Armed fight at South Boston high school leaves one student injured, one arrested

One student was arrested and a knife was confiscated after a fight between two teenagers that sent a South Boston high school into lockdown. Head of School Nachelle Gordon said Excel High School was placed into “safe mode” for approximately 25 minutes Wednesday, “due to a physical altercation involving a few students.” Police said the … Read more

Boston City Council grills police commissioner about ShotSpotter technology

Boston’s police chief said he won’t delay signing a new contract for continued use of ShotSpotter technology that “saves lives,” shrugging off concerns from city councilors around its effectiveness and perceived overuse in communities of color.  Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In … Read more

Boston Mayor Wu says Emerson College student protesters wanted to be arrested

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said the city tried for days to de-escalate the encampment at Emerson, and protesters were even offered 24/7 warming rooms in exchange for taking down their tents, but students refused because they wanted to be arrested. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To login in, click here. Read original … Read more

Boston Police investigating high school fight that left student hospitalized

Police are investigating a physical altercation involving two students, one of whom was struck with an object and hospitalized, at a Boston high school Monday. Richard Chang and Stephen Cirasuolo, heads of the Josiah Quincy Upper School, said in a letter to families that the students involved in the afternoon fight will face disciplinary action … Read more

Hours before dawn, police find man dead in Boston’s first fatal shooting of 2024

The sun had not yet risen and less than 6 hours of the new year passed before the city of Boston recorded its first shooting death of 2024. According to the Boston Police Department, officers assigned to District 11 in Dorchester were sent to High Street around 5:30 a.m. in response to reports a person … Read more

No threat at the Snowport

Receive a disturbing text about something going down either Friday or Saturday in the Seaport district of South Boston? Boston Police says it’s a hoax. “We have no credible threat in the Snowport,” Sgt. Det. John Boyle, Boston Police’s chief spokesman, told the Herald Friday. From what the Herald can gather, some people online shared … Read more