Jim Phillips

City and town halls across the region hosted religious prayer services on Thursday, as part of the National Day of Prayer. 

 In New Bedford, about 25 people attended a 45 minute service on the steps of City Hall

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New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell is assuring residents that New Bedford is safe, following the arrests of two city men in connection with the Boston Marathon Bombings. 

 Both are charged with obstruction of justice

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There will be no complaint issued in an assault case involving State Rep. Chris Markey of Dartmouth and another man.

Back in March, Markey claimed he was assaulted outside the Cushman School by David Oliveira of Dartmouth who was reportedly upset because he didn't get a state job.  M

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Three new suspects arrested in the investigation surrounding the Boston Marathon Bombings are being held by U.S. Marshals. 

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Republican Gabriel Gomez will go up against Democrat Edward Markey to fill the Massachussets Senate seat vacated by John Kerry. 

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Federal regulators have officially released new rules for the 2013 fishing year in New England that implement broad cuts in catch limits on key fish stocks. 

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The Patrick-Murray Administration is announcing a series of grants across the Commonwealth to increase access to freight rail service.

Three grants from the Industrial Rail Access Program will be funding projects on the Southcoast

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State government is stepping up to save what some call  "The Heart of New Bedford.' 

Secretary of Environemtnal Affairs Rick Sullivan Tuesday announced a $500,000 grant to help preserve the six acre Allen Haskell property off Shawmut Avenue

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The privately owned Smith-Robinson landfill off Old Fall River Road in Dartmouth is back in the news. 

State Senator Mark Montigny has written the Mass. Department of Environmental Project, asking them to halt plans to truck contaminated soil from Boston to Dartmouth, in order to cap the Smith-Robinson landfill

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At least one device used in the Boston Marathon Bombing is showing traces of female DNA.

Agents removed bags of evidence from the home of suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev's widow.

Katherine Russell has denied any involvement in the deadly attack, but DNA samples were among the evidence agents collected from her home Monday

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