Drunk

One woman is dead and a man is under arrest after a two car crash on Route 6 in Westport.

With Memorial Day weekend upon us, area residents may be more apt to take advantage of the warmer weather by going out on a boat. The Coast Guard is advising boaters to take the proper precautions when heading out onto the ocean. U.S...

BOSTON (AP) _ State officials say there is no evidence breath test machines used to test for drunken driving in Massachusetts are working improperly. But a review by the Massachusetts Department of Public Safety of 39,000 breath tests did reveal a small number _ fewer than 150 _ to be invalid because the instruments were not calibrated according to Massachusetts regulations...

New Bedford Police say the man who suffered injuries after falling from the hurricane barrier was intoxicated at the time. Detective Captain Steven Vicente tells WBSM News 62-year-old Joseph Rogers of Brock Avenue was walking along the new cement path atop the dike in the South End Monday afternoon when he attempted to climb down the steep, uneven embankment toward the water...

There's now a mugshot of Texas Governor Rick Perry. The governor was booked this afternoon in Austin on felony abuse of power charges. He was indicted last Friday after he vetoed money that was meant for the Travis County Public Integrity Unit after District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg refused to resign following a drunk driving conviction...

Dartmouth Police will be joining nearly 150 other law enforcement agencies across the state in an intensive crackdown on drunk drivers. The national "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" campaign is made possible through a federal grant, and provides extra funding to police departments that choose to take part, making it possible for extra patrols to be on the lookout for impaired drivers...

State Police nab ten more drunk drivers during their continued Patrol Surge on Routes 24 and 195 here on the Southcoast.