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Trooper hospitalized after crashing state police motorcycle in Lexington
A Massachusetts State Police trooper was injured in a motorcycle crash early Saturday near the Battles of Lexington and ...
Lexington unveiled a 250th commemorative arch. It did not go according to plan.
Lexington unveiled an arch to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War’s start. It toppled almost ...
‘Spewing out.’ Call logs detail Lexington gas explosion that killed 5-year-old
Dispatch call logs, which The Star obtained through a Sunshine Law request, give more details on what happened the day of the ...
No protest permits issued for Lexington, Concord 250th anniversary celebrations, but officials prepared for demonstrations
During a press conference on Thursday, Police Chief Michael McLean assuaged concerns fueled by social media rumors that the ...
Ken Burns' newest film is about the American Revolution. What he said in Lexington
Renowned documentarian Ken Burns spoke about the nearly 10-year process of creating his latest film, "The American Revolution ...
Live Updates: Eighth grader killed in Lexington 2 middle school bus crash identified
The crash on Interstate 77 killed a 13-year-old and sent many others on a middle school field trip to the hospital.
‘Call before you dig’ system in Lexington explosion worked. So what went wrong?
Executive director of the Missouri One Call System says “everybody did the right thing” in the utility notification process.
Was the "shot heard round the world" in Lexington or Concord? An expert says it's complicated.
Two towns in Massachusetts are fundamental to American history, but where the official first shot of the American Revolution happened has been debated for centuries.