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New Bedford Police say a pedestrian was struck by car traveling westbound on Cove Road Sunday night in the South End. The incident happened around 10pm near the intersection of Cove and County St. The victim was transported to Rhode Island Hospital...

A commencement celebration in New Bedford saluting participants in the Sea Lab summer program, the city's marine science center in the South End. The center honored its ninth grade participants who have been attending Sea Lab for several years...

A few moments of excitement in a South End neighborhood after the discovery of an explosive device. New Bedford Fire Chief Michael Gomes says fire crews were called to 41 Ruth Street Wednesday afternoon where an old artillery shell had been found...

New Bedford police are investigating after two dead bodies were found in a South End apartment.

New Bedford Police are investigating a report of shots fired in the city. Detective Captain Steve Vicente says witnesses reported hearing four or five gunshots in the area of Division and Crapo Streets in the South End around 12:30 Monday morning...

Roughly 40 New Bedford residents turned out for the city's first public casino forum at Roosevelt Middle School Thursday night.

New Bedford Police and Fire units responded to Fort Tabor in the South End Sunday evening around 6pm  after a rubber inflatable raft capsized at the end of the a pier near the beach-area. According to District Fire Chief Michael Dandurand, two males were onboard the raft when it overturned, and other boaters came to their rescue...

For the second time in ten days, New Bedford firefighters respond to Rodney Metals on East Rodney French Boulevard to douse a fire on the building's roof. Crews responded about 1:45 Saturday afternoon.  District Chief James Clark tells WBSM News, exhaust from a boiler pushed through ductwork, and is igniting flamable material on the roof...

New Bedford Police have very little to go on after a single gunshot rang out early Wednesday morning in the South End. Detective Captain Steven Vicente tells WBSM News the city's ShotSpotter system detected the gunshot just before 1am at Crapo and Jouvette Streets...

Two 14-year-old juveniles have been arrested after an attempted robbery and attack on a New Bedford store clerk. Police say two officers on patrol around 8:40 Wednesday night heard glass shatter and saw two masked males running from the scene in the area of Rivet and Hyacinth streets in the South End...