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The blue structure off the New Bedford-Fairhaven Bridge has been turning heads. The city's public information officer tells us what it's all about.

Multiple anonymous sources reported what one called a "full-blown riot" ongoing at the jail just before 10 a.m. Friday, with unconfirmed reports that Dartmouth Fire District 3 has responded to a fire at the facility.

A firearm-related incident at Fairhaven's Walmart took place late Tuesday night, but it is currently unclear exactly what happened.

WBSM News has learned that two bullets were found on the grounds of Keith Middle School in New Bedford late last month, resulting in a search involving police and local K-9 units.

Former Patriots player and current Chargers cornerback J.C. Jackson is being held at the Bristol County House of Corrections in Dartmouth, a sheriff's office spokesman has confirmed.

A Truro man arrested Friday night on suspicion of killing his mother and burning her body on the lawn of a Cape Cod home has died at New Bedford's Ash Street Jail over the weekend.

The Bristol County Sheriff's Office has responded to an allegation of rape at the Dartmouth jail included in a new report from a Boston-based non-profit organization, stating that no such claims were ever made to facility staff.

The Bristol County Sheriff's Office is refuting allegations in a recent report that many of Sheriff Thomas Hodgson's campaign contributions come from businesses with a financial interest in his facilities.

A third inmate in three months has committed suicide at the Bristol County House of Correction in Dartmouth — on the same day Sheriff Thomas Hodgson held a campaign fundraiser.

An inmate at the Bristol County House of Correction in Dartmouth has died in an apparent suicide.