A man is dead and a woman was seriously injured after being shot early Sunday morning in Lawrence, Massachusetts.  Lawrence police received a call around 3:10 a.m. to Market Street for a report of shots fired. Responding officers discovered a 23-year-old man who was dead, and a 19-year-old woman who was suffering from gunshot wounds inside a car.  The woman…

Authorities say Alan Jimenez, 23, of Lawrence, was shot and killed early Sunday morning. A female victim is in stable condition.

The Gang Unit of the Massachusetts State Police located and seized 734 grams of suspected fentanyl on Wednesday evening. During the raid, 28-year-old Manuel Estheulis-Almonte was taken into custody, according to police. Prior to the raid, state police observed Estheulis-Almonte accepting money in exchange for fentanyl, police said. When police located Estheulis-Almonte, he attempted to run away. Estheulis-Almonte had no…

Authorities were investigating Friday after a man was struck and killed by an Amtrak train in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Lawrence police said they responded to the area of Inman Street at around 10:30 a.m. after receiving a report of a person struck. The man, whose age was unknown, was pronounced dead at the scene. Crews responded Friday after an alleged trespasser…

Columbia Gas, the utility behind the deadly 2018 Merrimack Valley gas explosions, will pay a $53 million fine and be sold by its parent company, NiSource, after agreeing to plead guilty in connection with the disaster, authorities announced Wednesday. U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling said in a press conference that Columbia Gas had agreed to plead guilty to felony violation of…

Columbia Gas will pay a $53 million criminal fine for breaking a federal pipeline safety law and plead guilty to causing a series of natural gas explosions in Massachusetts that killed one person and damaged dozens of homes, federal officials announced Wednesday.

Columbia Gas, the utility behind the deadly 2018 Merrimack Valley gas explosions, will pay a $53 million fine and be sold by its parent company, NiSource.

A Massachusetts man accused of killing a Lawrence department of public works employee last month faced a judge on Monday.

A man accused of fatally shooting a Department of Public Works employee in broad daylight in Lawrence, Massachusetts last month was ordered held without bail, Monday. The move came after Ariel Toribio, 20, of Lawrence, was arrested Friday when he showed up in court to support his cousin, who was facing a firearms charge. He is charged with murder in…

An arrest has been made in last month’s deadly shooting of a public works employee in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Marcos A. Ruiz, 52, of Methuen, was performing road repairs on Andover Street in Lawrence when he was shot on the afternoon of Jan. 15. Police responded to a report of shots fired and found him suffering from a gunshot wound. He…

The Essex County District Attorney’s Office announced Friday that 20-year-old Ariel Toribio of Lawrence had been arrested and charged with murder.

A viral social media challenge is raising major safety concerns.

A young teen is sharing her story to help others after a viral challenge went very wrong.

Thousands of crows are descending each day along the Merrimack River in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Two people were taken to the hospital after a driver crashed into a parked car in Lawrence, Massachusetts, according to police. Police responded to the crash involving two cars on Essex Street shortly before 3a.m. on Monday. According to police, the driver had crashed into a parked car and a utility pole. Nearby residents were briefly left without power...

A police sergeant fired his weapon Saturday at a suspect who was attempting to rob a victim in a wheelchair in Lawrence, Massachusetts, police say. Yellow crime scene tape was visible around a large section of Broadway as police investigated. Lawrence police confirmed the officer-involved shooting Saturday evening, saying the sergeant, who police did not identify, interrupted an armed robbery…

A police sergeant fired his weapon Saturday at a suspect who was attempting to rob a victim in a wheelchair in Lawrence, Massachusetts, police say.

A man in his 70s was killed in a house fire Thursday evening in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The fire broke out at a home on Saxonia Avenue near Lorenz Park that housed eight people. All but one resident was able to flee from the burning building. Authorities said his body was found in the structure. Witnesses said the fire started small,…

A man in his 70s was killed in a one-alarm house fire in Lawrence, Massachusetts.