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The Boston Pops annual July 4th concert and fireworks show attended by thousands is being moved up a day because of potential heavy rains ahead of Tropical Storm Arthur. Organizers and public safety officials said Wednesday afternoon the celebration is being rescheduled to what appears to be the best of two potential bad weather days...

Massachusetts State Police say they arrested a 35-year-old Cape Cod man after an hour-long chase from Mashpee to New Bedford. Officials say Earl Cash III of Yarmouth fled from Mashpee police Saturday night when they tried to stop him for driving a stolen SUV...

State and Federal authorities seized large quantities of heroin and crystal meth with a street value of a million dollars this week and also arrested three men that police say were tied to a Mexico-based drug ring.   Massachusetts State Police and Drug Enforcement Administration agents were stationed at a hotel on Route 1 in Peabody where they observed two men leave with a large duffel bag and dr

Massachusetts state police say 185 people have died of heroin overdoses during the last four months, but that does not include fatal overdoses in the state's three largest cities.       The overdoses were largely concentrated in southeastern Massachusetts, western Massachusetts, the Merrimack Valley and Middlesex County...

Update:  The standoff at 209 Richard St. in South Dartmouth ended around 6:30pm, when police took the suspect into custody.  The unidentified man had barricaded himself inside the home with several weapons since 11am.  Negotiators were called in at mid-afternoon, in hopes the man would surrender.  P...

A tanker truck transporting 11,000 gallons of gasoline that rolled over and burst into flames on Route 24 in Fall River sent think black smoke into air, shook nearby houses, and brought traffic to a standstill. Authorities say the driver of the truck that rolled over at about 7:15 a...

Mass. State Police arrest two people in Dartmouth following a vehicle stop on I-195. Trooper Robert Plant stopped the vehicle on Monday, and after a search arrested the operator, 46 year old Ralph D'Agustino  of East Wareham on drug charges...

For awhile Saturday, it looked like some serious snowfall was headed our way.  But early Sunday, it started to mix with rain, and ended up a slushy mess on most areas of the SouthCoast.   Snowfall in our region amounted to about an inch or two...

A woman walking on Route six in Yarmouth was struck by two motor vehicles on Saturday evening.  State Police say she was pronounced dead a short time later. The 32-year-old Yarmouth Port woman was hit around 5 p.m. when walking on Route 6 westbound near Exit 8. ...

State Police investigators and Fairhaven Police searched a couple of areas Friday morning in connection with an ongoing murder investigation.  District Attorney spokesman Greg Milioti confirms police were at Fairhaven Lumber, searching a shed.  T...