Methuen

A man has died after getting shot during the early hours of Saturday morning in Methuen, Massachusetts. Methuen Police responded to the reported shooting in the Gage Street area around 2:40 a.m. Saturday. When officers arrived on scene, they found the man suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. Methuen Police and EMT’s from the Methuen Fire Department treated him on...

Water main breaks are affecting residents in two Merrimack Valley communities on Monday morning. Police in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, said shortly before 7 a.m. that Radcliff Road was closed due to a water main break and will remain impassable for several hours. Tewksbury public works crews are on scene attempting to restore service. Water service to the area, which includes North…

Firefighters say the blaze started with a lawn mower underneath the deck.

Aerial footage showed the fire had ripped through the building on Woodburn Drive, and the Methuen Fire Department shared footage of what they called the “serious blaze.”

A home was destroyed after it went up in flames Monday in Methuen, Massachusetts. Aerial footage showed the fire had ripped through the house on Woodburn Drive, and the Methuen Fire Department shared footage of what they called the “serious blaze.” The residents were quickly evacuated, and no injuries were reported. Firefighters were still on scene at 6 p.m. and…

From high school stabbings in Brockton, Malden and Methuen; to a student attacked by classmates in Fall River; to a possible hate crime in a Wilmington High School bathroom; to fights at high schools in Haverhill, Medford and Lawrence; there have been a number of recent violent incidents at Massachusetts schools. “Our kids are emotionally raw right now, and...

Recent violent incidents in Massachusetts schools have advocates calling for change.

A man convicted on child rape charges who disappeared during his trial in Massachusetts was sentenced to prison after being captured in Maine.

After disappearing halfway through his trial, 38-year-old Stephen Corbin Jr. is expected to be sentenced Thursday in Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn, Massachusetts.

After disappearing halfway through his trial, 38-year-old Stephen Corbin Jr. was sentenced to 40 to 50 years in prison for his child rape conviction. Corbin was sentenced Thursday in Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn, Massachusetts. This sentence is only for the rape case, not the additional fleeing from justice charges he also faces. The Methuen man was convicted on eight…

After disappearing halfway through his trial, 38-year-old Stephen Corbin Jr. appeared in a Maine courtroom on a new fugitive from justice charge. On April 14 Corbin was convicted on eight counts of aggravated rape of a child, but he didn’t appear in court to hear the ruling. Authorities say he disappeared in the middle of his trial. Corbin was convicted…

A stabbing at Methuen High School left a former student injured.

A 15-year-old was stabbed at Methuen High School, and a 16-year-old student is in custody after a confrontation late Monday morning. According to police, a 15-year-old who is no longer enrolled at the high school was let in to the building through a side door by another student. Around 11:40 a.m. that 15-year-old former student confronted a 16-year-old student. A…

A 26-year-old Lawrence man died after getting into a serious rollover crash Monday morning in Methuen, Massachusetts. Raul Arias was driving a 2003 Jeep Liberty shortly before 6 a.m. on Route 213 westbound before I-93 when he hit a guardrail on the left side of the road and rolled over, according to Massachusetts State Police. Arias was the only person…

Hundreds of animals at a farm in Methuen, Massachusetts, are in need of adoption. The MSPCA says that in just the last four weeks, more than 200 animals have been brought to Nevins Farm. Many of the animals are on the 55-acre property as a result of a series of law enforcement investigations into allegations of neglect, as well as…

The MSPCA says hundreds of homeless animals have arrived at Nevins Farm in the last few weeks alone.

More than 90 cats were surrendered Tuesday from a home in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, in “rough” condition after their overwhelmed owner could no longer care for them. Tewksbury Animal Control responded to the home, and the cats, who range in age from six months to about 10 years, were voluntarily surrendered by their owner, a spokesperson for MSPCA at Nevins Farm…

Police are looking for the person who gunned down a man outside a Methuen home.

An investigation is underway after one person was shot and killed in Methuen, Mass on Thursday morning.

Authorities are investigating a fatal shooting Thursday morning in Methuen, Massachusetts, according to the Essex County District Attorney’s office. Methuen police responded to reports of shots fired in the area of Kimball Road around 5:24 a.m., the district attorney’s office said. Upon arrival, they found 22-year-old Ewdy Lopez suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. He was taken by ambulance to...