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Tiverton, Fall River, Portsmouth Fire Departments extinguish blaze involving cars, home
Several area fire departments battled flames at a residence on Saturday morning. According to the Tiverton Fire Department, at approximately,…
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Fall River Police investigating stabbing near city package store
A man was injured after a reported stabbing in Fall River on Saturday night. According to scanner transmissions, just before…
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Fall River man injured, taken into custody, after chase involving Massachusetts State Police, local police, leads to damaged cruiser
A local man was injured after allegedly fleeing from police on Saturday evening. According to police, at approximately 8:00 p.m.,…
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Search and criminal investigation continue concerning missing developmentally disabled Rhode Island woman
Colonel Michael J. Winquist, Chief of the Cranston Police Department, has announced that the department continues to actively investigate the…
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Swansea man dies from injuries sustained in multi-vehicle crash on I-195
A crash that took place in Swansea on Tuesday morning has turned fatal. According to the Swansea Fire Department, firefighters…
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Somerset Police investigating after urn dug up at town cemetery
Police are investigating a disturbing incident that allegedly took place at a local cemetery. Somerset Chief of Police William Tedford…
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24-year-old Taunton man who died as a prisoner of war finally coming home in hero’s welcome
WASHINGTON – A Bristol County serviceman who made the ultimate sacrifice is finally coming home to a hero’s welcome. The Defense POW/MIA…
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Fall River Zoning Board of Appeals grants Special Permits, Variances, to turn commercial space, mill, into 100+ new apartment units
Several projects went in front of the Fall River Zoning Board of Appeals meeting on Thursday. MARINO Z. BENEVIDES, c/o…
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23-year-old Massachusetts man on probation accused of Manslaughter in death of mother
Cape & Islands District Attorney Robert Galibois has announced that on Friday, a Grand Jury indicted a Massachusetts man for…
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Former judge, lawyer, civil rights advocate, labor activist, in New Bedford, Fall River area passes away
OBITUARY: John Michael Xifaras, a retired Massachusetts Superior Court Judge whose life personified the American dream of his immigrant parents,…
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