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A man wanted for violent crimes in Tennessee was picked up Friday morning in New Bedford. Lt. John Chaves tells WBSM News, police responded to the homeless shelter on Eighth Street Friday on a report of a disruptive occupant. Whe...

Are you wondering what all the heavy equipment is doing at the site of the former City View Golf Course on Faunce Corner Road in Dartmouth? WBSM News has learned, its going to be the site of a new 120-bed, three story in-patient psychiatric hospital...

Former Sen. Howard Baker is being remembered for his ability to reach across the aisle and to broker compromise. As former Senate colleague Bob Dole puts it, Baker ``got things done by working with both parties when it was the right thing to do...

Tornadoes that have ripped through several states since last weekend are now taking aim on Tennessee and North Carolina. The National Weather Service says tornado warnings have been posted in a number of counties in the central part of North Carolina...

Officials in Arkansas are updating the death toll in that state from last night's deadly tornado.

A high mortality rate in Central Southern states is being blamed on smoking.  A recent Brown University study shows Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee have the highest death rates in the country.  This region has also maintained high levels of smoking, compared with a declining rate in the rest of the U...

It's an ongoing debate. Should elephants Emily and Ruth remain at the Buttonwood Park Zoo, or live out the rest of their lives at an out-of-state elephant sanctuary? Local resident Joyce Rowley has started a campaign collecting signatures to get the question on next year's ballot...