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confederate flag. and one person in jail under serious charges and what a suspect did during a local festival. tonight a petition is gaining momentum to take jefferon davis name off route one in northern virginia and a lot of you are sharing this story on our facebook page and making it clear how you feel. it goes from prince george spotsylvania counties. you spoke with the man who started all of this jackie? reporter: well we can tell you this petition was started several months ago. it is such a part of the daily existence for month commuters that most people don t register the official name of a significant part of route 1 as it threads through northern virginia. it bears the name of the man who served as president of the confederacy jefferson davis. i started on may 2nd six weeks before the charleston massacre, the dreaded charleston massacre. the reaction to the petition? 3000 people have signed it so far, the last time i looked. but i ve had this nega ....
hello and thanks for thank you for joining user first on fox. the day after thanksgiving tragedy strikes the phoenix fire department. a captain within the department was killed this morning in an atv crash into northern arizona. he was off duty at the time. he had been with the the united phoenix firefighters association has set up this gofundme page. our stefania okolie joins us live with what we are learning. this loss was unexpected and it has take an toll on the community. captain was a husband and a father to four young girls. today the department telling us this was a firefighter who never thought twice about putting his life on the line. he made it his duty to save phoenix fire department has a big missing piece. it just couldn t be worse. captain p.j. dean is struggling to wrap his head around the news he got today. the entire phoenix fire department is. we ve lost an exceptional family member. a 20 year veteran of the department, a mentor, and a ....
it just couldn t be worse. captain p.j. dean is struggling to wrap his head around the news he got today. the entire phoenix fire department is. we ve lost an exceptional family member. a 20 year veteran of the department, a mentor, and a hero gone. 45-year-old captain chris fit maurice was killed in an atv crash. he was on a trip in northern arizona. we deal with tragedy all long. but when it hits home like this it s really difficult for us to process because we have to look at it in a different way than we normally do. the capton wasn t just a firefighter in the department. but a friend to many. he put himself in people s lives and touched them in many ways. the loss is simply hard. can t imagine losing him and can t imagine being without him. we don t have the ability to calculate what his loss is going to mean to our department. need help we have a link to the gofundm page on fox10phoenix.com if you are interested in helping you can head there. live in ....
now wmur news 9 at six. , it is the perfect fall day. leaves are turning and many of you are out in joining fall foliage. i am stephanie woods. haley woods is here. hayley lapoint is here. hayley: take a look at the latest report. the peak is spreading over northern portions of this state as well as washington valley. high color for everyone except for the seacoast. splashes of color across the state. it was a comfortable day after starting out so cool. clear skies tonight. many of us get to enjoy it in 70 degree weather. i will talk about just how hot it will get coming up. stephanie: hundreds of thousands of people are flocking to the granite state. kristen carosa tells us how the leaves are bringing business to the north country. kristen: the foliage is absolutely beautiful. more than 6000 people are expected to come to the state this holiday weekend to check out this view. the fall colors we are waiting for are in full bloom. it is absolutely gorgeous. it is phe ....
some tell us they have yet to see plow. in allentown road conditions still so bad school is closed again tomorrow. dozens of schools are closed or delayed tomorrow. you ll see them scrolling at the bottom of your screen. good evening i m iain page. i m lucy noland. we have live team coverage from across our area tonight. kathy orr is track wagon could be a slick morning. shawnette wilson live in allentown but we begin with chris o connell in south philly. chris, what do you think? is the city ready for school in the morning? reporter: the city is ready. i m not sure about the kids. tens of thousands will be going back to school tomorrow. they had two days vacation. now it s back to business. back to reality. but some especially with big piles of snow on almost every street corner in the city getting to school thome be the biggest test of the school day. are you looking forward to walking to school tomorrow? i m really not new york city. reporter: you can t b ....