State officials have awarded more than $2 million in federal funding to help local police departments and state agencies prevent firearm deaths and injuries across Massachusetts.

Kristian Avery, 46, of Windsor, allegedly broke into the town’s firehouse, attempted to start a fire there and stole a pickup truck early Saturday morning.

Police said they have identified a suspect and issued a warrant after a juvenile was found being held against her will at a MetroWest hotel earlier this week.

A previously missing teenager has been found safe, Massachusetts State Police said Sunday. Madison Marino, 14, was found by a good Samaritan at Manter's field in Newbury, Massachusetts, West Newbury Police Chief Michael Dwyer said.

The push from the Massachusetts GOP comes as national Republicans take aim at Boston, other major cities over immigration and law enforcement policies.

WEST ROXBURY, Mass. (WPRI) — The Massachusetts State Police, along with the West Newbury Police Department, are asking for help in finding a missing neurodivergent teen. Police say 14-year-old ...

Federal authorities are threatening to investigate state officials who don't comply with immigration enforcement policies.

But right now in Massachusetts — its trailblazing 2020 police reform law notwithstanding — that training remains a hodgepodge of curricula. The hours spent in classroom instruction vary, and the classes are too often offered by uncertified instructors.

Judge Melanie Wilk Thunberg on Thursday cleared Richard McGrath, 61, of Charlton, Massachusetts, of one count of second-degree child molestation after finding that the state had not proved the case beyond a reasonable doubt. Thunberg presided over McGrath's bench trial, meaning the judge, not a jury, considered evidence in the case.

The Holyoke Police Department and the Hampden DA’s office are two of 18 recipients of the first funds awarded in Massachusetts through the Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program.

Blackstone-Millville Regional School District closed its high school, so that authorities can investigate a threat made over social media.

Westborough Police are seeking a suspect following an incident where a juvenile was allegedly held against her will at a local hotel on Jan. 28. The police were called to 19 Connector Road at about 11 a.