North Attleboro

The National Weather Service confirmed three tornadoes in Massachusetts and one in Rhode Island during Friday’s storms.

Severe weather left damage Friday in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Friday’s severe weather packed a major punch in southern New England.

Three tornadoes hit Massachusetts and another touched down in Rhode Island Friday, the National Weather Service confirmed. Rhode Island experienced an EF-2 that caused damage in Scituate, Johnston and North Providence, the NWS said. In Massachusetts, an EF-1 was confirmed in North Attleboro and Mansfield; another EF-1 touched down in Weymouth; there was an EF-0 in Stoughton. Strong thunderstorms swept…

A dog that escaped from her North Attleborough yard is home safe after days on the run, the family tells WJAR in Providence, adding that their happy ending wouldn’t have been possible without the kindness of strangers. According to the WJAR report, the 14-month-old dachshund named Chelsea escaped a fenced-in yard on Virginia Avenue last week. Her owners, Glenn...

A driver died after his pickup truck spun out on Interstate 295 in Smithfield, Rhode Island, Sunday afternoon, police said. The Ford Ranger hit a tree in the woods off the highway near the George Washington Highway about 4:20 p.m., according to Rhode Island State Police. It was one of dozens of crashes that state police responded to — not…

A University of Virginia wrestler from North Attleboro, Massachusetts, is recalling the moment a shooter opened fire on campus Sunday night, killing three people. “We got an active shooter alert that said ‘Run, Hide, Fight.’ That’s the first time we ever got anything like that,” explained senior Mateusz Kudra. Kudra, who was at his friend’s house at the time,...

A wrestler from Massachusetts is recalling a shooting that left three people dead this weekend at the University of Virginia.

Students had not gotten to school yet, and buses were re-routed after school and after school activities were called off “out of an abundance of caution.”

School has been canceled Tuesday at North Attleboro Middle School after a message written on a bathroom wall there threatened a school shooting, according to a news release from the Massachusetts school district. A staff member came across the message with “threatening language” just after 7 a.m. Tuesday, district officials said. Administrators got in touch with North Attleboro police and…

Two Massachusetts towns have lifted their boil water advisories for residents after E. coli was found during routine water testing earlier this week. North Attleboro and Plainville, which share a water system and treatment facility, each issued the order, after the bacteria was found in samples collected Wednesday from the raw part of the water system and treatment facility. Continued…