere in the mid and s and 30' s. don' t let your guard down, the rainfall that moves in for sou

erin: now on daybreak, laconia police are looking for the man they say made a threat causing a standoff yesterday afternoon. there was a problem -- they don' t know what his name is. a family in hanover can' t drink there well water this morning. a chemical from a former animal burial ground at the dartmouth medical school may be to blame. kevin: as the rain and wind approaches, we are expecting the heaviest of it later today. we will have the timeline head. erin: republicans are getting ready for tonight' s presidential debate and the candidates are prepping in a variety of ways as a new national poll shows a bit of a shift at the top. now, wmur news 9 daybreak. erin: hi there and good wednesday morning. thanks for joining us today. we are seeing some pretty dense fog out there and spots. kevin skarupa has a look at the forecast. kevin: we have rainfall developing during the afternoon. the could be wind that pushes and early tomorrow. some spots could see over two inches of rainfall out of this. for now, it is the patchy fog and the clouds continuing to drift in. the rainfall

shelley: now at 11:00, a threat in laconia evacuates a neighborhood and locks down a school. tonight, the search continues for the man accused of making the threat. tom: a standoff came to a safe end in winchester. the problem between neighbors that prompted the call to police. mike: after a dry and chilly night, lots of changes follow starting tomorrow. when rain, wind, and warmer air move through. shelley: a worker gets stuck in a palm tree 25 feet above the ground. the process to get him to safety. tom: it turns out bedford' s little league team has a good bullpen. the help they' re getting after vandals hit their concession stand and clubhouse. >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. now, wmur news 9 tonight. shelley: right now police in the lakes region are still searching for the man accused of triggering a tense standoff in laconia this afternoon. 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 s

in laconia, 49 in concord. 57 in manchester. we will dip a few degrees lower by tomorrow morning, but completely clear skies across the area. lots of clear air to our west. temperatures start out on a cool note tomorrow morning. 46. we warm up drastically into the upper 60' s by lunchtime. later in the afternoon, temperatures in the mid-70' s. even a few upper 70' s. this does not last the rest of the week. we make a turn the other way. i will have the seven day forecast coming up. the weather and the foliage are drawing hundreds of thousands of people to the state. new hampshire tourism officials say 660,000 people will make their way into the granite state this weekend, up 2.5% from last year. visitors are expected to spend $97 million while they' re here. the owners of one motel in lincoln says have guests from all over the world. >> they all come to see the fall foliage. it is very important for them. fortunately, we are able to offer something beautiful. >> it does not matter if you go north or south. the foliage is beautiful. and we have a beautiful day today. it is all com

released the name of the man they say was involved in a standoff in laconia yesterday. an arrest warrant was issued for 26 used robert audette this morning for felony criminal threatening. wmur's ray brewer has those details. reporter: laconia police believe that robert audette has left the immediate area and may even be heading out of state. meanwhile the woman who lives in the apartment where audette was allegedly holed up is stealing -- dealing with the aftermath. windows shattered by tear gas canisters seven as reminders of what unfollowed at 20 jewett street tuesday afternoon. police surrounded the apartment house after receiving a report that someone inside had threatened another man with a gun, setting in motion a standoff that would last for hours. kristen paul was away when the incident began. >> everyone was running around saying different things, and it's my part, no one would tell me what's going on. reporter: after firing the tear apartment and say they found a shotgun and bags of ammo but no suspect. he had apparently left before police arrived. paul says the suspect had on

we get to this afternoon. it is 46 degrees. we have temperatures in the 40's. laconia 45. 51 in manchester. you see the clouds moving through. that's the cold front. the clouds will linger through the morning. the temperatures take a big dip. keep that in mind. it will feel colder because of the breeze. more on the weekend's forecast ahead. first a look at the morning drive here in the granite state. we're joined live by deb davidson. good morning, deb. deb: good morning, hayley. right now 93 is looking great through the state of new hampshire with no major delays or incidents causing any slowdowns this morning. if you are commuting on 293, everything looks good through the mill yard and through the lane shifts between exits five and three. that's due to some bridge maintenance that's going on through the area. the everett turnpike is moving well at the bedford tolls and down through the lane drops and also from merrimack into nashua. if you are out on the seacoast, 95 looks great. this report is being brought to you by autofair. from the wzid traffic network, i'm deb davidson f

epidemic. josh: a police standoff, they closed down a large area of laconia and lockdown at a school is now over, but the search for a suspect continues. i'm josh mcelveen. jean: i'm jean mackin. this incident started several hours ago and had a lot of people in the neighborhood on end. josh: adam sexton is live with the latest. reporter: just within the last 15 minutes or so we were surrounded by heavily armed police officers, they're all gone now as they have confirmed that this suspect likely fled the area before they got here when this standoff started. the initial call came in from 20 jewett street earlier today in laconia, national just off of church street. and the call came in as an armed man making threats against someone inside his home. by the time police not here they weren't sure if he was inside or not, so they createdded a perimeter and they believe he a quite a large perimeter, lockeddown a school and had people shelter in homes. one was detained, not arrested. they used about four flash bang grenades trying to provoke a response from the home, nothing came of

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 start on a cool note on saturday tomorrow with temperatures in the fifth. you see the 70 on monday, that will feel nice. i'll have the full weekend forecast in a few minutes. shelley: thanks. the columbus okay weekend is drawing thousands of visitors to see new england's foliage. things are already getting crowded out there, there's 93 through windham, and 293 north in manchester. downtown manchester actually is what we're looking at right now and it's starting to pick up there. no major issues on 101 going to the coast, the usual light cycle delays in bedford. 293 looks okay from upper to lower split. 495 grade locked in both directions between lawrence and route 2. and a box truck accident on 95 northbound at exit 1 has cleared. 95 is bus friday the

who police are looking for after an hours-long standoff in laconia. hear from the woman who' s apartment was at the center of the search. bill: i have seen such good in people that i have never seen before in my life. erin: a sandown boy gone too soon. what 9-year-old christopher chester' s parents said about their son before giving a final goodbye. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> no one covers new hampshire now, wmur news 9 at noon. erin: we begin this noon on the storm watch for you. the weather cloudy out there for you right now. we are waiting for rain and gusty winds for unicef or are new, i am erin fehlau. another concern we are keeping -- we' re waiting for rain and gusty winds. good afternoon. i am erin fehlau. another concern we' re watching for is the coast. kevin: localized flooding from that, and maybe around the next high tide coming up around 1:00 a.m. for the rest of us, not a lot of what you are seeing is actually reaching the ground white yet, but the adv

, andy hershberger, wmur news 9. jennifer: the union cemetery in laconia was hit hard by your recent rainstorm. -- by a recent rainstorm. water taking a bite out of a road heading through it, and as wmur' s heather hamel explains, it puts the remains of those laid to rest there at risk. >> the south side of the cemetery really got the brunt of the damage. a culvert collapsed and it opened up this gapping sinkhole. and now, they are scrambling to get it fixed before the next rain storm. >> it certainly was a surprise to us and the extent of the problem also meant it was going to be extremely expensive. heather: john perley says worst case scenario, a repair bill upwards of $100,000. but he says while that is a hard pill to swallow, they are fortunate no graves were affected. water and erosion have come extremely close to the stones. >> the pipe' s been in there 65 years, and with that water coming through, it caused the pipe to burst. and the next thing we knew, probably thursday afternoon, there was a big hole. heather: with so much at risk, perley says fixing it before the next heav

hampshire. >> the laconia pumpkin festival kicks off this weekend. josh: and a beautiful picture of the merrimack raifer taken from the river walk. jeb bush was a probably the strongest governor in the history of the state of florida. he was a young guy and i think there were some folks in the legislature that thought they might be able to run over him. that didn't happen. one tax cut wasn't enough- he had to do more. it wasn't enough to have 15,000 kids with school choice in florida, he wanted to have 100,000 kids. if he didn't like a project, it was going to be vetoed. it didn't matter if you it didn't matter if you were he said: 'this is where we're going, this is how we're going to reform state government...' every politician comes in talking about making change, and generally there's not much change. but governor bush made a lot of changes. he got the nickname veto corleone. if he saw something in the budget that he thought violated his conservative principles, you could guarantee it was gonna get whacked. he vetoed a bunch of my stuff and i was the senate president. the messag

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for this time. 52 degrees in laconia was all we could muster, 59 in concord and low 60's manchester and nashua. here's where we tan now. basically we're at the highs for the day, 52 in laconia, 59 in concord and low 60's still manchester, nashua into portsmouth, rochester as well, and the monadnock region in the low 60's with the rain just about over and done with for you guys out in the western part of the state. but still pouring in a lot of areas from manchester and eastbound. up to the north things lightening up as well. i'll show you exactly where we have the heavier rain, it's now moving right along the 101 corridor. travel is slow from raymond, closer to exeter and hampton, portsmouth. you see the yellows and oranges on radar, that's indicating where some of this heavy rain is and this batch moving right over and along 101, probably getting into lee and durham and portsmouth within the next half-hour, rain probably picking up, and then finally wrapping up, you can see out by keene, alstead, his where things are wrapping up and very quickly, all of us will see that happening t

people who spent saturday in laconia say it was a success. the festival used to be held in keene and were moved because of riots at last year's event. no crazy no craziness this year. people who went said it was a lot of fun. >> good food and the pumpkins are varietal and interesting. it was a lot of fun. >> seeing jack-o-lantern. >> you are having a lot fun. >> yeah. >>julie: i like her mask. laconia business owners are happy that ircity has a chance to shine. >>> playing hottest to the extreme pumpkin chunkin event. teams competed to see who can throw a pumpkin the firstest. a world ward was set. >> we beat the world record right now. so i don't know if they will recognize it since it was not in delaware, but it has always been our goal. >>daniel: the pumpkin chunkin world championship used to take place in delaware but no one would insure the event because it was too dangerous. they threw a piano and vw bug during the event there. check it out. >>> a lobster man in beverly makes quite a catch. check out his blue check out his lobster that was caught near beverly he plans to offer

event, which has been moved to laconia. mike cronin shows us the business impact that is having in keene. mike: behind us was the pumpkin festival where it was held in downtown keene for more than 20 years, but this year the festivities are gone, along with the thousands of people who brought business into the city. walk through downtown keene, and you will find pumpkins and halloween decorations, but nothing like the site people became accustomed to every october. it was one year ago sunday that violence corrupted near keene state college during the weekend of the keene pumpkin festival. organizers are bringing the event to laconia next weekend. people have mixed views about the festival' s absence in keene. >> i' m super bummed. it was always a nice community time. everyone was down on main street. just an awesome time of year. >> you couldn' t really walk around. you couldn' t do much. we were hearing bad things more than positive sometimes. mike: businesses are feeling a dip in sales. >> it' s unfortunate. downtown-area businesses made money. >> mike: local is still dishing out burge

hit hard by downpours. brooks that run on either side of the union cemetery in laconia spilled over their banks, leaving serious damage behind. as heather hamel explains, the cemetery' s caretakers have seen flooding before, but this is a first. >> the banks of the durkee brook have been steadily eroding over the years and the last rainstorm really took a bite out of the north end of the cemetery. another foot of land gone and the water is coming dangerously close to gravesites like this. and it looks like the brook is heading right towards this mausoleum. and it' s not the only area hit hard by mother nature. across the cemetery near meadow brook, a culvert collapsed leaving behind this gapping sinkhole. it' s 30 feet long and eight feet deep, and again, very close to gravesites. an engineer was preparing to take a kayak into the pipe and see if the damage extended even further. the plan is to make repairs quickly. they already got an emergency wetlands permit and new piping will go here and re-enforcements here. and it could cost the better part of $100,000. >> we will take care o

note. not cold. 30's up north. 39 in laconia. 45 in concord. it is 49 in manchester. 50 in nashua. here's the problem, despite all of the sunshine we'll see today, the temperatures here only a few degrees warmer. it will be the highs later on this afternoon. compare that to yesterday. many of us in the 60's and 70's. this is a big cool down. 68 degrees compared to the 50 we'll be able to get to today. in manchester only about 50 compared to the 71 yesterday. we have some big changes. that's courtesy of a cold front that's swept through. that's what's bringing the clouds still in place. also the wind is really helping to usher in the colder air coming right down out of the northwest. it is starting to crank. 17 miles per hour in concord. it is going to be a breezy day as the cold air seeps in from quebec and ontario. there are the clouds still hanging out, especially up north. there are even a few clouds in southern new hampshire too. diet the clouds early on, they are going to move away. this is the cold air. much chillier air behind it. you see all of the rain in the central u.s.

time. ,in the next crews are racing to half hour, repair and protect a cemetery in laconia before more of the ground crumbles and sean: wednesday morning, october 7. live look in concord. mid-30' s in the north country to 40' s elsewhere. mild afternoon before things cool off for the end of the week and the holiday weekend. sean: a seacoast woman is asking target to pull a toy from store shelves, calling it potentially dangerous. susan haight spotted the party-packs of toy pens made to look like hypodermic needles she says the product is considering the current heroin epidemic. and with discarded needles turning up in parks and on school grounds, many parents agree. >> it is sickening i don' t know appropriate for halloween or find it unacceptable. sean: so far, target has refused to pull the toy and told news 9 that other retailers sell similar items. but haight isn' t giving up and has launched an effort on facebook trying to get others to add pressure. do you remember the guy from massachusetts who started selling snow from all the blizzards last winter? now he is looking to ca

laconia there. route 2 corridor, often become even laconia, you are starting the clouds as well. call for number one, a shot of cooler air today, that is why temperatures in the 40' north, 50' s and has the rest of the state, but wait until this guy comes through, the second goal front is going to move across the state during the overnight hours tonight and early on saturday. behind that thing, some real cold air, the coldest we' ve had all season so far. in fact, i temperatures on s of north, 40' s in the southern parts of the state. overnight tonight, the clouds will clear out for the early evening. should be no problems tonight heading out to the friday night football game, other than it being chilly. clouds will start to increase as that front that slides through saturday morning. notice up in the northern part of the state, some snow showers. there may be a couple of snow showers in the southern part of the state, too. part of the state will some of the higher terrain of north, only about a dusting to one inch, especially on the grassy surfaces and higher elevations. you might se

in the air today and heaviest rain up near laconia new hampshire back through about keene, new hampshire, anywhere south of that light showers and now into manchester, new hampshire going to have to carry umbrella and otherwise thicker clouds off to the north and west of boston and partly sunny skies down across southeastern massachusetts. right now boston at 59 and even there we got breaks in the cloud cover, only 10 miles per hour winds now but i said those wind will get more active as we go. 70 this afternoon at about 1:00 p.m. but the shower risk really rises in boston around 3:00 p.m. and going to be much sooner in nashua, much closer to where the showers are now, it is 49 and only going to reach the upper 60s and risk of rain really as soon as we hit about lunch time today i see the showers in nashua slowly sinking southward and some of the last to get in on wet weather is going to be a spot like plymouth, now at 60 looking nice and bright right now but check it out, clouds coming in mostly during the afternoon for you folks and we got storms at seven and 9:00 p.m. and st

manchester, dover, laconia, and peterborough. the first walk begins at about three minutes at 10:00 in laconia. tonight, people nationwide are coming together to raise money for pancreatic cancer research. this is the 4th year for the s not too late to register. everyone gets a purple light and the name of survivors and those who lost their life to the rare come out to veteran' s park and fill the sky with purple lights. tomorrow. chris: chilly tonight. we are going to get some sunshine, more direct light. 52-60 degrees. north you are dealing with sprinkles. it will clear out tonight and that will allow us to cool off. next 5 days,m 2 sunny days, cooler though. the leftovers of hurricane patricia come in wednesday night. sun could boost us into the 60' s to near 70 thursday before cooling off before the end of the month and halloween saturday.

or temple. there might be a couple little splashes of rain. 41 in concord. 48 in laconia. 45 in manchester. definitely a cool start. we'll rebound into the upper 50's. there may be a couple of sprinkles this morning. once we get to the afternoon, looks like we'll clear out and see sunshine at much cooler temperatures as i mentioned for the weekend and the chance for a little bit of snow too. i'll have more on the forecast in a couple of minutes. first for a look at the morning drive here in the granite state, we're joined live by deb davidson. good morning, deb. deb: good morning. 93 north and south look great. we're not seeing any delays down to concord and then from the hooksett tolls to the state line with massachusetts. 293 is moving through at the lane shift. the onramp is closed for construction. 95 looks great in both directions on the seacoast and through the hampton tolls. this report is being brought to you by autofair. i'm deb davidson for 95.7 wzid. sean: thanks. investigators have confirmed the body they found is that of sue hutchinson. erin: the attorney generals o

not over yet. frank: the new hampshire pumpkin festival lighting up for the first time in laconia. the world record they attempted to break. >> you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning! this is newscenter 5's "eyeopener." frank: it's 8:31 on this sunday morning. i'm frank holland. antoinette: and i'm antoinette antonio along with danielle vollmar. brew that coffee. hold a nice warm mug and hang out for a while until the rain moves through. danielle: i hear people have the blankets out on the couch right now. not a bad thing to do although today in the afternoon it's actually going to be a lot right? temperatures in the 60's but we have to get through these showers this morning. if you are headed out the door right now, i would grab an umbrella or some rain gear because light rain has been falling through the last several hours or so. and now there's heavier downpours just north of boston just right up all the way to gloucester and cape ann. wilmington seeing some too. down through framingham. brockton is in on it now. all this is shifting to the east. but behind it

pumpkin festival lighting up for the first time in laconia. the world record they attempted to break. >> you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning! this is newscenter 5's "eyeopener." frank: and it's 5:30 on this sunday morning. i'm frank holland. antoinette: and i'm antoinette antonio along with danielle vollmar. tracking some showers this morning but is the whole day going to be a washout. danielle: not a washout by any means. maybe you can sleep through the showers this morning. by afternoon you'll see breaks of sunshine. we just have to get through them. you know what? we really need the rain. we'll take that. here's what's happening. it's pushing through worcester county right now. southern new hampshire. you might experience some drizzle even in metro west as it pushes farther to the east. but here is that real swath of moisture from manchester to nashua. back to leominster and worcester. heavier showers, you can see some yellows in here embedded. basically out in western mass. all of this is pushing to the east. associated with it. it's a cold front. it's going

degrees in concord. 39 laconia. this is just the beginning. especially when the skies clear out, that is when the temperatures are really going to plummet. the wind has not been helping either. cold air to seek down from quebec. it feels cooler with the wind blowing. look at these temperatures overnight. the coldest we have been since last spring. teens up north and 20' s everywhere else. closer to 30 at the seacoast. this is some cold stuff and will signal the end to the growing season. a freeze warning has been issued in the counties and purple. if you have sensitive plants, cover them up. a few snow showers, especially in the higher terrain where they continue through the overnight hours. a couple of rain showers, very hampshire. we will have a least of the risk higher summit as we go through the next day because of the cold and condenses and then you get snow. so on the mountain peaks tomorrow, and the higher elevations, the threat of some snow showers. for the rest of us, sunny, despite the sun, it is not going to feel warm. temperatures in the 40' s in the southern part of the s

annual pumpkin festival kicked off this weekend in new hampshire, but this year it in laconia. it had had previously been held in keene, but the city denied a permit for this year after riots broke out at last year's event. the festival this year was very calm and a lot of fun, people say. >> good food. the pumpkins are incredibly vary tall and interesting. >> a lot of fun. >> you're having a good time? >> yeah. >> anchor: business owners and fest goers alike said they are happy with the new location and excited that laconia is getting this chance to shine. tonight parents are on edge in methuen after two teens were arrested accused of threatening tonight fox 25's robert spoke to parents taking extra precautions. >> reporter: parents don't know what to think after hearing two students at teny grammar school were arrested after police say the 14 and 1-year-olds threatened to shoot up the school monday, even warning some friends to stay home. police searched the students' homes and did not find any guns. >> it's still nerve wracking, every day we send our kids here, lucky methuen police

scene in laconia sunday when a 106. the laconia fire department says a ford 250 was fully engulfed in flames when they arrived on the scene. no one was hurt. no ward on what started the fire. in rochester, a motorcycle crash backed up traffic sunday morning. police say the driver of the motorcycle abruptly stopped and was rear ended by a car. the biker was taken to the hospital with none life threatening injuries. >>> a driver hit a state troopers cruiser on 93 south in campton. they got a call yesterday saying a driver was weaving in and out of traffic. minutes later, the driver hit the cruiser. troopers arrested 63-year-old katherine d'angelo for driving while intoxicated. sergeant muzzey was treated for minor injury. >>> they launched a new web site to help electricity consumer shop for competitive rates and suppliers. on pu c.nh.gov customers identify if they are residential or small commercial businesses. then they select their local utility. officials say this will make it easier for customers to scroll through the various products and prices and decide which meets their needs.

surprising trend that happens just after a mass shooting. >>> a laconia man is charged with raping an 18-year-old woman in his house. police say 23-year-old nicholas was arrested last night around 6:00. officers say the attack happened on monday at his maple street home and he's charged with aggravated assault. he will be arraigned in laconia district court tomorrow morning. >>> in brockton overall crime is down but a spike in murders gives the city the highest murder rate in the state for cities with 75,000 residents or more. an f.b.i. report shows that brockton is the seventh largest city in massachusetts. there were 12 murders in brockton last year. now in comparison, boston's population is about seven times the size of brockton there were 53 murders in boston last year. >>> officials from mgm resorts visiting springfield tomorrow to gain support for the casino it's building in show. that they will be meeting with springfield's mayor for the resign of the resort. that redesign takes away a 25 story class hotel to youer and 54 apartment units. mgm is also asking to open the casino in 2

laconia, and in 63 in lebanon, 64 in manchester. 57 in portsmouth. so temperatures cooling down over the past couple of hours here. 56 degrees in boston. to the west temperatures very similar to us in albany it's about 64 degrees. 63 in binghamton, new york. completely clear skies across the area today. it was beautiful, you really start to see the foliage popping and the colors just gorgeous. notice off to the west though there is a storm system on the way for us, we've got some rain that will be moving through. as this system approaches. tonight we'll have clouds increasing, this is about 10:00 tonight. so this evening, and even until 10:00 we should be pretty much cloud-free. but then after that is when we'll start to see the clouds filling in. tomorrow morning, starting out with cloudy skies, there may be a few showers that get going, especially in the upper valley or the great north woods. but the rest of us will see the rain coming through, about midday and into the afternoon. there could be some steadier heavier downpours around noontime or after. then into the evening more sc

the police. this morning a man from romania is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in laconia. police say he assaulted the woman who he knows at his house. he declined bail and is expected to appear in court tomorrow. a warning about a new scam circulating asking people to ask envelopes of money on their front doors. the strange request was reported last week, as jean mackin explains, people want to get the warning out quickly. police here in north hampton say the scam may have been reported in their town, but they want a warning to go out to the entire state. police say the phone calls arrive with an unusual request, asking people to leave donations outside so that veterans and a visiting member of congress can stop by to collect. >> indicated that the vfw would be in the area with a local member of congress today, accepting donations and they were instructed to leave an envelope in the front door of the residence. >>, but it's all a scam. no member of congress is coming. the vfw does not collect donations this way. north hampton police informed the vfw and the attorney gener

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threatening people in laconia, new hampshire this afternoon. here you can see them pulling a shot gun and ammo out of an apartment building on jewell street. tonight, police say he may have left of the area. and there is i warning of a scam that targets immigrants. a man from bangladesh received a call from someone posing as a federal agent, threatening to deport him if he did not pay money. the victim was conned into wiring $2500 to an end to take -- to an untraceable western union account in washington. >> police don' t call demand in it is not traceable and it is gone forever. ed: police warn that scammers may use a toll number similar to the irs and may even be able to give you the last four digits of your social security number. heather: and sweeping changes are called for tonight after a problem 5 investiages first expose more than a year ago. the tires that you are driving on may look and feel fine, but there could be a hidden danger. safety experts told us that even though your tires may have plenty of tread, as they age, and that is in as little as six years, the inside material can d

them. >>> four people threatening with a gun in laconia. the incident put several schools and part of downtown on lockdown. officers received a report that the gunman was in an apartment on jewitt street. they shot tear gas inside the apartment. inside they found a gun and ammo but the suspect was no ammo but the suspect was nowhere to be found. >>> another search in stoneham for two men who allegedly robbed a local coin store and tied up the employees. the men walked into the colonial trading jewelry store seemingly trying to sell a piece of jewelry but attacked the two clerks and ran off with an unknown amount of gold coins an unknown amount of gold coins. >> during the transaction one of the suspects pulled out a the second employee working in the store heard the noise, came over to assist and he was tased as well. >>reporter: and one of the suspects also had a knife. fox25 has learned a similar heist happened last march. in that incident, robbers made off with $250,000 in gold coins. no arrests have been made in either case. >>> this morning police in chelmsford are looking for th

october about 64, and we got there. 62 degrees in portsmouth. 61 laconia, upper fifth in the northern part of the state. rochester, 53 portsmouth. manchester. but already some 40's, up in plumb it it's 49. and 52 in whitefield. here's the scoop on the satellite and radar, we've been enjoying all the sunshine. today we had that beautiful crystal clear blue sky, barely any clouds in sight. that changes when you look to there. this is the precursor of those clouds to this storm system through. it's going through the lakes region or at least the breaks region over the next couple of hours here, and eventually will march through our area during the day tomorrow. here we go on future cast, this will take you hour by hour through time. tonight mainly clear skies at least through the evening, this is about 10:00, so temperatures will take a pretty big dip quickly. but then the clouds will fill in. here we are by 7:00 a.m. most of you should be able to get to the bus stop and get to work without getting wet. but the rain showers will be starting up in the northern part of the state first. then

festival. organizers move it to laconia. it is scheduled for next weekend. stores and restaurants in keene are trying to compensate for the drop in business. everyone' s pocket a little bit. everyone, the nonprofits, the local businesses. from the girl scouts to the charter school, it will hurt us all. >> i am bummed about it. it was a nice community time. everyone was out on main street. it was an awesome time of year. mike: another business told us on the saturday of pumpkinfest last year, they made $14,000 in profit. this year, they may just $4000. mike cronin, wmur news 9. jamie: meanwhile, a weekend of fall fun wrapped up this afternoon in goffstown. the goffstown main street program put on a series of events to celebrate the end of the pumpkin growing season. today' s main event was a giant pumpkin regatta that featured 10 teams. there was also a 10-k road race this morning and a pumpkin weigh-off on saturday. lori davis: it' s the best of small town activities. everybody loves it. it brings such joy about fall, and it brings the child out in us, and it reminds us what we love

moment. 48 degrees in manchester. 45 in laconia. once the winds diminish -- they are still blowing a little bit in concord -- once they die down, temperatures will fall into the 30' s across the state. for the school day forecast for monday, we will have temperatures starting out in the 30' s and up to 45 by recess. at last bell, temperatures only in the 50' s. we have some rain and wind on the way as we get into the rest of the work week. i will have the full forecast ahead. stephanie: a main father is due in court tomorrow, charged in the murder of his three-month-old son. police say 24-year-old eugene charley martin no killed his one-year-old son. the baby was taken to maine medical center with serious medical injuries. he died yesterday. the baby and his twin sister were born premature, and the little girl remains hospitalized, although that is unconnected to her brother' death. leo' s mother said in massachusetts home exploded this afternoon. escaped alive. the blast and fire destroyed the home. fire officials say they believe the gas problem caused the explosion. neighbors sa

anywhere near. temperatures are beginning to fall. 34 degrees in whitefield. 37 in laconia. 36 in lebanon. still in the 40' s in manchester and portsmouth. those places will likely be the warmest spots early tomorrow with temperatures in the upper 30' s. the rest of us, upper 20' s, low 30' s. the winds have thankfully started to die down. they have been rustling all throughout the weekend. finally, we will see a break from that over the next couple days. here are the temperatures i expect overnight. upper 20' s and the great north woods, north of the notches. that does include plymouth and conway. 33 degrees in concord. in the low-to-mid 30' s in the monadnock region with some spots, even with temperatures above freezing, could get some' s frost -- get some frost. that is why there' s been a frost advisory. areas to the north, you guys have already had your frost. because of that, the national weather service doesn' t issue frost advisories anymore. the growing season is technically over. for those of you in this blue area, before you head to bed, run outside real quick and cover up any

police have identified the man who was the focus of a standoff in laconia. an arrest warrant has been issued for 26-year-old robert audette to felony criminal threatening. police surrounded the apartment building on jewett street yesterday where they thought audette was. after firing tear gas into the building, officers made their way inside, but audette was gone. officers did find a shotgun though and bags of ammo. jennifer: tonight 1500 individual hits of heroin are arrest. elmer torre says was arrested on the west side of the city, detectives found 30 fingers of heroin. torres is charged with possession with intent to distribute and conspiracy to commit the sale. josh: both the governor and republican leaders today talked about passing legislation that will address the heroin epidemic. but today the governor said it needs to be sooner rather than later. jennifer: governor hassan wants a special legislative session to crank out new laws quickly. and while republicans agreed that change needs to happen soon, they say the process can't be rushed. >> this is not a problem that is going

game, which will be held june 25 at saint anselm college. craig kozens of laconia returns he led the east to the 29-15 win over the summer. paul lavigne will coach team west. he was the head coach for west in 2014, with his team winning 24-7. the chad game features graduating high school seniors from the granite state. always fun to watch. tom: still to come on newsnine tonight. you' ve seen our home at last series on new hampshire chronicle. shelley: now, the wmur news team behind that series is being honored for making a difference in the lives of granite state children. it is time to deal with skyrocketing out-of-pocket costs. commentator: the 32-year-old head of a pharmaceutical company raised the price of a life-saving drug overnight by 5,000%. i'm announcing a detailed plan to crack down on these abuses. commentator: he may be lowering it after hillary clinton blasted him out of the water. the out-of-pocket costs that consumers have to pay. should have to choose between buying the medicine they need and paying their rent. i'm hillary clinton, who is it that's got the foreign po

, overturned cars, and dozens were arrested. officials in laconia promise a different scene this year. positive name. we're well prepared for anything that's going to happen, and what happened in here. >> the festival holds the record for the most lightest pumpkins is one place. this year, trying to set a new record with more than 30,000 pumpkinsp. >>> a developing story right now in texas. they are bracing there for up to a foot of rain over the next few days. overnight, some areas saw 4 inches of rain in one hour. that submerged cars and left drivers stranded. and the remnants of hurricane patricia could cause even more problems over the next several daysp. >>> we're all hoping we won't see a repeat of last year's record snowfall, but even if we do, we won't see the monster snow piles. that's because boston said it will not build megapiles like they did last year. instead, the plan is to spread out the snow on land, in charlestown, dorr chester and hyde park. the 75 foot snow pile in southie didn't melt fully until july. >>> another holdover from last winter are the bad memorie

decades in laconia. >> for 21 years i've been here, i've never ever had the power shut off in either one of my buildings. reporter: he admits he paid his bill to eversource late a few times but says he's always eventually made his account current. but he's been ordered to pay a $260 security detoes to it keep his account open. >> if i don't pay it by the 29th or the 30th, from what i under they're going to come out and shut my power off. reporter: he a eversource perfect miss to discuss his account with us. eversource says he's received three disconnect notices in the last 12 months. >> for us it's a minimum of two disconnect notices before we would request a deposit. and a disconnect would only come after a bill is paid more than 60 days past the time it was issued. reporter: for residential customers, security deposit requests are sent after four disconnect notices. eversource says those deposit are eventually given back, with interest, after one to two years of on time payments. for reaper he thinks the security deposit is unnecessary, especially for someone with a currently up to dat

into plymouth, 22 miles per hour. the wind gusts at plymouth and laconia as of yet, that's the colder air starting to come down behind this system. the rain is pretty much done with, there are just a couple of spotty showers and there may be a few scattered showers through the evening here, but those are going to start to clear away along with the clouds too. then the cold will set in, as this low pressure system lifts up toward the north and east and drags down that colder air behind it. so overnight tonight, a few lingering cloud and showers especially up north and there may be higher elevation snow showers early tomorrow morning, but the rest of us, bright and sunny for our friday, and highs only in the 40's and 50's tomorrow. tomorrow night will be a chilly one if you're going out to the friday night football games. it going to be cold with the temperatures falling into the 30's in a lot of spots, but saturday for halloween, it looks nice, bright and sunny and a couple degrees warmer. tonight showers and clear skies and cool. temperatures up north 40's. central and southern

contoocook as well as hooksett and ashland. former maryland governor o'malley will visit laconia, manchester, hooksett and nashua. jennifer: nine years ago tonight manchester police officer michael briggs answered his last call. he and his partner responded to a domestic disturbance and gunfire broke out. briggs was shot in the head, he died the next day. his killer is now new hampshire's only death row inmate. briggs had served on the manchester force for five years. tom: still to come at 6:00 tonight a popular market in sunapee was set to reopen to customers today, but one more hurdle won't stop the owners of jake's market. jennifer: plus new hampshire native james foley would have turned 41 this weekend, the event going onto remember his life and to support the causes important to him. mike: sun for some and mixed showers for others to kick off the weekend. what follows for sunday and tom: the reopening of a popular market in sunapee has been delayed. in january a huge fire destroyed jake's market. but the owners have rebuilt and a ribbon cutting took place wednesday. the plan

north. 41 in manchester. everybody else across the state has fallen into the 30' s including laconia at 36. once we see the skies clear out a little bit more, temperatures are going to drop. a freeze warning has been posted . there are the snow showers to the north. clearing skies will take place over the next couple of hours and that is when the temperatures will drop. those temperatures in the 20 statewide, that is what we will wake up to. i will break it all down for you in a couple of minutes. stephanie: a 17-year-old girl was found dead in a motel room this morning in rochester. police say it could have been a drug overdose. her mother was in the room with her. wmur' s mike cronin joins us live in the studio to explain. mike: police say was a man was also in the room with them. authorities say her death is suspicious. police say a drug overdose could >> the heroine problem is a real issue. mike: investigators say they were with her mother. her mom' s acquaintance called police just before 5:00 saturday morning. >> when the personnel arrived, the female was deceased. mike: the teena