South Boston

An electronic construction sign in South Boston was flashing the words “KKK Meeting Today,” over the holiday weekend, sparking an investigation by police in the city. According to a police report, the sign was spotted around D and Cypher Streets in Southie before 8 a.m. on Monday. Authorities who responded were able to turn the sign off. It wasn’t...

A 93-year-old woman died in what police described as an apparent drowning off Castle Island in South Boston Monday. State police said the woman was part of a private adult day care program and was at Pleasure Bay Beach with a group for a supervised trip. She went into the water with two friends that were also part of the…

A man was seriously hurt early Thursday morning after being hit by a vehicle on Columbia Road in South Boston, and the driver involved left the scene of the crash, according to Massachusetts state troopers. State police said that it responded to a report of a pedestrian being hit just before 2:30 a.m. on Thursday on Columbia Road at the…

Two people were found dead in South Boston Wednesday afternoon, police said, but it wasn’t immediately clear if the deaths were believed to be suspicious. The bodies on Patterson Way near Rev Burke Street were reported about 1:30 p.m., Boston police said. Police weren’t immediately able to offer more details on the circumstances around the deaths or if foul...

Authorities have released the official cause of death for a person who was found dead in a South Boston apartment in June. The Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety said in an email Monday night that the cause of death was “Acute intoxication due to the combined effects of cocaine and methamphetamine.” The manner of death was determined to be…

The office of Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden says it has launched an investigation into a death at a South Boston apartment from which four children were removed last month. The June 17 incident on Old Colony Avenue raised questions about transparency and whether the city’s police and fire departments are on the same page. “We are conducting a…

Maude Gagnon has been baking cookies since she was 10 years old. She makes and hand-rolls each of them, one by one. What began as a hobby is now her full time job, after leaving her marketing position to start Southie Cookie. “My friends have always said, ‘You should open your own business, your cookies are so good.’ I did…

Elected officials in Boston questioned the conditions of public housing Wednesday after the city’s police and fire departments gave conflicting accounts of an incident at a South Boston apartment. The death of a person from cardiac arrest and the removal of four children from an Old Colony Avenue apartment on June 17 was discussed at Wednesday’s Boston City Council...

After being called out for disputing reports from fire officials, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu on Monday said there is no reason for anyone to doubt either fire or police accounts of a recent South Boston death investigation. During an appearance on on WBUR’s “Radio Boston,” Wu was asked about the June 17 incident at an apartment on Old Colony Avenue....

The mother of two children removed from a South Boston apartment fire officials called “unsanitary” during a death investigation spoke with NBC10 Boston Friday as authorities remained tight-lipped about the specific details of the case. The incident happened Saturday at an apartment on Old Colony Avenue. A report from responders with the Boston Fire Department said six adults “who appeared…

Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story said the incident happened at an apartment on Colony Avenue; it actually happened on Old Colony Avenue. The story has been updated to reflect this. Authorities say a death investigation at a South Boston apartment complex led to the discovery of four children living in unsanitary conditions. Details were limited Tuesday,...

After a week of worry, grief, and anguish, one South Boston family is celebrating the return of a sentimental statue that was stolen from their yard. The Charlie Chaplin statue belongs to Jessica Doyle, whose father, Dan Doyle, hand-painted the piece before his passing in 2018. The statue contains the ashes of both Dan and his father, making its brief…

A family in South Boston is asking for the public’s help in finding a sentimental statue they say was stolen from their yard. According to Jessyca Dolyle, her late father, Dan Doyle, painted the Charlie Chaplin statue before his passing in 2018. Both her father’s and grandfather’s ashes were stored inside. “Remembering when he originally painted the statue was...

A manhole explosion Wednesday night in South Boston led to power outages in the area. The incident happened shortly before 9 p.m. near the intersection of Dorchester Avenue and Father Songin Way. No injuries have been reported. About 200 customers near the scene of the explosion were without power late Wednesday night, and 170 still had no electricity as of…

Deval Patrick, the state’s former chief executive, attended a bridge-naming ceremony in South Boston in 2007 to honor former Boston City Council President James Kelly. Today, the former governor supports an effort to take the Kelly name off that bridge. “In light of his reported comments about LGBTQ people, especially at a time of such virulent attacks on people who…

In an update from Massachusetts State Police early Monday, troopers identified the missing child as Mohamed Abou Fofana, of South Boston. Troopers said that search operations around and off Castle Island were resuming just before 8:30 a.m. Monday, but authorities have been seen throughout the morning looking in the area. His mother also came to the area to search early...

In an update from Massachusetts State Police early Monday, troopers identified the missing child as Mohemed Fofena, of South Boston.

The body of a 4-year-old boy who disappeared from a playground at South Boston’s Castle Island Sunday was found Monday on an island in Boston Harbor, authorities said. Mohamed Abou Fofana was found on the shore at Spectacle Island on Monday afternoon, Massachusetts State Police told NBC10 Boston. His family has been notified. The body was spotted by a...

An 18-year-old man and a 16-year-old girl have been charged in an attack on a woman last week at an MBTA station in South Boston. The 21-year-old victim was taken to Tufts Medical Center to be treated after the incident Thursday afternoon at the Broadway stop, authorities said. A group of teens dumped her groceries and threw them at her…

A group of juveniles dumped a woman’s groceries and began throwing them at her face at a South Boston MBTA station, sending the woman to the hospital, according to the agency’s transit police. The incident, which authorities have called “unprovoked,” happened at around 4 p.m. on Thursday at Broadway station, according to MBTA Transit Police. The group of five...