Portsmouth police officially have a new chief. Tanya chapman was officially sworn in to start her new job as head of the citys first africanamerican woman to hold the position. 10 on your sides jason marks was there for chief chapmans ceremony. Jason . Chief chapman says today was a dream come true. A day she has dreamed about for 27 years when she began her career in Law Enforcement. Chapman was serving as the commonwealths deputy secretary of Public Safety and homeland security. Before that she spent time with the both the arlington and richmond she spoke a little bit today about her vision as treat all citizens with respect and to do the right thing when no one is looking. She comes into a department that is under the microscope after officer Stephen Rankin was charged with killing William Chapman last year. The new chief says in this day and age, Police Departments need to open whats going on. Chapman Portsmouth Police 55 42 50 transparency and accountability leads to legitimacy so
Region. Chief meteorologist don slater is in the super dor our first forecast. Don, tonight . Tonight scattered showers are possible with likely rain after midnight. Lows in the mid s. Wind ne 1015mph. Tuesday rain is likely by the afternoon. Highs in evening. Highs in the upper 60s. Wind ese 1525mph g. 35. An area of low pressure for tuesday. Especially in the morning. Then rain tapers, by the afternoon. However, a warm front moves north of our area on wednesday. Itll put rethats favorable for severe storms. So, stay weather aware. Itll be warm and windy with highs well into the 60s. The front crosses by wednesday night with cooler weather a big announcement today coming from Virginia Beach mayor will sessoms. He made it offical on our midday show that hes is seeking reelection for a third term as mayor. Many people questioned if he would run after the recent conflict of interest scandal. 10 on your sides andy fox talked to sessoms about why is he running again. 31 41 9 4pm after a lo
Hospital. Good evening, i m tom griffith. Rescuers say she could not have survived much longer in the water. Our jean mackin witnessed the rescue and joins us live from the scene. Jean . Jean it happened right in the river by arms park. 911 received a call that a woman jumped in the river. First responders say they haven t confirmed yet if she jumped or fell. When we arrived they had just spotted her head bobbing in the water. It was a desperate race against time to reach a woman washing down the merrimack river. Anyone see her . . Right there. Jean the first challenge, spot water. You can hear rescuers urge her to grab hold of a rope. Firefighters lowered ropes and a ladder for her to hold onto , buying an extra minute for the rescue boat to arrive. She was dressed in some dark and it is nighttime. Trying to find her, looking for something bouncing anyways can make it difficult. She lost her grip once, floating away from First Responders she reached out and grabbed the wall. That s wh
No one covers New Hampshire like we do. Now, wmur news 9 daybreak. Erin good morning, New Hampshire. I m erin fehlau. Sean hi there. I m sean mcdonald. It did not feel like february at all yesterday. We are settling back into a more normal pattern. Kevin yesterday, it was the snow and then the rain and the wind. Temperatures continue to fall back to the freezing mark now. We are not expecting a lot in the way of precipitation today. There might be flurries in western and Northern Areas in the afternoon. Mid30 s North Country to lower half of the 40 s in southern spots. Let s take a look at your morning ride. We are joined by 95. 7 wzid s deb davidson. Good morning. Deb good morning, kevin. Compared to yesterday, the roads are nice and quiet as you start your morning commute. Be aware of possible black ice depending on where you are on major highways, especially on on and off ramps. 93 is moving well and 293 is ok from the upper to the lower split. 101 is moving well. 95 is up to speed
February 20th, im amy coveno. Parts of the state saw some snow overnight making it a little slick. Youre looking at concord. You can see the shiny black asphalt and you can see the pavement there. Meteorologist josh judge told us it was coming. It was slow going for me this morning, josh. Josh a little bit of snow and we had some snow which in some cases changed over to rain showers, not a lot of accumulation, but a coating to as much as an inch fell overnight. Look at the temperatures though, its pretty mild out there for this early in the morning. A look at the snow batch that rolled through. Another one coming through right now. Notice how theres more rain in the next batch as the temperatures are rising and once this area of snow pulls away this morning, then we will actually see some partly sunny skies developing in central and southern New Hampshire. Meanwhile, mixed rain and snow showers will continue in northern New Hampshire, but look on the way. 42 to 52 for today. Well talk