This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news seventy degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon. I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. We are following some developing news when it comes to the Karen Reid saga. The illegal sagas continuing and a date has now been set in the state's highest court. W z's book McCarthy joins this lot with the Tails book.
Then, the State Supreme Judicial Court has set a date of November six to hear oral arguments in the case of Karen Reid. Justice is agreeing to take up the case after lawyers for Karen Reid had filed a motion to dismiss two of the three charges against her in a lower court on the grounds of double jeopardy, but Judge Beverly Canoni said it didn't amount to that. Judge Canoni presided over her first criminal trial that ended with a hung jury. Her second all three charges is set
to begin in January of next year. In their arguments with the SJC, lawyers for Reid site messages and phone call juror saying they were unanimous to acquit her on leaving the scene and second degree murder. The prosecution has until October sixteenth that filed their brief with the SGC. This all comes as Read also faces a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of John O'Keeffe, which her team is trying to get paused until after the criminal case is settled.
Ben all right, then, the mosquito season, it's waning, but it's still here and the threats still exist. In New Hampshire, another death from tripoli.
The Hampshire officials are confirming a second resident has died from eastern neckwine encephalitis. The patient was an adult man from Danville. The first death, announced in late August was a neighboring Hampstead. In total, the Granite State has confirmed five patients with the mosquito borne illness. There have been four here in Massachusetts and an action the town manager
now confirms to us a resident tragically died. With the news coming down early last month base date, Health officials won't release information on any triple E deaths till the end of the season. Risk levels are now falling, but the threat won't be eliminated until the first hard frost. West Nile is still a problem as well. With DPH now confirming two more cases, a woman in her sixties likely exposed in Middlesex County and a woman in her
seventies likely exposed out of state. Madison Rogers w b Z, Boston's news radio.
There's a new colonel in town. Jeffrey Noble, sworn in as the head of the State Police by Governor Moray Hilly today.
Colonel Jeffrey Noble is the first leader of the Massachusetts State Police who is from outside the department's ranks. He was the retired second in command of the New Jersey State Police. Noble takes command of a force plagued by corruption scandals in recent years, including overtime, fraud, and bribery scandals that led to troopers being criminally charged. Governor Morrehey on the men she appointed.
Colonel Noble is the right leader for this agency at this moment in time. I'm confident that he is the leader that are hard working State Police and the people of Massachusetts deserve.
Colonel Noble takes command of a trooper training program it's under investigation after the death of a recruit at the State House. Mike maclum WBZ Boston's news radio.
Fair season continues along in Massachusetts. The top Field Fair kicking off right now giant pumpkins being hoisted onto the scales. The oldest agricultural fair in Massachusetts is underway until October fourteenth. Spooky Month continues in Salem. After last night's Haunted Happenings Grand Parade. You could be one of about a million people to hit the Witch City in October for the
Haunted Happenings Festival. A halfway decent weekend coming our way and halfway decent because we got to get through a little bit of shower activity. First Tonight, we'll have some clouds rolling in. We'll have a shower late, especially north and west of the city, temperatures in the mid to upper fifties. Tomorrow, we'll have those showers early, especially north and west of town, but anybody can see a shower or sprits or a sprinkle. But in the afternoon we'll
be seeing partly the mostly sunny sky. So a very nice second half of Saturday with temperatures in the load to mid seventies. Sundays and nice day a little cooler, but a mix of sun and clouds. Temperatures load a mid sixties and then we'll have temperatures mainly in the mid sixties on Monday, with some showers around. It's seventy degrees right now in Boston. In the mood to get yourself some fresh air, try to step it out of the Public Garden, breathe in the sites and smells. But
below the garden there are secrets in WBCs. Matt Shearer got a tour.
On a beautiful fall day in the public Garden. Watch your stead. We're about to climb down a ladder to the faults. Welcome to the ball. That is Rebecca Mckeviit's from Friends of the Public Garden. She'll be leading us on this underground adventure he took.
The other fountains has their own ball. None are nearly as vague or as intricate as this one.
In other words, there are several vaults throughout the public Garden, all of which house pumps, filters, and electronics for the water fountains.
This is a state of the art uv system. No chemicals are used to clean the water.
There's also a computer down here that automates lights. So now these two fountains from the eighteen hundred shine than that.
They were never lit before, and now at nighttime, they're much more exciting.
It's lid.
Yeah, it's lit from the vaults.
Natt Shearer, w DZ, Boston's news Radio. The death toll from Hurricane Helene has risen to two hundred and nineteen. Vice President Kamala Harris making a second trip into the impacted region.
Vice President Harris will travel to North Carolina Saturday to survey the impacts of Hurricane Helene and get a briefing on the ongoing recovery efforts. There, she'll give officials an update on federal actions being taken to support the emergency response and recovery efforts in North Carolina and other states throughout the southeast. Harris traveled to Augusta, Georgia, on Wednesday, where she met with impacted families, surveyed damage, distributed food
and water, and met with state and local officials. Karen Traver's ABC News the White House.
Former President Trump will return to Butler, Pennsylvania tomorrow, where he was shot by an attempted assassin in July. Meantime, at a rally in Georgia today, Vice presidential nominee jd Vance told supporters the former president's handling of assassination attempts shows he fit for office.
You want a man who can stand in the gap, who can literally take a bullet and keep his composure and stay who he is.
That's Donald J.
Trump.
That's why we got to make him the next president of United States, because we need a leader in the oval office, not a follower like Kamala Harris.
My Senator Advance will pay a visit to Massachusetts tomorrow. He's scheduled to appear at a closed door fundraising luncheon in Gloucester. You are now in the loop for news updates throughout the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Ben Parker, WBZ, Boston's news radio