On record for suspected opioid deaths in the city. Griffith. Shelley and im shelley walcott. American medical response responded to 60 overdoses this month in manchester. 14 of them were deadly. And the mayor says the governor isnt doing enough to deal with the epidemic. Wmurs mike cronin joins us live from manchester. Mike . Mike mayor ted gatsas is frustrated appoint a new drug czar. Governor Maggie Hassans office says shes interviewing people to find the most qualified candidate as soon as possible. This morning manchester set a troubling record. There have been 14 suspected opioid related deaths the most for one month in the queen city. American medical response says the addiction crisis is getting worse. Ive been doing this my whole life. Ive never seen it like this before. Mike monday manchester mayor ted gatsas called out governor Maggie Hassan for not filling the drug czar position. And start challenging this at the top. Mike the states former drug left his role earlier this wh
We feel like we have complied with all of the Campaign Finance laws. All of the election laws. And we expect that all of our supporters have done so also. Now, in some cases the court has said referendum votes could be invalidated if public money was used to advocate for its passage. We will keep watching. If you would like to see a breakdown which public universities contributed institutional funds to the connect nc committee we have it posted on wbtv. Com. North carolinas Coal Ash Commission has been disbanded according to our partners at the Charlotte Observer. The commission was formed to oversee state regulators while toque Energy Closes coal ash ponds. Governor mccrory challenged the legislatures appointments to the commission and won. The Charlotte Observer mentioned an email quoting the commission is no longer a legal entity. Two boys 13 and 14 years old are facing charges after shots were fired at charlottemecklenburg police. The 14yearold fired at officers last night on milto
Highs in the lower 40s saturday mostly cloudy with highs in the upper 40s time now for your timesaver traffic report. The president of the ndoublea cp roanoke chapter will hold the president of the ndoublea cp roanoke chapter will hold a News Conference today about a recent officer involved shooting police say 18 yearold Kionte Spencer died after being shot twice by police on friday night. Spencer was holding what we now know was a bb gun. Officers say they ordered spencer to drop his weapon. When he refused they tased him. After that failed. Shots were fired. We spoke with spencers brother who says they were close carl spencer, subjects brother thats what makes it so crazy. And, thats another reason why i came here, because this is not sitting right with me. Ill never be able to get over him until i find out what happened. The officers involved are on admistrative leave while the department conducts an internal investigation to make sure protocol was followed. A raleigh, North Carolin
Live from the kgo tv Broadcast Center this is abc 7 news. A twist in a missing persons case. A mother and young daughter from San Francisco have been found. But were learning tonight the search may have had more to do with the investigation of a man well known for being beaten by Alameda County sheriffs deputies. Im matt keller in for eric thomas. Abc 7 News Reporter Alyssa Harrington has been following the story all day. She just spoke with family members of the mom and daughter who are relieved they are safe tonight. I got off the phone with the mother of dana rinta. She wants to thank everyone who helped search for her daughter and granddaughter. Dana rinta and her 1yearold daughter scarlet were found safe and unharmed. They were reported missing yesterday, the same day fbi agents raided a home in San Franciscos visitation valley. They arrested Stanislaus Petrov who is rintas exboyfriend. You can see him handcuffed led out of the house by the fbi n put in the back of a police car. W
And 7 miles in livermore. Yesterday we had sunshine all around the bay. Today low clouds and fog bank up along the coast. The onshore flow even stronger. We will have the coastal clouds, meaning temperatures just a little cooler today. Chris. Lisa, thank you. Developing news out of San Francisco. A mother and her young daughter are safe this morning but the search for them may have been connected to the investigation of a man wellknown for being beaten by almeda county sheriffs deputy. Abc7 news report he has the latest. Reporter play say 23yearold dana rinta and her oneyearold daughter, scarlet, were found you unharmed. They went miss hadding after a raid. They arrested stanislav petrov, who police say is her exboyfriend. He was led out of the house and put in the back of a police car. We know at some point in time they were, and their conversation that we want to have with hi. Investigators want to talk to rinta about him. Petrov is also the man seen in this Surveillance Video. Hes s