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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…

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

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.

A 19-year-old driver has died after his car crashed into the back of a truck on Interstate 95 in Attleboro, Massachusetts, early Thursday morning, police said. Investigators are still working out what caused the crash, which also left a 19-year-old woman hurt, according to the Massachusetts State Police. The crash was reported about 3 a.m. on the southbound side of…

A Massachusetts state trooper accused of threatening to shoot his ex-girlfriend has been suspended without pay, officials said. Trooper Joel S. Devine, who graduated from the state police academy in May 2020, is accused of pointing his service weapon at an ex-girlfriend and threatening to kill her several times at his Attleboro home, The Sun Chronicle reported. “He adamantly denies...

The Bishop Feehan hockey team played rival North Attleboro on Saturday night, and No. 10 A.J. Quetta, who was injured in a game last month, was on everyone’s mind.

A.J. Quetta, a senior at Bishop Feehan High School in Attleboro, Massachusetts, will be transported to Shepherd Rehabilitation Facility in Atlanta.

Police say a man apparently deliberately crashed his car into the front of a Massachusetts hobby store, knocked over displays, and then drove from the scene. Attleboro police Chief Kyle Heagney told The Sun Chronicle that a worker spreading salt in the Hobby Lobby store’s parking lot at about 5 a.m. Tuesday saw the car spinning around in the...

A car crashed through a Hobby Lobby store in Attleboro, and police believe it was intentional.

A.J. Quetta, a senior at Bishop Feehan High School in Attleboro, is at Massachusetts General Hospital after getting seriously injured during a hockey game.

Funeral arrangements are set to take place this week for a Massachusetts police officer who died last week after a courageous battle with COVID-19. Det. Sgt. Stephen Desfosses served the Norton Police Department for more than 30 years before he died on Wednesday, Jan. 13. He had been hospitalized at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston with coronavirus since…

A police officer from Norton, Massachusetts, has died after being hospitalized with coronavirus last month. Det. Sgt. Stephen Desfosses’ death was announced by the Norton Police Department Wednesday afternoon. “It is with great sadness that Chief Brian Clark and the members of the Norton Police Department announce the passing of Detective Sergeant Stephen Desfosses after a courageous battle with Covid…

A veteran Norton police officer died after a battle with coronvairus.

A Massachusetts police officer is fighting for his life after being hospitalized last month with COVID-19. Tuesday night, Jessica Desfosses of Attleboro hugged her two girls, 11-year-old Addison and 8-year-old Ella, during the hardest time of their lives. Det. Sgt. Stephen Desfosses, a father of four and a veteran officer with the Norton Police Department, has been hospitalized at Beth…