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WAREHAM - State Police track down a man in Wareham using a helicopter following a drunk driving crash. State Police say around 8 P.M. Saturday night, troopers were called to a single car crash on the ramp of Route 25 Eastbound from I-195 East in Wareham...

LAKEVILLE - State Representative Keiko Orrall says she'll be paying close attention to UMass Dartmouth's new flag policy. Orrall says she's received several calls from concerned constituents who feel the decision to run the Black Lives Matter banner up the flagpole on the campus is a show of anti-police sentiment...

FALL RIVER - Massachusetts State Police have released the names of the two Providence men killed in an early morning Sunday crash in Fall River. Police say the driver, 36-year-old Joseph Burnham, veered off the road and struck a tree on Route 24 northbound in Fall River, killing him and a passenger, 23-year-old Laurence Wheeler...

A father and his young son are dead in Acushnet after suffering from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning in their Buttonwood Lane home. The Bristol County District Attorney's Office says the ex-wife of 41-year-old Joseph Lopes called Acushnet Police around 8:15 A...

A dump truck has rolled over onto it's side on I-195 West. The accident was reported shortly after 11 A.M. Tuesday, in the westbound lanes of 195 in New Bedford near Rt. 140. There's no word on any injuries. State Police are on the scene, and are working with other agencies to clear the accident...

The City of New Bedford is undergoing an election recount of sorts tonight. Secretary of State William Galvin's Office randomly selected precincts throughout Massachusetts that would hand-count ballots from last week's election to ensure that regular and early voting was correctly implemented...

The widow of a state trooper killed by a driver who allegedly smoked marijuana before the crash is making an emotional plea against a ballot measure that would legalize recreational marijuana.

A week after being added to the State Police's Most Wanted list, a Fall River teen has been captured in connection with a summer murder in the city. The Bristol County District Attorney's Office says 16-year-old Jayden Smith was arrested before midnight Monday by Fall River and State Police...

State Police are releasing more details on a fiery fatal crash in Middleborough this morning. Commanding Officer Anthony Thomas of Massachusetts State Police Troop D briefed reporters this morning on the wrong-way crash on I-495 northbound near Exit 3 that took place just after 12am...

Five people are dead following a wrong-way crash in Middleborough this morning. Massachusetts State Police say the crash took place shortly after 12am this morning when a vehicle with one occupant heading southbound on the northbound side of the highway struck a car carrying four people near Exit 3...