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A drive-by shooting left a person wounded in Lynn, Massachusetts, on Monday, police said. The person who was injured was inside a home on Chestnut Street near Story Avenue at the time of the shooting, according to Lynn police. They’ve been taken to a local hospital. No arrests have yet been made in the shooting, police said. They didn’t...

Update: Lynn Police reported a little after 9 p.m. Sunday that the missing person has been located. Authorities in Lynn are looking for help to find a missing woman, who was last seen Sunday morning in the Mall St. area. The woman, Santa Diaz Contreras, is described as wearing a black hooded jacket, a skirt and black shoes. Anyone with…

Seven police officers in Lynn, Massachusetts, are on administrative leave and under investigation over allegations of inappropriate conduct. The allegations involve potential drug abuse and use of racially insensitive language in a private text conversation between two officers, according to the Lynn Police Department. The department recently learned of the allegations from another law enforcement agency, according to a release…

Several police officers in Lynn, Massachusetts are on administrative leave and under investigation over allegations of inappropriate conduct.

Victor White says he’s still traumatized by what happened to him on June 16, 2020, at the Lynn Police Department. “I think about it every day,” White said Thursday. “The video shows me complying with his orders, then him reaching for my neck/face area and then he starts wailing on me.” The video is from a security camera in a…

Security video from last summer appears to show a former Lynn Police officer violently attacking a man inside a jail cell.

The state of Massachusetts is short some 1,200 school bus drivers. The problem is so serious that Lynn Public Schools are no longer offering bus service. Transportation officials in Concord say hundreds of bus drivers across the state were laid off during the coronavirus pandemic and decided not to come back. In Concord, officials kept their school bus drivers on…

Many parents in Lynn, Massachusetts, are reeling after learning their children will be unable to take the bus to school because of a shortage of drivers. “Very frustrating, very,” one father said. “I have contact with the school. From what I know, what they’re telling me, they don’t have the bus available for the kids right now.” The school...

Many parents in Lynn, Massachusetts, no longer have a way to get their kids to school.

Crews were fighting flames fueled by the wind early Monday morning in Lynn, Massachusetts. The call for a fire came in around 2 a.m. in a home on Linden Street that neighbors said has been vacant for weeks. Working in cold and windy conditions, firefighters knocked down the two-alarm blaze by 4 a.m., according to Lynn Fire Chief Stephen Archer….

Crews were fighting flames fueled by the wind early Monday morning in Lynn, Massachusetts.

Crews were fighting flames fueled by the wind early Monday morning in Lynn, Massachusetts.

Strong winds fed the flames as fires broke out in two cities on the North Shore of Massachusetts Monday night, and another on the South Shore Tuesday. Crews in Lynn battled heavy fire into the early hours of Tuesday morning as it spread quickly throughout a three-family home on Murphy Avenue. The Lynn Fire Department was called around 11:30 p.m….

A former Massachusetts police officer accused of beating a man who was in custody will face a criminal charge after a court official ruled there was probable cause for the case to move forward. Former Lynn Officer Matthew Coppinger faces a charge of assault and battery in connection with the alleged beating last June of Victor White that was caught…

Strong winds fed the flames in two cities on the North Shore of Massachusetts, making the job more difficult for firefighters in freezing temperatures.

A 20-year-old Massachusetts man is facing charges after an incident at a Walmart in Salem on Sunday led to a police search in the area. Formal charges were filed Monday against Salem resident Jesus Padilla for vandalism of property, disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace and trespassing, police said. Police received a call around 10:50 a.m. Sunday reporting a person with…

The Lynn Museum is marking Black History Month with an exhibition of artifacts, documents and family items from some of the city’s most prominent Black residents. Museum Director Doneeca Thurston has been working on the exhibition since November 2019, but the project itself began in 2017 when the museum hosted an oral Black history project with North Shore Community College….

For 10 in Your Town, we looked at Zimman’s, the renowned fabric and home decor store that dates back over 100 years.

Lynn-based group Beyond Walls inspires young people to get involved in beautifying the city with meaningful murals.

A Lynn nonprofit works to inspire girls to be strong, smart and bold — and their work continues despite the pandemic.