Leominster

Dozens of people rallied in Leominster, Massachusetts, on Tuesday night to raise concerns about care for expectant mothers and their children. Protesters gathered outside of Leominster Hospital, calling on officials to rethink the closure of the hospital’s maternity inpatient unit. The hospital blames the decision on industry-wide workforce shortages, but nurses said that drive times for mothers going into...

Dive teams searched the Notown Reservoir in Leominster, Massachusetts, on Thursday afternoon but didn’t find anyone in the water. Aerial footage showed what appears to be a partially submerged canoe in the water off Palmer Road. Dive teams were in the water and numerous emergency vehicles were at the scene. But officials said no one was believed to have...

A man accused of running a Massachusetts shoplifting ring of more than 20 people was indicted by a grand jury this week, prosecutors said. John F. Duplease, Jr., a 68-year-old from Lancaster, was indicted by a Worcester County grand jury on charges including organized retail theft enterprise and aggravated organized retail crime, county prosecutors said Wednesday. Penny Williams, a 43-year-old…

A 19-year-old has been charged in the death of a 16-year-old girl last month in Leominster, Massachusetts, prosecutors say. Christopher Filz, of Shirley, was driving a 2001 Ford Mustang that rolled over in an embankment Interstate 190 on the evening of Oct. 6, leaving Krystal Mello, of Ayer, dead and two other teens injured, the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office…

A Leominster police officer was stabbed while trying to take a person into custody after what started as a well-being check escalated to violence on Monday morning. According to Leominster police, police were first called in by a private medical company, which reported that an employee had been attacked at a home on Water Street. Police were asked to do…

A 16-year-old girl was killed and three other teens were hurt in a crash Thursday night on Interstate 190 in Leominster, according to Massachusetts State Police.

A 2001 Ford Mustang that the four teens were riding in went off the highway, down an embankment and into the wood line, according to a preliminary investigation by state police.

A 16-year-old girl was killed and three other teens were hurt in a crash Thursday night on Interstate 190 in Leominster, according to Massachusetts State Police. State police responded to the crash shortly after 7 p.m. on the northbound side of the highway. A 2001 Ford Mustang that the four teens were riding in went off the highway, down an…

A police officer was struck by a vehicle while directing traffic Friday night in Leominster, Massachusetts. The Leominster officer was taken to a local hospital following the Lancaster Street incident. There was no immediate word on the officer’s injuries or condition. No other information was immediately available.

The officer was directing traffic at the time of the crash.

The driver was taken to a local hospital, authorities said.

A pedestrian died Monday night after being hit by a pick-up truck in front of a Walmart in Leominster, Massachusetts, officials announced. Police responded to the pedestrian crash in front of the Jungle Road store around 7:30 p.m., the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement. The driver was taken to a local hospital, the district attorney’s...

The Leominster community will say final goodbyes to fallen Marine Capt. Ross Reynolds during a funeral service at St. Cecilia’s Church Tuesday.

The Leominster community said its final goodbyes to fallen Marine Capt. Ross Reynolds during a funeral service at St. Cecilia’s Church on Tuesday. Hundreds of people lined up for hours to pay their respects to the 27-year-old at a public wake at Leominster City Hall Monday night. His fellow marines took turns watching over his flag-draped casket in the...

A public wake was held Monday for Capt. Ross Reynolds, a 27-year-old Marine and native of Leominster who was one of four soldiers killed last month in a NATO training exercise in Norway. Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker joined family, friends, fellow veterans and public servants to bid a final goodbye to Reynolds Monday afternoon. “It was touching and emotional. Lots…

“We got married in basically a hallway, and it was the most precious moment of my life,” said Lana Reynolds, the widow of the late Marine Captain and Leominster native Captain Ross Reynolds. His vigil was held earlier this evening at Leominster City Hall.

A plane carrying the remains of Capt. Ross A. Reynolds landed at Logan International Airport in Boston, where it was met by his grieving family and Gov. Charlie Baker.

A procession was held Saturday as the marine’s body was escorted from Boston to his hometown of Leomisnter.

The body of a Marine officer killed last month during a NATO training exercise in Norway was returned Saturday to his home in Massachusetts.  A plane carrying the remains of Capt. Ross A. Reynolds landed at Logan International Airport in Boston, where it was met by his grieving family and Gov. Charlie Baker. “He was a first-class kid from...

The casket of Leominster Marine Capt. Ross Reynolds, 27 killed during a NATO training exercise in Norway returns home today.