As 2025 comes to a close, the Herald wishes to reflect on our coverage and share readers’ favorite stories from the year. From in-depth local news pieces that got to the heart of our communities’ ...

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A Massachusetts State Police trooper was hospitalized after being struck by a wrong-way driver in the Merrimack Valley, a ...

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As we get ready to ring in the new year, it’s only right that we take a look back at our top stories of 2025. According to our itemlive.com analytics data, below are the top three most-viewed stories ...

A ‘black box’: Mass. prosecutors rarely prevent police informant abuse. They often enable it.

A Massachusetts State Police trooper was able to walk away after their cruiser was involved in a rollover crash amid icy conditions Sunday morning.

Commission wrote that Robert Devine “has a pattern of unprofessional police conduct” in its final decision letter revoking ...

A standoff in Leominster, MA, ended peacefully after an armed man who pointed a gun at police barricaded himself in a home; ...

In the aftermath of what remains a rare event — a shooting on a U.S. college campus — many are left scared, vulnerable and ...

Watertown Police said first responders arrived at the scene on Bigelow Ave. to find that the victims had died from injuries they sustained during the collision.