Peabody

Firefighters were battling a large fire in a home in Peabody, Massachusetts, on Wednesday morning. The fire was reported around 11 a.m. in a home on Wheatland Street, a neighborhood located behind the Nortshore Mall. Heavy smoke could be seen pouring from the roof and windows of the home as numerous firefighters attacked the blaze. No further details were immediately…

Heavy smoke is showing from a house fire on Wheatland Street in Peabody, Massachusetts, right behind the Northshore Mall.

Shocking new video from a school bus camera shows a car illegally passing the bus and nearly slamming into a student crossing the street in Peabody, Massachusetts. The student jumps out of the way and falls to the ground — just one of 865 illegal school bus passings caught on camera in the city through September and into early last…

Peabody is rolling out a new system to prevent cars from illegally passing school buses with their stop lights flashing.

[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.] This spring, it was reported that a chain of chicken spots founded by an NBA hall of famer was planning to expand to the Greater Boston area, and now we know where one of its locations will be. According to a post from Boston 25 News, Big Chicken is opening at the North…

A man has died after he was struck by a car in Peabody, Massachusetts on Sunday. The Essex County District Attorney said the man, identified as 61-year-old Robert King of Peabody, died at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He was hit on Summit Street near Christina Drive around 8 p.m. Investigators have not released the name of the driver, and...

A pedestrian is facing serious injuries after being struck by a car in Peabody, Massachusetts on Sunday. The pedestrian was hit on Summit Street near Christina Drive around 8p.m. The pedestrian was taken to Salem Hospital with life-threatening injuries. Authorities are investigating the incident. No additional information has been released.

A car crashed into a pole late Tuesday night in Peabody, Massachusetts, according to police there. The wreck happened just before 11 p.m. in the area of Margin Street at North Shore Road. Police said that one person was seriously hurt, and had to be flown by medical helicopter to a Boston hospital. An investigation into the crash is ongoing.

A chiropractor accused of secretly filming clients with a hidden camera in the bathroom of his office in Peabody, Massachusetts, has had his license to practice suspended. Scott Kline has been accused of taping unsuspecting clients with a hidden camera in a bathroom at his office as well as recording child sex images in a bathroom at his home in...

The man was left with substantial injuries, and the woman was hurt as well during the incident.

The incident reportedly began with the dog attacking a cat and getting out of the house. When the owners went to go get it, it turned on the owners, police said.

A dog was shot and killed overnight by police in Peabody, Massachusetts, while it attacked a couple so badly they had to be hospitalized. The pitbull bit down onto the woman’s head and was shaking her when the officer shot the dog, police said Friday. Officers responded to Endicott Street about 11 p.m. Thursday to find the woman and...

A Catholic high school on the North Shore will not have its postseason sports ban reconsidered by the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association, which imposed the ban last month, according to the Boston Globe. The MIAA’s Board of Directors voted on Aug. 8 to deny Bishop Fenwick High School’s appeal, the Globe reported, citing a letter to the school Monday....

Investigators renewed the search for the body of Ana Walshe, a missing mother from Cohasset, Massachusetts, on Tuesday as police descended on Peabody, prosecutors said. The search, by the Massachusetts State Police Special Emergency Response Team, didn’t yield any information, according to the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office. It was prompted by two people “in the Peabody community unconnected...

A chiropractor accused of secretly filming clients with a hidden camera in the bathroom of his office in Peabody, Massachusetts, could lose his license to practice.

A chiropractor accused of secretly filming clients with a hidden camera in the bathroom of his office in Peabody, Massachusetts, could lose his license to practice. Scott Kline went before the Board of Registration of Chiropractors on Wednesday morning for a hearing on the summary suspension of his license, which was issued on July 26. After nearly two hours of…

Edi Diazabakana, 39, is facing charges including arson, attempted murder, domestic assault and battery on a household member and kidnapping, according to Peabody police. He was ordered held without bail following his arraignment Wednesday in Peabody District Court.

Edi Diazabakana, 39, is facing charges including arson, attempted murder, domestic assault and battery on a household member and kidnapping, according to Peabody police.

A news release from the department said that officers in Peabody responded to a fire alarm on Lowell Street at around 11 p.m. Tuesday. An officer who responded said that there was a woman yelling for help, saying that her boyfriend was trying to kill her, the release said.

A Peabody, Massachusetts, man is facing a slew of serious charges after his girlfriend told police he was trying to kill her when they came to an apartment in response to a fire there, according to officials. Edi Diazabakana, 39, is facing charges including arson, attempted murder, domestic assault and battery on a household member and kidnapping, according to Peabody…