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LaSaundra Simmons, 51, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud. U.S. District Court Joseph Laplante scheduled sentencing for August 29, 2024.
A retired Keene police officer is getting his name removed from the state’s Laurie List, now called the Exculpatory Evidence Schedule, thanks to a new review of his alleged misdeeds from the 1980s.
Timothy Verrill, 41, was sentenced Friday for his Second-Degree Murders of Christine Sullivan and Jenna Pellegrini on January 27, 2017.
For the first time, legal, adult cannabis sales in New Hampshire were approved by the state Senate Thursday night, raising the potential for the state to set up as many as 15 state-run shops by 2025.
These awards recognize the exceptional service of federal agents along with state and local officers in eight federal criminal and civil matters. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of New Hampshire will host a formal ceremony to honor these individuals in September 2024.
Lashing out at some hospital executives who have criticized his plan to redistribute millions in federal funding away from them to community-based mental health and substance abuse treatment next year, Gov. Chris Sununu said they are not very community-minded in finding a solution to the mental health crisis.
Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital of Lebanon will take over operating the new Hampstead Hospital for children with mental health needs in June from Wellpath and the Executive Council approved more funding for farmers who experienced crop loss and extended funding to Community Action Programs across the state as part of the federal funds.
The state of New Hampshire’s responsibility for the hundreds of rapes and beatings David Meehan suffered while a teen in state custody is more than proven, and the state cannot get out from under the $38 million verdict, yet, Rockingham Superior Court Judge Andrew Schulman ruled this week.