Top Boston Area Local News Stories
Source: TheBostonChannel.com - News
Internet exchanges made between a New Bedford resident and other online posters about the planned Quran burnings in Florida this weekend led to a bomb scare near St. Luke's Hospital Wednesday night.
Published: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 07:40:15 EDT
A woman sustained "grave" injuries after she drove head-on into a house in Everett Wednesday, police said.
Published: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 06:22:46 EDT
State public health officials say that more than one-third of the students in 80 Massachusetts school districts are overweight or obese.
Published: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 06:16:57 EDT
NASA says two small asteroids discovered just days ago will zip harmlessly past Earth on Wednesday, a double flyby that should be visible through a telescope.
Published: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 06:44:58 EDT
Tim Wakefield became the oldest pitcher to win for Boston, and the Red Sox backed their 44-year-old knuckleballer with five home runs Wednesday night to rough up the Tampa Bay Rays 11-5.
Published: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 06:07:44 EDT
Tom Brady says he's not thinking about a new contract and is focusing on preparing for the season opener.
Published: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 15:22:55 EDT
Check out these 20 tidbits about the NFL before the 2010 season kicks off.
Published: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 02:45:00 EDT
Calling her "a Lindsay Lohan wannabe," a judge fined "Jersey Shore" star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi $500 on Wednesday and ordered her to perform community service after she pleaded guilty to disturbing others on a beach in July.
Published: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 16:56:50 EDT
"The Nate Berkus Show" premieres on Sept. 13 at 10 a.m. on Ch. 5! Check out these behind the scenes pictures of the show!
Published: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 16:31:07 EDT
A second Massachusetts teenager charged in the bullying of a 15-year-old girl who committed suicide has been charged with drunken driving.
Published: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 06:26:26 EDT
A Newton elementary school principal who was supposed be greeting students on the first day of school instead went to the hospital after delivering his daughter in the family minivan.
Published: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 18:45:11 EDT
A lighting strike injured a woman in Wakefield and damaged a home and cemetery building in Boston on Wednesday as showers and thunderstorms moved across the state.
Published: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 17:01:47 EDT
A priest cleared by the Boston Archdiocese three years ago of child sex abuse is now facing more accusations.
Published: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 06:05:16 EDT
A scam falsely promising green cards and work permits is targeting undocumented Irish immigrants living in Massachusetts, immigration attorneys warned Wednesday.
Published: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 06:30:40 EDT
South Shore Hospital says there is virtually no danger that lost computer files containing personal information on some 800,000 people wound up in the wrong hands.
Published: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 06:33:50 EDT