Roxbury

A former teacher in the Boston public schools who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a former student starting when she was 12 years old has been sentenced to four years in prison.

At least one person was hurt in a shooting in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood. A neighbor said she heard about nine gunshots.

A person was shot in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood Tuesday afternoon, police said. The shooting was reported on Rockland Street near Wakullah Street at about 1:20 p.m., Boston police said. Officers found a person who appeared to be shot, and other evidence connected to a shooting. Police didn’t immediately have information on the extent of the victim’s injuries. It was...

Dramatic home surveillance video captured the moments when a driver in a speeding Jeep crashed into several parked cars in Roxbury early Thanksgiving morning.

The driver damaged four parked cars before taking off.

A teenager carrying what appeared to be a pistol was arrested at a Boston public school on Tuesday, police said. The arrest was made at Dearborn Stem Academy, Boston police said. The 14-year-old had been detained by school safety officers after they spotted him with the weapon in his waistband. The weapon wasn’t a gun, officials found, but a...

A sight that’s harder to find these days could be seen Monday in Boston: Thanksgiving turkeys were handed out to more than 100 families in Roxbury. That’s thanks to a pair of Guys — New England Patriots Defensive Tackle Lawrence Guy and his wife, Andrea Guy, paid it back at the 11th annual Guy Family Thanksgiving Giveaway at the Orchard…

Defensive tackle Lawrence Guy and his wife, Andrea, made sure more than 100 families in need got a Thanksgiving meal.

Roxbury community members stepped up to help donate turkeys and raise donations for Walthall Chapel’s food pantry’s Thanksgiving meals.

A tight supply chain and rising prices mean Thanksgiving will be 10% to 30% more expensive this year. It’s putting a lot of stress on food banks that are trying to meet rising demand for assistance as the holidays approach. The demand always spikes this time of year, but the current environment is especially difficult. The Vine Food Pantry in…

The need for food assistance is up this holiday season, with costs of goods rising, but food banks are struggling to get what they need.

We hopped on board the 28 to see how the three-month pilot program is going. Riders we spoke with say it not only saves them money, but it saves them time.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu outlined plans to make three bus routes free for at least two years Thursday.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu had her first private meeting with Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and addressed issues relating to transit and Mass. and Cass on her first full day after being sworn in.

We hopped on board the 28 to see how the three-month pilot program is going. Riders we spoke with say it not only saves them money, but it saves them time.

Slade’s Bar and Grill has been a part of the Boston community for almost a century. Kwani Lunis stopped by the Roxbury eatery to get the Local Lowdown.

Firefighters are battling a large fire in a multi-family home in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood on Monday afternoon. The fire was reported around 2:45 p.m. on Monroe Street. Firefighters said the heavy fire had been knocked down by 3:15 p.m. but crews remained at the scene for about another hour “chasing hot spots” throughout the building. No injuries were reported,...

Roxbury may sometimes get overlooked by tourists, but it actually has some of the city’s greatest stories that are getting told and retold thanks to the Frugal Bookstore, the only black-owned bookstore in Boston. Kwani Lunis has the Local Lowdown.

We hopped on board the 28 to see how the three-month pilot program is going. Riders we spoke with say it not only saves them money, but it saves them time.

We hopped on board the 28 to see how the three-month pilot program is going. Riders we spoke with say it not only saves them money, but it saves them time.