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An Attleboro woman who sold fentanyl to her friend while knowing she was going through drug rehab has been sentenced to state prison for manslaughter.

The 34-year-old man accused of second degree murder and motor vehicle homicide in the death of Lori Ann Medeiros of Middleboro last year has been charged with multiple drug trafficking and firearms offenses.

Two people who died in a fatal five-vehicle crash on Route 495 in Mansfield that injured two others and caused all southbound lanes to be closed for hours on Saturday morning have been identified.

Norton residents are being asked to avoid Route 140 (Taunton Avenue) on Tuesday afternoon due to a gas leak in the area.

After a 47-year career with the Norton Fire Department, Deputy Chief Benton Keene III is set to retire on Sept. 10, according to a release from Norton Fire Chief Shawn Simmons.

Federal safety regulators are investigating after two men were hospitalized with serious injuries after getting crushed by 5,000-pound granite blocks in a recent industrial accident in Norton.

The man who shot himself after being involved in a standoff with state police on I-495 for around two hours on Tuesday was the suspect in a Norton bank robbery earlier this week.

The SouthCoast Hot Wing Project was a father-and-son effort to try all the hot wings across Southeastern Massachusetts and find the hottest of the hot.

A 19-year-old Norton man was hospitalized with serious burns after his home caught fire on Sunday morning.

The FBI is announcing a $20,000 reward for information on the current whereabouts of longtime fugitive Andrew Dabbs, the suspect in a 40-year murder case.