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Seven more city employees have tested positive for COVID-19 in Attleboro, Massachusetts, including four firefighters, the city’s mayor announced. Mayor Paul Heroux said that outside the four firefighters, the three additional cases occurred in employees outside City Hall. Heroux also said he as approved an ‘injured on duty,’ designation to allow the four firefighters to receive benefits because all...

A third firefighter with the Attleboro Fire Department is in the hospital after testing positive for COVID-19, according to the city’s firefighters union. According to Attleboro Firefighters Local 848, the firefighter was admitted to Sturdy Memorial Hospital with severe symptoms of the illness. A number of firefighters who may have been exposed are quarantining. The union said two other firefighters…

Attleboro City Hall is being closed to the public for nearly two weeks after Thanksgiving in an effort to stem further spread of the coronavirus, the mayor says. The closure from Nov. 26 until Dec. 7 is needed to fend off virus cases that employees and members of the public could pick up during Thanksgiving celebrations, Mayor Paul Heroux said…

Police in Massachusetts are looking for a missing Attleboro teen, and they are asking the public for help in their search. Jozef McAllister, 15, was last seen on Oct. 16 at 10 a.m. in the area of South Avenue and Snell Street in Attleboro, police said. McAllister is described as 5’6″, approximately 140 pounds with blonde hair and blue eyes….

Jozef McAllister, 15, was last seen on Oct. 16 at 10 a.m. in the area of South Avenue and Snell Street in Attleboro, police said.

Another firefighter in Attleboro, Massachusetts, has tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the department’s total to 12 total cases of the virus, the union announced Saturday. To date, 10 firefighters and two dispatchers have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to Attleboro Firefighters Local 848. The firefighters and dispatchers continue to quarantine and are being monitored according to public health guidelines,…

Nine firefighters and two dispatchers have tested positive for coronavirus in Attleboro, Massachusetts, according to the mayor, after the city was deemed high-risk for transmission by the state. One of the firefighters has become “very ill,” and is now in serious condition at Rhode Island Hospital. Attleboro is among 23 communities considered high-risk for transmitting COVID-19 in the state’s latest data...

Nine firefighters and two dispatchers have tested positive for coronavirus in Attleboro, Massachusetts, according to the mayor, as the city is deemed high-risk for transmission by the state. One firefighter “became very ill,” and is now in serious condition at Rhode Island Hospital.

Students at Attleboro High School in Massachusetts may have been exposed to the novel coronavirus after a classmate who tested positive for the virus went to school Monday, according to the district’s superintendent. Anyone who came in close contact with the student was told to undergo a two-week quarantine, according to a letter sent out by Superintendent David Sawyer....

The suspect arrested in connection with a double stabbing in Attleboro, Massachusetts, last week that left one woman dead was arraigned at Attleboro District Court Monday. Kayla Cantu, 20, of Weymouth, is accused of fatally stabbing 28-year-old Kimberly Duphily during a fight which started over allegedly stolen money and drugs, according to the Bristol County DA’s office. Facing charges of…

Editors’ note: The Attleboro Police Department initially said three people had been stabbed, but it later said there were two victims. Two women were stabbed Friday in Attleboro, Massachusetts, and one of the victims has died. The victims, both in their 20s, were stabbed on Leroy Street. Investigators say it was a chaotic scene when they arrived. “One of the…

Police said Saturday no arrest has been made in connection to a double stabbing in Attleboro, Massachusetts, that left one woman dead. Attleboro police received multiple 911 calls around 3:55 p.m. Friday in regards to a commotion at 6 Leroy Street. Upon arrival, officers found a woman bleeding profusely who appeared to be the victim of a stabbing. The victim,…

Police say there is no person of interest in custody at this time.

A woman has died and another was injured in a double stabbing in Attleboro, Massachusetts.

Three people have been stabbed in Attleboro, and two of them are in critical condition.

A little girl with autism who loves Spaghettio’s with meatballs has struggled to get enough of them because of a shortage during the pandemic, but there has been no shortage of support from the community.

A teenager in Attleboro has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, school officials said. Attleboro High School Principal Bill Runey said in a letter to the school community the student did not show symptoms until after the school closed March 13 due to coronavirus concerns.   Health officials are working on notifying individuals who came in contact with the student…

Police were responding Thursday morning to a rollover crash on Interstate 295 in Attleboro, Massachusetts that was causing major delays. Massachusetts State Police said the crash on I-295 north, before exit 2, had forced the left lane to be closed. Traffic was backed up for some two miles. This is a developing story.

Authorities have released the name of the man who died early Saturday morning after an apparent meth lab explosion inside his Norton apartment. According to the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office, 38-year-old Edward Rooney died hours after fleeing from his apartment on Faith Way following the explosion. Norton police and fire responded to a reported explosion around 12:53 a.m....

A man allegedly involved in a meth lab operation inside a Norton apartment has died in the hours after a reported explosion early Saturday morning. Norton police and fire responded to a reported explosion at 3 Faith Way around 12:53 a.m. They found an apartment empty and damaged from what appeared to be an explosion associated with a meth lab…