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There were no injuries reported, but a dog and two cats perished in the fire.

Three people were also hospitalized as a result of the crash.

There are two confirmed cases of whooping cough at the Freetown-Lakeville Middle School.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has now elevated the risk of contracting EEE in multiple SouthCoast towns.

Governor Charlie Baker is providing more commentary on the ongoing investigation into records-keeping scandal at the Registry of Motor Vehicles.

The 83-year-old defendant was sentenced in federal court in Boston.

MassDOT’s contractor will continue work on the New Bedford Main Line branch of the South Coast Rail project Thursday through Sunday in Freetown and Lakeville.

Santin was arrested on warrants for assault and battery on a police officer and distribution of Oxycodone.

A 24-year-old Brockton man who robbed three separate convenience store clerks on the same night in July 2015 was convicted at trial and sentenced to serve six to eight years in state prison last Thursday in Fall River Superior Court.