Braintree

A tractor-trailer crashed into a house in Braintree, Massachusetts, on Saturday evening.

Neighbors say no one was at the Braintree, Massachusetts, home when a truck crashed into it Saturday evening.

A car could be seen rolled over on Route 95 southbound by Exit 6 in Braintree, Massachusetts Monday morning. The car was turned upright by about 5 a.m. Authorities did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

After the same bill died of inaction last session, current and former police officers on Wednesday renewed their push for legislation in Massachusetts to allow emergency medical professionals to treat and transport injured police dogs and other working animals. Braintree Deputy police Chief Tim Cahoon told the Joint Committee on Public Safety that police dogs make “incredible sacrifices” on behalf…

A bill aims to help police dogs get emergency medical treatment.

So far, $9,000 has been raised for a statue in honor of Kitt.

Thousands of dollars were raised in honor of a fallen police K-9 at a cornhole tournament Sunday in Braintree, Massachusetts. The fundraiser was held near Town Hall to support the Braintree Police Department and the Working Dog Foundation, and to raise money for a statute in memory of Kitt, who died heroically in the line of duty back in June….

Firefighters battled intense heat and flames after a single-family home caught fire Wednesday morning in Braintree, Massachusetts. Part of the roof collapsed at the Granite Street home. The intense heat made the job more difficult for firefighters, who were taking in plenty of water. The home is located near the South Shore Mall. Two adults who were inside the home…

Firefighters battled intense heat and flames after a single-family home caught fire Wednesday morning in Braintree, Massachusetts. Part of the roof collapsed in the Granite Street home.

There was a strong show of support for Braintree police on Tuesday as they bid farewell to one of their own. Fallen K9 Kitt was honored with a flag-draped coffin as the dog’s motorcade worked its way south to Gillette Stadium where hundreds of officers and first responders gathered to say goodbye.

John Stout and Carly Zdanek are hoping to turn a free USB drive into the key to paying off $130,000 in combined student loan debt.

A Braintree couple is on a mission to trade up from a free USB drive to pay off $130,000 in combined student loan debt.

Braintree police Officer Bill Cushing headed home from the South Shore Hospital with an escort Friday morning, one week after a shootout that killed his police dog. Cushing, his K-9 Kitt and fellow officer Matt Donoghue were shot several times when responding to a domestic situation near an apartment complex last week. Donoghue was released from Boston Medical Center Saturday....

A week after being shot and seriously injured, a police officer is out of the hospital.

A week after a shootout killed his police dog, a Braintree K-9 officer was released from a hospital in Massachusetts. He was greeted by a procession of supporters.

Community members joined together Monday evening in Braintree, Massachusetts, to show support after two police officers were injured and a police dog was killed in a shootout. Officer Matt Donoghue and K-9 officer Bill Cushing were shot several times when responding to a domestic situation on Friday. K-9 Kitt was killed when he was shot to death by the suspect….

The community came together to show support for two officers who were injured and a police dog who was killed in a shootout.

Two Braintree police officers are recovering following a fatal shootout in the city on Friday.

K9 Officer Kitt — of the Braintree Police Department — was killed in the line of duty on Friday, when he was brought in to help officers responding to investigate a domestic dispute at the Braintree Village apartment complex. Investigators say Andrew Homen ambushed the officers and Kitt in the woods off Commercial Street. The firefight ended with Kitt and…