Fall River

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker announced a new coronavirus testing initiative for eight communities that have seen high rates of COVID-19 cases in recent weeks. The communities included are Chelsea, Everett, Fall River, Lawrence, Lowell, Lynn, Marlborough and New Bedford. New testing sites will be opened and mobile testing vans will be deployed beginning Friday. “We’ve made a lot of...

Free coronavirus testing will be available in places where Gov. Charlie Baker says have the greatest need.

Mass. Gov. Charlie Baker announces new testing sites in communities who have seen high rates of coronavirus cases in recent weeks.

A middle school teacher in Fall River, Massachusetts, has been placed on paid administrative leave after allegedly making racist comments on Facebook. Fall River Superintendent Matthew Malone and the Fall River School Committee issued a a statement Monday saying that school officials received word on Friday afternoon that a teacher from Matthew J. Kuss Middle School had allegedly made “disgusting,…

An 82-year-old veteran holding a Donald Trump sign was pushed to the ground and kicked in the ribs and legs by a man who first ripped the sign from his hands and tore it in half, police in Massachusetts said. Aidan Courtright, 27, of Fall River, is charged with committing a civil rights violation with injury; assault and battery on…

Two people are dead and two, including a young child, are injured after a crash Tuesday in Fall River, Massachusetts. A car was driving on Second Street when it lost control and hit Finders Keepers, a consignment store, according to the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office. The driver, a 74-year-old woman, and a 29-year-old woman in the front seat...

Crews responded to a fire at a mill in Fall River, Massachusetts, Tuesday morning. The Fall River Fire Department said the fire broke out at the vacant building at 1 River St. at about 8 a.m. Aerial footage showed smoke billowing from the windows of the building. Crews were able to get the fire under control by about 9:30 a.m….

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said Tuesday that the state continues to see positive signs in its fight against the coronavirus, but he wouldn’t say for sure if the phased reopening of the economy will begin on May 18, the day his non-essential business closures are set to expire. After touring Merrow Manufacturing, a Fall River company that has shifted to…

Gov. Charlie Baker toured a Fall River manufacturing facility that is shifting its focus to produce PPE.

Governor Baker said Monday’s daily update included the lowest rate of new tests that came back positive in several weeks

Officials in Boston and across Massachusetts are planning for what’s next in response to the pandemic.

A Massachusetts firefighter is facing multiple charges for allegedly soliciting a child in Rhode Island. Edward Mathias, 40, of Fall River, was arrested Tuesday following an investigation by Rhode Island State Police/Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force. The 10-year veteran of the Fall River Fire Department is facing one count of indecent solicitation of a child and one count…

A man surprised a Massachusetts waitress with a $2,000 tip. The Fall River Herald News reported that the server got the tip during the lunch rush at Harvest Market in Swansea last week.

A Taunton man was run over by a family member’s BMW Saturday afternoon in what authorities described as an accident that came about while the man was inspecting the vehicle. Alan Moreau was rushed to Charlton Memorial Hospital, where he later was pronounced dead, the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office said Monday. A family member was driving the BMW...

A Roman Catholic diocese in Massachusetts has suspended a retired priest after a review of files found an allegation of sexual abuse of a minor dating to about 20 years ago, church officials said.

A Massachusetts man pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the stabbing death of another man. A judge sentenced Adam Conners, 29, of Fall River, to three to five years in prison in the fatal stabbing of Joseph Reading, The Herald News reported  Tuesday. District Attorney Thomas Quinn III said it was an appropriate sentence because the stabbing victim initiated the…

Dramatic police footage shows a man, hiding out in the woods of southeast Massachusetts, successfully tracked down and arrested this week. Massachusetts State Police released the video of Monday’s arrest in the Fall River woods on Wednesday. The suspect had last been seen running across Route 24 near Wilson Road and into the nearby woods, police said in a statement….

A man was denied bail in the stabbing death of another man outside an apartment complex in Massachusetts. Nathan Silva, 23, of New Bedford, is charged with murder in the death of Jorge Vieira, 25, who was found stabbed in Fall River on Saturday morning. Jessica Brophy, 27, is charged with being an accessory after the fact of murder. Silva…

An early morning fire reportedly ripped through a mill building Monday in Fall River, Massachusetts, threatening to jump to another structure before crews were able to contain the flames. WJAR reports the blaze was reported at about 12:30 a.m. at the Stafford Mills complex on County Street. There, crews saw flames extending to the fifth floor in a portion of…

Firefighters responded to a blaze at a mill building in Fall River, Massachusetts.