Man pleads guilty to I-295 homicide
HENRICO, Va. (WWBT) - A Florida man was sentenced recently to nearly 50 years in prison for a January 2025 homicide on Interstate 295. Tony Ray Williams, 55, entered guilty pleas on three charges for shooting and killing tractor trailer driver Silvio Sobrinho, of Revere, Mass. Sobrinho was driving in...
Driver freed from serious crash in Randolph
RANDOLPH, MASS. (WHDH) - A serious crash trapped two people in Randolph early Wednesday. The car appeared to have hit a jersey barrier and a fence before rolling into a yard. The vehicle ended up on its side next to a tree. Firefighters worked to free the two people from...
Boston meteorologists offer early look at track of ‘major winter storm’
Plus: Here's what they're saying about this week's "BITTER COLD." National Weather Service: ‘Southern New England will experience an extended period of dangerously cold temperatures and wind chills’. Kelly Ann Cicalese, WCVB: ‘While the greatest impacts will be south of New England, we could see snow Sun.-Mon.’....
Serious crash on South Shore leaves mangled vehicle on its side
Video from the scene showed first responders inspecting the wreckage.
Popular Pizza Chain Closes 3 Locations in Massachusetts
The Massachusetts-based pizza chain has five locations that are still operating in the Bay State.
Couple Files Discrimination Lawsuit Against Liberty Hotel After Being Barred from Entering Women’s Bathroom
Two women filed a lawsuit against the Liberty Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts, after they say a security guard misgendered them and kicked them out of the women’s bathroom. Ansley Baker and her partner, Elizabeth Victor, said they were humiliated and are seeking “to recover actual damages, punitive damages, and...
Police make arrest in Mass and Cass drug investigation
After a drug investigation, police arrested a 55-year-old male from Dorchester in the area of Massachusetts Avenue and Albany Street on Saturday.
Seemingly ‘friendly’ Patriots-Bills argument at South Boston bar leads to alleged assault and missing...
Police shared photos of the suspect Monday and are asking for the public's help in identifying him. As the Patriots-Chargers playoff game was getting underway on Sunday, Jan. 11, a seemingly “friendly argument” about the Patriots and Bills at a South Boston bar allegedly turned violent. Boston police...
Former chemistry professor makes ‘pivotal’ gift to Eastern Mass. university
Longtime Chemistry professor Peter Jordan and his wife, Barbara Palmer, gave a “pivotal” $18 million gift to an Eastern Massachusetts college, according to an announcement Friday. Jordan worked at Brandeis University for nearly 50 years and retired in 2011. Palmer served as associate dean, university registrar and...
Stoughton police officer accused of murdering Sandra Birchmore asks to move trial out of...
BOSTON (WHDH) - Former Stoughton police officer Matthew Farwell appeared in court Tuesday for the first time since he was arrested in 2024, asking a judge to move his murder trial out of state. Farwell is accused of strangling and killing 23-year-old Sandra Birchmore, who was pregnant at the time,...

















