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Saturday, September 12

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We're expecting heavy rain this weekend, and there are flood watches in effect for late tonight through tomorrow afternoon. Plus, the NBC10 Boston Investigators are uncovering new details about the lone holdout juror from the Lindsay Clancy murder trial. I'm Kaitlin McKinley Becker, and these are your headlines.

We’re off to a great start this weekend here in Boston!  In fact, many of us started this Saturday with temperatures in the 40s sand 50s, feeling a lot like fall with low humidity levels!  

High temperatures will climb into the mid 70s this afternoon.  We’ll continue to see sunshine for much of this day. But changes arrive later this afternoon and evening as our clouds build and thicken in advance of rain on Sunday.

Sunday is a First Alert. We’re tracking periods of heavy rain as an area of low pressure pushes toward southern New England.  The heaviest rain will track over our area through the Boston area Sunday morning.  A few isolated thunderstorms could develop, but the threat for severe weather remains low for much of our area.  Still, be careful while driving Sunday morning. 

The NBC10 Boston Investigators are uncovering new details about the lone holdout juror from the Lindsay Clancy murder trial.

Court documents and interviews with family members reveal a history of domestic violence allegations. We discovered a pending eviction case tied to months of not paying rent.

The NBC10 Boston Investigators also found an active restraining order against him, while he was listening to evidence in the case.

Boston College held its annual “Red Bandanna Football Game” Friday night, honoring 9/11 hero and BC grad Welles Crowther on the 25th anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks.

Crowther, who played lacrosse for the Eagles and graduated from Boston College in 1999, was a young equities trader working in the South Tower of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. Crowther, who was trained as a junior volunteer firefighter growing up in New York, became known as the “Man in the Red Bandanna” after the attacks for the handkerchief he wore as a protective mask while rescuing several people by guiding them down the building’s stairwells from the 78th floor to safety.

Crowther, who has been credited with saving up to 18 people before dying when the tower collapsed, was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom earlier this week at a Sept. 8 event in Washington, D.C., for his heroics on that fateful day. Crowther’s mother, Alison, and sister, Paige, accepted the award, which is considered the nation’s highest civilian honor.

Every year on Sept. 11, Massachusetts honors an everyday person for an extraordinary act of courage. This year’s recipient is being honored for his actions during a dangerous encounter in Cambridge earlier this year.

The Madeline “Amy” Sweeney Award for Civilian Bravery is named for a heroic flight attendant aboard Flight 11.

This year’s recognition went to Marine veteran T.J. Swenson Jr.

Back from the Miss America stage, Miss Massachusetts is once again working the beat in Westborough.

That’s because Ashlyn Mercier balances two titles that rarely go together: pageant queen and police officer.

After spending 10 days in West Palm Beach competing for the title of Miss America, she’s back in uniform serving the town. She is the first police officer to ever hold the title of Miss Massachusetts, and only the second to compete at Miss America.

A path in Walpole, Massachusetts, has long been used as a shortcut to Gillette Stadium, but the route’s sudden blocking this summer has led to frustration and questions.

Many homeowners in the Shufelt Road area have rented out parking spaces for people heading to Patriots games and other events. But during the World Cup, a tow truck began blocking the path.

The truck was put in place during the international championship by Rodman Ford. The sudden closure sparked outrage.