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Members of the clergy and other volunteers will soon be reaching out to young people in an attempt to curb youth violence in New Bedford. Reverend David Lima, the Executive Minister of the Interchurch Council tells WBSM News, clergy members will be joining Police on ride-alongs one night a week...

A New Bedford man is arrested after police say he broke into a home in the West End. New Bedford Police spokesman Lt. Amos Melo tells WBSM News a neighbor in the zero-block of Locust Street called police late Monday morning to report a man breaking into a nearby home...

A dispute over parking on a city street leads to a stabbing in New Bedford. Police tell WBSM News a 50-year-old New Bedford man parked his car on Adams Street in the West End just after 12am Friday morning when he got into an argument over the parking space with several people watching from a nearby home...

A New Bedford man is revived after he was found slumped over the wheel of his truck. New Bedford Police Spokesman Lt. Amos Melo tells WBSM News the 48-year-old man was found unresponsive behind the wheel of his Chevy Avalanche at Sycamore and Park Streets in the West End just after 5pm Thursday...

Two New Bedford men are under arrest after a broad daylight shooting that injured two people in the City's West End. Detective Captain Steven Vicente says police were called to the area of Chancery and Court Streets around 1pm Wednesday after reports of shots fired...

A New Bedford man is facing charges in connection with a housebreak in the West End.

New Bedford Police are investigating a shooting incident Friday night at Elm and Chancery Streets in the West End. Investigators say a car was struck in the left rear section near the tail light. The vehicle was occupied by two people but neither were hurt...

New Bedford Police say a man was stabbed in a West End home Saturday night.

A fire early Monday all but totaled a three family building at 120-to-122 Oakdale Street in New Bedford's West End. District Chief David Cooper says the fire broke out shortly after 3am on the second floor back porch, and then accelerated after igniting a propane tank on the first floor porch...

New Bedford Police are investigating a report of "shots fired" late Monday afternoon at Elm and Ash Streets in the West End. According to an Officer at the Downtown station, several shots were fired.  There were no injuries reported, but a parked car sustained some damage...