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An electrical failure started a fire that heavily damaged a single family home at 173 Denver St. in Fall River Sunday evening. 

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Southcoast Hospital Group has unveiled a second van to deliver health care services to the community.

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William Keating is one step closer to returning to Capitol Hill in Washington. Sam Sutter is headed back to the District Attorney's office on Purchase Street.

Keating soundly defeated Sutter in the 9th Congressional District Democratic Primary on Thursday

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Heavy rainfall caused flooding in Fall River while the National Weather Service issued flash flood warnings for parts of southeast Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

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Former Fall River City Councilor Leo Pelletier has changed his plea to guilty as he faces charges relating to his operation of two illegal gambling internet cafes. Pelletier opened two cafes, known as "Leo's Place", in Fall river and Fairhaven, and charged customers for internet time, while they had the choice to engage in a sweeptakes program on the computer

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Positive mosquito testing for Eastern Equine Encephalitis near the Oak Grove Cemetery in Fall River is resulting in spraying Thursday Night from 8 to 11.

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Fall River Police are investigating after an 87-year-old woman was struck and killed by a pickup truck while trying to cross a busy city street over the weekend.

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State health officials say aerial spraying has cut the mosquito population in half in six southeastern Massachusetts communities. 

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State health officials say that two more mosquito samples from New Bedford have tested positively for West Nile virus. The state also logged another sample of west nile-infected mosquitoes from Fall River

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The drunk driver who struck a Massachusetts State Police cruiser on 195 West on Saturday morning is scheduled to be arraigned today in Fall River District Court. Lt. Daniel Richard says 48-year-old Laurie Lacle of Somerset is being arraigned on charges of operating under the influence, fleeing the scene, and other negligent operating charges

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