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Bristol County DA candidate Shannon McMahon has voted five times since 2005 — including voting in just one municipal election in her home town of Swansea, in April 2022, according to a vote tracking site and Swansea Town Hall.

Just before Tuesday's rainstorm, on Aug. 9 the state upgraded the Southeastern Massachusetts region to a Level 3 "Critical" drought status, while the U.S. Drought Monitor upgraded Bristol County and the western parts of Plymouth County to an "extreme" drought.

The worsening drought is impacting more than 5.8 million people in Massachusetts, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.

Bristol County Sheriff Tom Hodgson spoke about the lawsuit filed against him by ICE detainees following the May 1, 2020 incident at the detention center.

Elections matter and we have an exceptionally important election on the ballot in September with the Democratic primary for District Attorney of Bristol County.

The highest court in Massachusetts has upheld a lower court decision removing the parental rights of a Bristol County mother whose son was born addicted to opioids due to drugs she was taking during pregnancy.

After Bristol County authorities busted a massive fentanyl trafficking ring in and around Taunton and Fall River earlier this month, police have also arrested an alleged drug supplier to the organization, the Bristol District Attorney's Office said today.

After George McNeil announced he would run for Bristol County Sheriff earlier this year, State Representative Pat Haddad has decided to endorse him in the election.

Former Bristol County ADA Katie Rayburn, who successfully prosecuted Michelle Carter, has been nominated to the Massachusetts Superior Court.

An initiative from the Bristol District Attorney's Cold Case Unit may help name unidentified human remains found in Bristol County over the past 40 years.