New Hampshire

The mother of a missing 5-year-old boy from New Hampshire and a man she was with have been arrested in the ongoing investigation into the child’s disappearance, authorities said Monday. The New Hampshire Division for Children Youth and Families had notified police on Thursday that Elijah Lewis was missing. The agency’s involvement with the bo...

A 34-year-old New Hampshire man died Sunday night when the motorcycle he was driving collided with an SUV in Manchester, police said. Manchester police officers responded to crash just after 7 p.m. at the intersection of Maple and Pearl streets and discovered the motorcycle operator had suffered life-threatening injuries in the collision. He was ta...

Police launched a boat and searched a lake behind a property in Merrimack that was the last known location of a 5-year-old boy who hasn’t been seen in six months. The New Hampshire State Police Marine Patrol searched the lake on Saturday, the Union Leader reported. The waterfront property was the last known location and home of Elijah Lewis.......

A motorcyclist died Saturday in a crash in Unity, New Hampshire, state police announced. Troopers were called to 2nd NH Turnpike just before 5 p.m. where a person had sustained serious injuries in a crash. The motorcycle operator died on scene, state police said. He was identified Sunday as John Wittemann, 50, of Claremont. According to a prelimina...

A 5-year-old boy who has not been seen for months is being sought by investigators in New Hampshire. The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office says Elijah Lewis of Merrimack has not been seen by “independent individuals” for approximately six months. The Division for Children, Youth and Families notified police Thursday that his...

New Hampshire’s Executive Council on Wednesday rejected $27 million in federal funds for vaccination outreach, thrilling outspoken activists who previously derailed a public meeting and delayed the vote. Nine were arrested Wednesday after audience members repeatedly interrupted the debate. Among other things, the money would have allowed the ...

A person was rescued after becoming trapped about 20 feet down a storm drain near a New Hampshire mall early Wednesday morning, fire officials said.

A school bus crashed in Plaistow, New Hampshire, on Tuesday, police and school officials confirmed. None of the six children on board were hurt in the incident on Greenough Road, Plaistow police said. It appeared that the driver had a medical emergency. The crash took place when the bus drove into the woods about 3:43 p.m., according to the Plaisto...

When Zakhia Charabati went missing from Manchester, New Hampshire, his bewildered family searched for months, only to be told months later that his body was found in Methuen, Massachusetts.

Speed and alcohol appear to have been factors in a motorcycle crash that killed a Maine man, according to New Hampshire State Police. The crash happened Monday evening on Interstate 93 in Thornton. Police say 54-year-old Roy Voisine, of Chester, Maine, was going south when he lost control of the motorcycle, went off the road and hit a highway sign&...

A diver in New Hampshire’s Lake Winnipesaukee died Sunday, despite his dive partner rendering CPR after bringing him to the surface, authorities said. The man, who is 69, became unresponsive while diving with three others off Diamond Island in Gilford, according to the New Hampshire Marine Patrol. A fellow diver pulled the man to the surface,...

A civil rights complaint was filed against a woman accused of telling a Black child who accidentally broke her son’s toy that she would “kneel on his neck” and calling him a racial slur, the New Hampshire attorney general’s office said Thursday. Kristina Graper, 51, of Dover, threatened the 9-year-old boy who was playing in a neighborhood park with...

A federal lawsuit that challenged a decision by police to seize a man’s cellphone after he recorded officers responding to a fight at a Manchester convenience store has been settled, with the city agreeing to pay him $20,000, according to court documents. The ACLU of New Hampshire said in its lawsuit against three officers and the city that N...