News across Bristol County
Pese a la incertidumbre, comunidad latina celebra el Mes de la Herencia Hispana
En medio de la preocupación por las detenciones migratorias, sacerdotes, artistas y residentes de New Bedford comparten lo que esta celebración significa para ellos este año.
Despite uncertainty, Latino community celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
Amid concern over immigration arrests, New Bedford priests, artists and residents share what this celebration means to them this year.
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Three new Wingstop locations coming to the South Coast
Three restaurant chain locations that specializes in chicken wings are coming to the South Coast in Massachusetts. Wingstop is a Dallas-based fast-casual chicken wing chain founded in Garland, Texas, in 1994 by Antonio Swad and Bernadette Fiaschetti. It is known for…
Fall River fire that destroyed two South Main buildings remains under investigation as possible arson
FALL RIVER ─ The probe into a three-alarm fire that destroyed two South Main Street buildings last Wednesday is still under police investigation, including a possible case of arson. “We are still investigating and actively participating in interviews. Nothing new to release,”…
General Manager of Fisher Bus responds after school bus driver throws several empty nips out the window while transporting students
A bus company is responding after an incident Tuesday involving a local school bus driver. A report came in for a Fisher school bus driver serving Somerset Berkley Regional High School tossing nip bottles out of the window just before 7:00 a.m. on Read Road near the water tower…
Man wanted in ID theft and credit fraud case in Bristol County
Police in Bristol County are investigating a case they believe involves ID theft and credit fraud. According to Mass Most Wanted, last Wednesday, an Easton resident reported fraudulent activity on his credit card stemming from suspicious charges at the Comfort Inn in Dedham.…
State Police arrest 41-year-old sexually violent predator outside of social services agency
State Police arrested a man this week at a social services non-profit who was described as a sexual predator. According to Rhode Island State Police, in September 2026, the Oklahoma Department of Corrections and the U.S. Marshals Service in Oklahoma requested assistance from the…
Massachusetts AG Campbell report details decades of abuse at Fall River, Springfield, Worcester dioceses
By Katie Castellani More than 270 Catholic clerics abused 944 children within the Catholic dioceses of Fall River, Springfield and Worcester over several decades, according to a report released by Attorney General Andrea Campbell, who also revealed Wednesday that she is a…
Massachusetts releases first-ever clergy sex abuse investigation for Worcester, Fall River and Springfield
Attorney General Andrea Campbell called the report “the first, full public accounting of the abuse, misconduct and institutional failures at the dioceses that allowed the abuse to happen.”
Massachusetts Auditor DiZoglio’s Bureau of Special Investigations identifies over $10.6 million in new public benefits fraud
BOSTON – Today, State Auditor Diana DiZoglio released a Bureau of Special Investigations report examining the periods of January 1, 2026, to March 31, 2026, and April 1, 2026, to June 30, 2026. During these periods, BSI investigated a total of 2,223 cases and there were…
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Published 6 hours agoMass. AG announces evidence of nearly 1,000 cases of clergy sexual abuse in trio of dioceses
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell said in a press release that there’s evidence that more than 270 clerics in the dioceses of Fall River, Springfield, and Worcester abused nearly 1,000 children.