Brians Beat

According to Massachusetts law, all government schools are required to accept all children regardless of their English proficiency. Why am I sharing this? A caller has brought to my attention that several, 30 maybe 40 teenagers, are students at New Bedford High School...

Expect authorities to charge a young Acushnet woman with Reckless Endangerment of a Child under Age 18. Breanna McGrath is captured on a Facebook video with leaving her infant child in his car seat while she meandered inside the Gas Express convenience store in a not so great New Bedford neighborhood...

Let's give credit where it's due. Presidential candidate Donald Trump is scoring huge points with his "hear no evil" political flock, following Wednesday's long winded Immigration speech in Arizona. Here's why I'm not buying in. Trump laid out his power packed 10 point plan on illegal immigration...

The WBSM house is divided. Some are swayed this way. Others that way. I've spoken with the victim's mom, New Bedford's schools Superintendent and School Committee members. One thing is certain. A young girl was jabbed, or should I say stabbed and wounded...

Lots of buzz within social media over an incident at New Bedford's Hayden McFadden School. A child finds what some are claiming to be a syringe in the playground and jabs another student several times, with the needle. The school Superintendent tells a different story...

Help me with this. A triple stabbing happens in a City Councilor's district. Just hours following New Bedford's 2nd homicide of the year, said Councilor is posting on Facebook about another Councilor's Motion, a week prior, seeking an apology from Hillary Clinton...

When it comes to school employees, is it time we, the taxpayer, demand that all government school employees (Superintendent down to custodian) be drug tested. Teachers are always running programs telling students to just say no to drug. It's time we make them practice what they preach...

A grandfather leaves his 18 month old grandson locked in a hot car at Saver's. It was an accident. He forgot. I guess New Bedford Police forgot, forgot to follow procedure and book the man on a child abandonment charge. Brian Thomas chimes if you would charge the mom or dad for doing something similar, then justice needs to be blind...

I am not a proponent of raising the voting back to 21, but this young woman can be the poster child for it. Guess her mama didn't slap that left hand hard enough. Imagine sucking your thumb, on a bus, where other kids and adults can visibly watch...

All things are alleged until proven in court beyond a reasonable doubt. There's this guy from Middleboro. Kevin Kennedy is his name. He's accused of felony animal cruelty. According to the MSPCA, Kennedy tethered his dog, Maverick, for days, maybe longer than a week...