PROVIDENCE – Two men charged in separate, but related, criminal cases pleaded guilty on Wednesday in federal court in Providence to fentanyl distribution charges, admitting that...
68,000 people across America died from overdoses, 54 in Fall River in 2018. To put that in perspective, Fall River sees an average of 2 homicides...
Police arrested a local man Thursday after a fiery crash in Westport. According to Detective Robert Rebello, at approximately 9:59 a.m., officers with the Westport Police...
Several events have been scheduled in Fall River for International Overdose Awareness Day to bring remembrance, awareness, education and action in hopes of decreasing overdose deaths. Recover...
A Fall River man who was arrested with a Westport man concerning a fatal overdose, was sentenced to prison. According to Newport Daily News, Michael Vandenburgh,...
A Fall River native and Durfee graduate is in the process of making his directorial debut on a topic that hits close to home. Kyle Gregory,...
Police are reporting that a woman wanted for not rendering aid to an overdose victim has been captured. On February 25, 2019, the South Kingstown Police...
Multiple personnel were treated for what is believed to be fentanyl exposure. According to Detective Lieutenant Michael C. Arnold, at 1:05 p.m. Sunday the Portsmouth Police...
U.S. overdose death rates linked to synthetic opioids, likely from illicitly manufactured fentanyl (IMF), increased more than 45 percent from 2016 to 2017 while death rates...
Project Reconnect- Fall River’s Opioid Task Force is sending out a warning to residents about the amount of overdoses happening in the city. The group has...
