They seemed like it was on one side. You put them on their feet, and they just fell. Almost like one side was, like, paralyzed. Reporter there was no sign of people feeding birds and no sign of poisoning. So Inspectional Services is checking to see if anyone used a control agent called avatrol. There are three types of birds you can do control measures on. You can use a chemical called avatrol. It has to be mixed in a very safe way, not its made to disperse. It is a shocking agent. Reporter no other species of birds were affected, only the grackles which are only ash here in the summer. So the Animal Rescue league of boston and Inspectional Services are trying to figure it all out. Were not sure whats going on if there is an environmental toxin or some disease thats being spread around the birds. Reporter you heard Inspectional Services mention avatrol. To use it, you have to have a permit. To figure out if anyone in the area has a permit for that. Reporting live from dorchester, im bi
That could reach negative 30. So cold it can be dangerous being outside even for a few minutes. Our chief meteorologist eric fisher. Just here at 11 00 its 8 below in worcester and 13 below in pits field. Some incredible numbers out there. We have the wind which is really the bigger issue tonight. Weve got wind gusts a little over 30 miles per hour. Vineyard haven at 38 and our feels like temperatures, 34 below in manchester and 35 below in concord and these areas where it kind of drops out are color scale only goes across Northern New England tonight. Windchill warnings in effect the strongest winds now until lunchtime tomorrow. Still cold in the afternoon. But at least that wind is going to start to relax a little bit. As for actual air temperatures, forecasting 8 below in boston. That will smash the record for the date. 13 below in worcester and 12 morning and if we reach that 8 below mark, not just break the record for the date, but well also see the coldest temperature this mornin
Continue until 10 00 tonight. The strongest winds are going to be in the next couple of hours and then they will die down. The other story is we are up in the 50s, 54 boston, colder air is just across the border into new york. We will go subfreezing tonight. Most of that will be after midnight. It is not a flash freeze but things will freeze up overnight , 20s Central Massachusetts and 32 in boston by tomorrow morning. Will take a full look we will take a full look at your forecast coming up. Like it or not drivers have two tickets it. Here is the rain sewing down rain everywhere. Slowing down traffic everywhere. Where are you ken . We are on 24 heading southbound toward brockton. Vacation week. It seems to be a good Old Fashioned slow rushhour for the most part. We are going to try to show you the roadway. This is on 24 through brockton. We are getting the occasional sheets of wind driven rain but not the blinding stuff and not the kind of wind that makes you change lanes against your
When called before the judge, Joseph Zuniga was exposed, just as the photos he was accused of sending one of his teenage students. The defendant has sent the photo to him when he was 16 years old last year. Reporter according to prosecutors, the 22yearold admitted to sending the batch of nude pictures first when the student was 16 and then again when he was 17 all throw facebook messenger. Rumors the south Bridge High School resource officer heard through the mill and reported. Some of them we could clearly see his face attached to the image, so we knew it was the teacher. We interviewed the teacher who was cooperative and agreed to come to headquarters with us for questioning. Reporter new from court, the south Bridge High Schoolteacher is said to have custody of his younger brother and sister. He, himself, celebrating his 23rd birthday today. His parents had no comment on their sons alleged actions. Came, avoiding the cameras but facing the charge. Zuniga was ordered to stay away fro
For illegally dumping trash and torching stolen cars. The body, however, is a first. The way things are in society now adays with people just shooting anybody randomly, that doesnt surprise me. Reporter about mid afternoon, a distraught young woman showed up here at the crime scene fearing the victim might be her 24yearold sister. Now, the family hasnt seen her in 36 hours or so, and were told her Facebook Page has gone abnormally silent. Live in worcester tonight, ken macleod, wbz news. A High School Student pound staggering out of a swamp in framingham wear nothing shoes and tonight her classmate is under arrest accuses of raping her. Liam . Reporter they are both students at framingham high. The alleged rape happened during school hours. Police say 18yearold patrick could youer and three hours skipped school wednesday. They were allegedly drinking and doing drugs near the woods counselors later found the female student who initially police. She was heavily intoxicated and half dress