Kathy Curran joined NBC10 Boston as chief investigative strategist in September 2022.
Curran -- an Emmy and Murrow award-winning journalist who has been covering Boston for close to 30 years -- will begin her new role with NBC10 Boston on Monday, Sept. 12.
Curran, who grew up in the Boston area and has covered her home state for close to 30 years, was most recently a part of WCVB’s 5 Investigates unit.
As a crime and investigative reporter, she has covered major local and national stories including the Harmony Montgomery, David Almond, and Aaron Hernandez cases. She also covered the Boston Marathon bombing, Molly Bish case, Sept. 11, Hurricane Katrina, Whitey Bulger, the Rhode Island Station Nightclub fire, Dartmouth murders, and many more.
Curran also uncovered the Massachusetts State Police overtime scandal that led to reform, prosecutions and restitutions. Prior to her successful tenure in Boston, she spent time covering stories in Portland, Maine, and Huntsville, Alabama.
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Ipswich firefighter's overtime pay for hazmat response sparks controversy
Overtime payments made to an Ipswich, Massachusetts, deputy fire chief for state hazmat work, paid for through a state grant program, have sparked controversy. The NBC10 Investigators reviewed town and state records related to the Massachusetts Department of Fire Services Best Value Grant and it appears that in some cases, Ipswich may not be playing by the rules. Ipswich...
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Driver dies after deliberately crashing into Devens health center
A driver is dead after their truck crashed into a health center in Devens, Massachusetts, and caught fire, authorities said Wednesday. A law enforcement source told NBC10 Boston the incident appears to have been a deliberate act and that the driver had a family member who had been treated at the facility in the past. The crash occurred shortly after…
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Video shows suspect in Revere armed robbery brandishing gun at store clerk
Police in Revere, Massachusetts, are looking to identify a person who armed a convenience store clerk at gunpoint Friday morning. Investigators say the suspect entered the Wonderland Convenience Mart on North Shore Road around 7:20 a.m. In surveillance video he can be seen approaching the counter and pulling what appears to be a handgun. The robber passed the clerk a…
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Former leaders of Holyoke Soldiers' Home change pleas in neglect case
Two former leaders at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home faced a judge Tuesday, changing their not guilty pleas in the neglect cases against them to an admission of sufficient facts. Right now, neither man is set to face jail time — a result families say is a miscarriage of justice. Bennett Walsh, the former head of the home, made the change…
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Ex-Holyoke Soldiers' Home leader set for change-of-plea hearing in COVID outbreak case
Former Holyoke Soldiers’ Home Superintendent Bennett Walsh is set for a change-of-plea hearing in a criminal case over the deaths of dozens of elderly veteran residents of the facility in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Walsh’s change-of-plea hearing in the case — he faces five counts of neglect — is scheduled in Hampshire Superior Court for Tuesday afternoon….
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‘R u alive?' Texts show parents' fear in search for daughter who died of overdose
More than four years after their daughter’s overdose death, two Massachusetts parents continue to grieve as they press for changes in how drug dealers are prosecuted. “Please call me, I’m worried sick about you,” Nancy Fusaro frantically texted her daughter, Nicole, not hearing from her for a few days. Her heart sank every time she hit send. Nancy Fusaro...
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‘We don't feel safe': Attacks on correction officers in Mass. prisons are up, data shows
Correction officers inside our state prisons have been assaulted and doused with bodily fluids at an alarming rate in recent years. The NBC10 Investigators repeatedly requested data and records related to assaults on correction officers but the Massachusetts Department of Correction continuously told us the information didn’t exit. After almost one year, the department finally turned over the data...
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Deadly Worcester double shooting highlights police concerns of heavy firepower
A double shooting that left a mother and daughter dead in Worcester, Massachusetts, is highlighting the dangers of rapid-fire weaponry. The NBC10 Boston Investigators reported last week on the Worcester Police Department’s concern over tiny objects known as “switches,” “giggle switches” or “machine gun conversion” devices. The Tuesday afternoon shooting near the intersection of Lisbon Street and Englewood Avenue...
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Device that unleashes dozens of bullets per second creating chaos and concern
Police are seeing more firepower on our streets tied to tiny devices known as switches, giggle switches or machine gun conversion devices. It’s a troubling trend being used to quickly turn handguns into machine guns. A switch is about the size of a nickel, and it rapidly increase its rate of gunfire with just one pull of the trigger....
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8-year-old critically injured in Foxborough ambulance crash
An 8-year-old girl was critically injured in a head-on crash between an ambulance and an SUV on Thursday night in Foxborough, Massachusetts. The Foxborough Fire Department said in a press release Friday morning that the crash occurred around 6:41 p.m. Thursday in the area of 215 Main St. When they arrived, the department said they found five people who were…
