Needham teen arrested, charged with firearm offenses in Roxbury
A 15-year-old from Needham was arrested in Roxbury on Tuesday night after Boston Police Officers recovered a firearm from his pocket.
Two Massachusetts police officers, a mother and a father, help deliver baby boy on...
Christmas morning brought an unforgettable and truly special moment for the Stoughton Police Department. According to the department, at 6:12 a.m., officers were dispatched to a report of a female in active labor inside a vehicle on Glen Echo Blvd. Sergeant Medeiros, a dad, was the first to arrive on scene. Moments...
Driver trapped after car crashes into Woburn house, officials say
The Woburn Fire Department worked to free a driver from a vehicle after it struck a house, Tuesday.
Popular Boston nightclub’s license suspended after woman dies
The city of Boston has shut down the popular ICON nightclub for now following a woman's death last weekend.
Thousands of gifts handed out at annual Menino Christmas toy drive
BOSTON (WHDH) - Magic fills the air, toys are stacked high and the Christmas spirit is all around. It’s the annual Menino toy drive in honor of Boston’s late Mayor Thomas Menino at Dorchester’s Teen Center at St. Peter. “The children in this community need some sort...
WWII era Christmas tradition returns to old State House
BOSTON (WHDH) - A Christmas tradition returned to the old State House in Boston for the first time since World War two. Starting back in 1913, carolers performed on the balcony but the tradition stopped in 1942 as people were deployed overseas for the war. This year, a local organization...
Lawrence Police seek identity of person they say involved in aggravated assault
Lawrence Police say the person is a suspect in an aggravated assault.
Massachusetts AG’s Office arraigns Salem man for possessing materials to create explosive devices
SALEM — The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (AGO), in partnership with the Massachusetts State Police (MSP) and the Salem Police Department, today announced that Patrick Gordon, 42, of Salem was arrested and arraigned following an investigation that recovered illegal firearm devices and large quantities of...
On Cape Cod, a love story years in the making. ‘There was Karen’
One winter day, while walking home from kindergarten in the 1950s, Karen Martino Maheris was hit by a snowball. The culprit, a young boy named Bill Maheris, was a friend of her brother, Roger. Little did they know that nearly 70 years later, the two would be getting married. "Everybody loves a love story," Bill...
Pennsylvania man sentenced to prison after buying stolen human remains from Massachusetts, Arkansas
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania has announced in a release that 43-year-old Jeremy Pauley, of Thompson, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on December 22, 2025, to 72 months in prison by Chief United States District Judge Matthew W. Brann for conspiracy and interstate...
