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Authorities have arrested a man charged in a violent rape dating back nearly 30 years, an investigative update that comes as authorities clear a backlog of rape kits.

A 48-year-old man was arrested Tuesday in a 1994 unsolved rape case out of Attleboro, Massachusetts, the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office announced. This is the latest cold case rape arrest Bristol County prosecutors have announced, as authorities in Massachusetts work to get through a backlog of sexual assault kits. Eduardo Mendez, 48, is being charged with aggravated rape and…

Two teens were killed in a crash early Sunday morning in Attleboro, Massachusetts. Police told WJAR-TV that they responded to South Avenue at West Street around 4:30 a.m. for a reported car crash into a tree. The occupants, an 18-year-old male and a 19-year-old male, were killed. They were identified Monday as Benjamin Kelley and Michael Ward, both from Attleboro….

Schools are working more and more with law enforcement to keep everyone safe. The school shooting in Texas prompted a lot of communities overnight to reconsider their immediate security needs. Places like Tewksbury and Attleboro had officers at the schools Wednesday morning.

AJ Quetta, the Massachusetts high school hockey player who was seriously injured during a game in January, is returning to his alma mater as a coach.

A lucky Massachusetts man won $1 million from a scratch-off ticket with the word “heart” in it that he received as a get-well gift after undergoing open-heart surgery.

Police are investigating after they said a man was shot in the parking lot of a grocery store in Attleboro, Massachusetts, Friday night. Kyle P. Heagney, Attleboro chief of police, said that at around 10 p.m., officers responded to a shooting in the parking lot of the Stop & Shop on Route 1 after receiving multiple 911 calls. Witnesses at…

It is part of an effort to help Afghan refugees who are coming to the state.

A donation drive was held on Saturday morning at Attleboro High School in Attleboro, Massachusetts.  It is all part of an effort to help Afghan refugees who are coming to Massachusetts. The Attleboro Council on Human Rights is asking for clothes, baby supplies and personal care items. “We, just in two weeks, announced it, really advertised it and there’s...

The drive is part of an effort to help Afghan refugees who are coming to Massachusetts.

Hazardous materials teams are dealing with a 5,000 gallon sulfuric acid leak at a chemical company in Attleboro, Massachusetts, on Friday. Fire officials said they were called to Robert’s Chemical on Victor Road at 9:30 a.m. for a report of a sulfuric acid leak. The company manufactures industrial chemicals and said a 13,000-gallon tank car was actively leaking sulfuric acid….

Crews responded Thursday morning after a car crashed into a house in Attleboro, Massachusetts, causing extensive damage.

Crews responded Thursday morning after a car crashed into a house in Attleboro, Massachusetts, causing extensive damage. The crash occurred around 5:30 a.m. near the corner of West Street and Ashton Road and took down a section of a wall. The vehicle was heading out of town on West Street at a high rate of speed, police said. It clipped…

People in two Mass. towns are edge over a string of BB gun shootings.

Juneteenth is a federal holiday for the first time this year, but on Saturday, Attleboro, Massachusetts, will be holding its second annual event to mark the day. Debra Britt has been celebrating Juneteenth since she was a child. “It has always been about the family, the community, the food, the coming together,” she said. Now Britt is helping to sponsor…

Attleboro residents are getting ready for Saturday’s Juneteenth celebration at Capron Park.

Two Massachusetts high school juniors dreaming of attending a prom are taking matters into their own hands. Mikayler Patch goes to Norton High School, Abbi Cloutier to Attleboro High. Both of their junior proms were canceled this year due to coronavirus. “It’s high school. You only live once,” said Abbi. So the girls, tired of missing out on so...

Two Massachusetts high school students are throwing their own prom after their school’s was canceled.

Salem usually has fireworks on July 4th. But, like most places in Massachusetts and around the country, the city shelved this year’s celebration because of the pandemic. But with restrictions easing, Salem is one place that’s reconsidering. Some think that’s great, like local Arthur Lormio: “I think we need that right now. It would be a great idea.” Amy Gagne...

With COVID cases dropping, could we see fireworks in the sky over Massachusetts on the Fourth of July this summer? Officials in some placed are reconsidering their cancellations.