State officials are investigating after a first-grade student wandered away from his Massachusetts elementary school and into a waste treatment plant during school hours. The Department of Children and Families said the brief disappearance happened on Oct. 21 after the boy left the Bradford Elementary School’s playground through a section of fence that was downed by a tree.

An 83-year-old Massachusetts man who authorities say beat his nursing home roommate to death with his walker has been ordered held without bail. Jose Veguilla was arrested Saturday night in connection with the assault at Oxford Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Haverhill. Veguilla and the victim, 76-year-old Robert Boucher, were roommates, according to the Essex District Attorney’s office.

A 76-year-old man living at a nursing home in Haverhill, Massachusetts was reportedly beaten to death by another resident, according to the Essex County District Attorney’s Office.

A 76-year-old man was beaten to death in his nursing home by an 83-year-old man who was also a resident of the home.

A Haverhill Police officer is facing charges after allegedly assaulting his girlfriend.

A teenager allegedly brought a gun to a Massachusetts high school Monday. The 16-year-old boy, a student in summer classes at Haverhill High School, was arrested after police said he brought a firearm to the building. He fled after being approached by a security guard, according to police.

Students at a Massachusetts high school were dismissed early Monday after authorities say a threatening message was found in a boy’s bathroom. Superintendent Maureen Lynch said out of an abundance of caution, students at Whittier Tech Vocational High School in Haverhill were dismissed noon. Details of the message were not disclosed but school officials do not believe there is any...

Students at a Massachusetts high school were dismissed early Monday after a threatening note was found in a boy’s bathroom.

The 41-year-old man from Haverhill, Massachusetts who died after falling down an elevator shaft at a construction site in the city on Tuesday morning has been identified as Carlos Ortiz, according to the Essex County district attorney. The accident occurred at a construction site at 98 Essex St. around 10:20 a.m., according to the Essex District Attorney’s Office.

An elderly Massachusetts man has been located, according to Haverhill police on Sunday. Charles Pike, 85, had been reported missing and was operating a Black 2011 Kia Soul. Pike is 5’9, 185 pounds, with gray hair and brown eyes.

Police in Haverhill, Massachusetts, are investigating two unrelated pedestrian crashes in the same intersection around the same time Monday night. Both crashes took place around 8 p.m. at the intersection of Main Street and 5th Avenue, according to Haverhill Police.

Haverhill police are looking for a missing 51-year-old man.

Police are investigating a two car motor vehicle accident in which one vehicle ultimately crashed into a building.

Massachusetts State Police is assisting local police in a water rescue after a car was found in the Merrimack River in Haverhill.

Police are asking for help in finding a missing man from Haverhill, Massachusetts.

Police are investigating after two people were stabbed in Haverhill, Massachusetts on Friday night.

Authorities say an accountant for a Massachusetts doughnut shop embezzled more than $180,000 from the business to fuel his drug addiction.

One person was injured Friday night in a shooting in Haverhill, Massachusetts.

Police responded to the area of 45 5th Avenue for reports of shots fired around 11:30 p.m.

The man killed Thursday evening in a drive-by shooting in Haverhill, Massachusetts, has been identified.