Middleton

A virus cluster at a jail in Middleton, Massachusetts, is growing, the Essex County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement Saturday. Twenty-five inmates, 21 employees and two contractors have tested positive. Each case showed mild symptoms; none have required hospitalization, the sheriff’s department said. All inmates and staff are now being tested. Also on Saturday, 28 male patients at the…

Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday identified four high risk Massachusetts cities and towns that will be the focus of his new COVID Enforcement and Intervention Team. Chelsea, Everett, Lynn and Revere are included in the high risk category, meaning they have over eight cases per 100,000 residents. Twenty-nine other communities, including Auburn, Belchertown, Boston, Brockton, Charlton, Chicopee, Fall River, Framingham,…

Massachusetts released a map showing coronavirus hot spots across the state.

With a recent uptick in coronavirus cases, Gov. Charlie Baker is implementing new regulations starting Tuesday.

Amid rising coronavirus cases in Massachusetts, Gov. Charlie Baker identifies four communities as “high risk” that will be the focus of increased enforcement of the mask mandate and crowd control.

A Massachusetts firefighter convicted of sexually abusing a teenage girl for nearly three years has been sentenced. Andrew LeColst, of Middleton, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to three counts of aggravated child rape and one count of indecent assault and battery. LeColst was sentenced to two to five years in state prison followed by five years of supervised probation. The victim…

A MedFlight has been requested to the scene of a serious motor vehicle accident in Middleton, Massachusetts, according to police.

A man charged in connection with a 2017 double killing in Peabody, Massachusetts, was found guilty of several charges Friday. Wes Doughty, 42, was found guilty by a jury in Salem Superior Court on two counts of first-degree murder, armed carjacking, kidnapping, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and attempted arson.

Opening statements began Monday in the trial of Wes Doughty, the man indicted in connection to a 2017 double murder in Peabody, Massachusetts. Doughty was arrested in connection to the brutal murders of 40-year-old Jennifer O’Connor and 37-year-old Mark Greenlaw, who were found dead inside a home on 13 Farm Ave. The murders were so gruesome that investigators initially did...

A swimming pool in Middleton, Massachusetts, will be out of commission for a little while after police say a driver drove into it Tuesday morning. Officers responded to calls for a vehicle in a pool at a condominium complex on Village Road just before 11:30 a.m. When officers arrived, the vehicle was teetering on the edge of the pool and...

A swimming pool in Middleton, Massachusetts, will be out of commission for a little while after police say a driver drove into it Tuesday morning. Officers responded to calls for a vehicle in a pool at a condominium complex on Village Road just before 11:30 a.m. When officers arrived, the vehicle was teetering on the edge of the pool and...

The traditional rivalry between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox will take a radical twist when they meet in London next month: They will play on artificial turf for the first time in more than 2,200 games over a century. Major League Baseball has access to Olympic Stadium for 21 days before the games on June 29 and...

A Middleton, Massachusetts is heading to court after he was accused of raping a child more than 10 years ago.

Interstate 93 north in Milton is shut down due to a crash with serious injury, according to Massachusetts State Police.

Massachusetts State Police say the second suspect in a double murder in Peabody, Massachusetts last weekend was arrested in South Carolina on Friday after six days on the run.

A medical helicopter has been requested to the scene of a serious motor vehicle accident in Middleton, Massachusetts, according to police.

A suspect in a grisly double murder in Peabody, Massachusetts will be arraigned on Thursday for the carjacking he allegedly committed while on the run.

A suspect in a gruesome killing of two people in Peabody, Massachusetts, was ordered held without bail at his arraignment Tuesday.

A suspect in a gruesome killing of two people in Peabody, Massachusetts, was ordered held without bail at his arraignment Tuesday.

Authorities say the suspect in a gruesome double murder in Peabody, Massachusetts has been spotted after a carjacking on Wednesday night.