Benjamin Cortez

Mayhem hit a Bourne liquor store when a suspect, already on the hook for felony larceny of an e-bike, turned to violence with a blade in hand. Bourne police were called to Spirits N More on Clay Pond Rd. after a reported knife assault late Monday night.

A man from Providence has been handed a six-year prison sentence for peddling oxycodone pills to an undercover officer, federal authorities announced. Brandon Jones, 35, received the sentence in a federal court in Worcester after pleading guilty to charges related to drug distribution, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Commuters faced significant delays on I-195 Eastbound early this morning after a portion of the highway was shut down due to roadway flooding. According to a post on X from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, the flooding occurred near mile marker 24, resulting in the closure of the left lane.

Local authorities search for missing 59-year-old Ray Anthony, urging public to provide any information to aid the investigation.

Springfield cops swiftly nabbed a man with an itchy trigger-finger yesterday, snagging a loaded gun off of him near a street corner with a recent history of gunfire. The suspect, identified as 39-year-old Jose Santiago, faces multiple weapon charges after a ShotSpotter detected shots fired, Springfield police

In the battle against the relentless wave of online misinformation, MIT researchers have thrown a new weapon into the ring. Instead of relying on heavyweight tech companies to moderate the web, they've developed a browser extension, named Trustnet, empowering the common Joe to take a swing at the falsehoods flooding their screens.

After months of waiting, residents in Bristol and Worcester counties hit hard by September's severe weather can finally expect some relief. The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced that federal disaster aid is on its way to eligible homeowners and renters dealing with storm-related repair costs. This comes in the wake of Governor Maura Healey's successful appeal to President Joe Biden for support, as initially reported by Mass.gov.

In Great Barrington, a middle school teacher is suing the town and its officials following a controversial police search for a copy of an LGBTQ+ memoir, "Gender Queer: A Memoir," in her classroom. Arantzazu Zuzene Galdós-Shapiro, an English Language Arts teacher at Du Bois Regional Middle School, filed a federal lawsuit claiming her civil rights were violated during the incident.

BOSTON — A 69-year-old man from Hull, Massachusetts, was arrested at Logan Airport on a slew of child pornography charges as he disembarked from a flight returning from Florida, officials said. James Tucker faced the charges of possessing child pornography, disseminating such illicit material, and photographing an unsuspecting nude person, as released in a statement by Hull Police Chief John Dunn.

A man was arrested for pulling a gun during a bus stop fight, causing nearby Marshfield schools to implement a brief "Shelter in Place" order.