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Two dogs are back home with their family in Lawrence, Massachusetts, after being missing for seven months. French bulldogs Malik and Potato are back in the hands of very relieved family members. “Seeing their faces after so long, it’s like you’re in shock,” said Ashley Martinez. The two dogs vanished in February. Their owners say the dogs ran out...

A 25-year-old man from Beverly, Massachusetts, has been arrested, as he faces charges in a series of anti-LGBTQ+ vandalism incidents in Salem, police announced Wednesday. Mohammed Saeed Rajab is facing several vandalism charges, and is also being charged with hate crimes, according to the Salem Police Department. Rajab was identified as a suspect after an investigation by Salem and Beverly…

The victim has been identified as Kory Ouellette, 20, of Salem, police said.

A 20-year-old was killed Sunday night when his car slammed into a fence in a residential neighborhood in Salem, Massachusetts. Salem police say officers responded to the serious crash around 6:18 p.m. and found a car had gone into a fence in the front yard of a Puritan Road home. The driver and sole occupant died at the scene. He…

Family members say the body of 20-year-old Nayeli Nieves still hasn’t been found, nearly a week after her boyfriend was charged with her murder in court.

A vigil was held Monday night for a woman who police say was killed by her boyfriend in Salem, Massachusetts. Speaking through a translator, the victim’s mother described what a great daughter and mom 20-year-old Nayeli Nieves had been to her two young children. “We’re all going to miss her in our hearts,” Carmen Cobian said, fighting back tears....

A Salem, Massachusetts, man is facing a murder charge in a woman’s disappearance, according to local authorities, who said that a search is still ongoing for the victim’s body. Pablo Vicente, 33, was arrested in connection with the woman’s disappearance and killing, Essex County authorities said, and he appeared in court for an arraignment later Tuesday, where a not...

A man is dead after a tree fell on a pickup truck in New Salem, Massachusetts on Wednesday. Police responded to an incident on Route 122 near the intersection of Sweezy Road at around 11:48 a.m. The investigation indicates that 75-year-old William Mattei, of Leicester, was traveling on route 122 when the tree fell. Mattei was determined to be dead…

Thousands of dead fish could be seen Wednesday in the water near Pickering Wharf in Salem, Massachusetts. The state’s Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs says the incident was the result of a mechanical failure on a commercial boat, which accidentally released several thousand dead menhaden into outer Salem Harbor. Winds and tides then brought the fish to...

Police in Salem were called to the crash on Highland Avenue just after 11 p.m. Officers have confirmed one fatality in the crash.

One person died during a crash overnight in Salem, Massachusetts, that involved a motorcycle, according to police in the North Shore city. Police in Salem were called to the crash on Highland Avenue just after 11 p.m. Officers have confirmed one fatality in the crash. The Salem Police Department said around 1 a.m. that it had Highland Avenue at Barnes…

Salem’s beloved trio of villainous sisters is heading back to the silver screen. Disney is producing the third installment of “Hocus Pocus,” Sean Bailey, president of Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production, confirmed in an interview with The New York Times this week. The news comes near the original film’s 30th anniversary and just over a year after the...

The North Shore city of Salem, Massachusetts, has elected a new mayor. During a special mayoral election Tuesday, Dominick Pangallo won 52.4% of the vote, beating former mayor Neil Harrington, according to The Salem News, which cited unofficial results. Pangallo served as chief of staff to former Mayor Kim Driscoll — now Lt. Gov. Driscoll — who left her post…

Police in Salem, Massachusetts, are issuing a warning after an increase in coyote sightings in the city of late. In a recent Facebook post, the police department said coyote sightings are being reported “with increased frequency” across Salem and in surrounding communities. This includes several recent reports of coyotes approaching people who were walking their dogs, particularly in the South…

Police in Salem, Massachusetts, have issued a warning about recent coyote sightings in the area.

Four people have been charged in connection with an alleged hate crime in Salem, Massachusetts, last week. According to Salem Police, the four suspects are accused of harassing the victims at the Wendy’s on Lafayette Street last Friday. The victims reported that a group of young men were using derogatory terms related to their perceived sexual orientation. The victims...

Family members are mourning the death of a mother from Salem, Massachusetts, who was hit by a a car Sunday night. The daughter of Tammi Guy, a 41-year-old mother of four, was devastated talking to NBC10 Boston after the crash near the intersection of Jefferson Avenue and Willson Street on Easter. “My heart just hurts really bad,” Alahna Guy said….

Salem police say they are investigating this as a case of animal cruelty and are asking anyone with information on whoever is responsible to contact them.

A former youth minister has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting three vulnerable boys that he met through church, prosecutors said. Russell Davis, 70, of Seabrook, New Hampshire, and formerly of Newbury, Massachusetts, was sentenced in Salem Superior Court on Wednesday to up to four years in state prison after pleading guilty to multiple charges, including child rape, according to a…

A 35-year-old man was allegedly driving intoxicated early Saturday morning when he was traveling the wrong way on Interstate 93 in New Hampshire.