Roxbury

Jonnu Smith of the New England Patriots hosted an event at the Boys & Girls Club of Boston’s Yawkey Club of Roxbury to treat families to Thanksgiving dinner.

The crash happened in Roxbury on Columbus Avenue, according to the Boston Police Department. The call came in just before 6:15 a.m.

A Boston EMS ambulance was involved in a crash Thursday morning. The crash happened in Roxbury on Columbus Avenue, according to the Boston Police Department. The call came in just before 6:15 a.m. Traffic is being slowed near Roxbury Community College. There’s no word yet on any potential injuries.

The decision to close the three Walgreens locations in Boston neighborhoods, leaving two of those communities without a convenient pharmacy, isn’t sitting well with residents. Hennie Beaman lives in Mattapan and is upset the Walgreens at 90 River St. is closing. “This store was just open three or four years ago and now they are closing again?  It’s absolutely ridiculous.”...

The decision to close the three locations, leaving two of those three neighborhoods without a convenient pharmacies, isn’t sitting well with residents.

Boston police are asking for the public’s help in solving an assault that took place on Halloween night in the city’s Roxbury neighborhood. Police said they are looking for a male suspect accused of an aggravated assault around 9:15 p.m. near 145 Moreland St., along with a woman who was seen fleeing the area with the suspect in a...

A person was hit by a vehicle Monday night in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood, leaving them with life-threatening injuries, according to police. The crash occurred shortly before 10 p.m. near the intersection of Harrison Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard, according to the Boston Police Department. The victim was taken to an area hospital with serious injuries, authorities said. The driver...

Youth violence is a growing concern in Boston after several recent shootings involving children or teenagers, some of them deadly. Zontre Mack, 19, faced a judge in Dorchester District Court on Friday. He was the second suspect arrested in connection with the deadly July shooting of 15-year-old Curtis Ashford. Another teenager was shot and injured in Roxbury Wednesday night. In…

A second man charged in the murder of a 15-year-old in a Boston shooting in July faced a judge Friday.

A man being sought as a person of interest in the stabbing of a 91-year-old civil rights pioneer last week in Franklin Park as been identified, Boston police said Thursday.

A Boston teen is expected to survive after being shot on Rockland Street Wednesday night.

A teenager was injured Wednesday evening in a shooting in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood. Police responded just after 7 p.m. to find the boy shot on Rockland Street. Authorities blocked off that road as well as Sherman Street while they investigated. A person could be seen being escorted in handcuffs by officers, but police did not confirm that any arrests...

Police released surveillance images of a man being sought in the stabbing of 91-year-old Jean McGuire last week in Franklin Park.

Police say a teenager was hospitalized after being shot Wednesday evening in Roxbury.

UPDATE (Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022): The person police were seeking was found and is not a person of interest in the stabbing, officials say. The Boston Police Department is searching for a man in connection with the stabbing of a 91-year-old civil rights pioneer last week in Franklin Park. Jean McGuire was attacked while walking her dog around 8:30 p.m….

A week after being stabbed, 91-year-old Boston civil rights pioneer tells her story.

Trailblazing Boston civil rights activist Jean McGuire was all smiles Tuesday morning as she prepared to leave Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where she was treated after being stabbed in Franklin Park last week. Despite the circumstances, the 91-year-old education leader was filled with humor and gratitude, as she was joined by family and her care team at the hospital…

Her family encouraged the community to get in touch with police if they know anything at all about who her attacker was, and “stand up for Jean.”

City leaders held a hearing to discuss the issues at Clifford Park Friday, two days after a 9-year-old football player was pricked by a dirty needle during practice at the park

Boston city leaders are trying to find a way to make Clifford Park in Roxbury safer after reports of dirty needles and drug usage. It has become such a problem that a football coach started shouting at a city council hearing on the issue Friday.  Domingos DaRosa coaches the Boston Bengals Pop Warner football team. At practice Wednesday night, one...