Southcoast News

The state's environmental agency is extending the public comment period on proposed septic regulation changes affecting SouthCoast residents in response to a letter from two state lawmakers raising concerns with the new rules.

A Taunton man who killed his six-month-old stepson by hitting the baby boy in the head in 1977 is set to be released from prison, after the state parole board made the decision Monday.

New Bedford officials are announcing this year's free holiday parking program to encourage shopping, dining, and other spending in city business districts through December.

A Carver man has been arrested and charged with drugs offenses after Sterling police say they found him on Nov. 29 with pills belonging to a 24-year-old woman who died earlier that day.

Recently-announced candidate for New Bedford's Ward 3 City Council Seat Jacob Ventura has provided WBSM proof of his city residency as some have questioned it.

Federal authorities have charged a New Bedford man with fraud and aggravated identity theft in federal court in Providence after he allegedly embezzled more than $1 million from his former employer, a company in Warwick, Rhode Island.

The man authorities believe shot and killed his fiancée's father and injured two other family members before fatally shooting himself early Wednesday has been identified as 25-year-old city man Christopher Jean Baptiste.

Two men have been killed and two women injured in a shooting in Fall River overnight Tuesday, according to the Bristol County District Attorney's Office.

A man has died and four others seriously injured after a pickup truck crashed into a traffic light pole in Raynham early Wednesday morning.

A New Bedford man has been arrested and an illegal firearm seized after police said they observed suspected drug activity in the city’s West End.