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A 61-year-old Taunton man has been sentenced to serve at least a decade in prison after he was convicted of aggravated child rape and other charges for assaulting a young family member.

A Fall River man has been convicted by a jury of second degree murder in the brutal bludgeoning death of 39-year-old Lance Correia in the city in October 2018.

A 59-year-old man from Tiverton, Rhode Island has been sentenced to at least five years in state prison after he committed a Fall River convenience store robbery while on probation for a previous robbery.

A 32-year-old New Bedford man who pleaded guilty to his role in multiple 2020 shootings in the city — along with a 2019 New Bedford homicide — will serve up to 10 years in state prison.

The current Bristol County District Attorney faced off against a challenger for his seat in the democratic primary this fall in a spirited and often heated debate at Dartmouth Town Hall Tuesday night.

Families of missing people who vanished without a trace from Bristol County in the past 50 years may finally get some answers.

A New Bedford man has been sentenced to life in prison after his conviction on second degree murder and illegal firearm charges in the 2018 Veterans Day shooting of 23-year-old Reynaldo Pena.

Cold case rape kit DNA testing has resulted in another suspect's arrest, according to a Tuesday release from the Bristol County District Attorney's Office.

A man has died after he was electrocuted while removing an antenna from a building in Taunton on Thursday morning.

Up to 20 years in prison for a New Bedford man after he was convicted of aggravated child rape earlier this month — and the Bristol County District Attorney's Office is crediting its new assistance dog, Chief, for helping the victim during forensic interviews.