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…

Police say a man in his 30s who was allegedly involved in a meth lab operation inside a Norton apartment has died following a reported explosion.

The resident of the apartment in Norton had left the scene when police arrived after a reported explosion early Saturday morning, but was later found experiencing medical issues.

A 13-year-old was arrested after police found a rifle and ammunition in their bedroom, police in Norton, Massachusetts, said Thursday. The arrest comes a day after three rifle rounds were found in a locker at Norton Middle School, which the teenager attends. They were found after a teacher reported overhearing students talking about a bullets-for-electronics trade, police had said. Police…

Three rifle rounds were found in a locker at a middle school in Norton, Massachusetts, Wednesday after a teacher reported overhearing students talking about a bullets-for-electronics trade, police said. A school in Norton, Massachusetts, was quiet Wednesday night after its winter concert was postponed. Ammunition was found inside a locker at Norton Middle School, according to police. They say the…

The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency issued a statement Tuesday warning of possible local impacts this weekend as a result of Hurricane Dorian. The Category 2 hurricane is currently located just to the east of Grand Bahama Island and 105 miles east of Florida. MEMA said current modeling suggests that over the next 48 to 72 hours, Dorian will begin to...

A man has been charged with stabbing a woman in Norton on Saturday afternoon, according to authorities. A driver saw the woman lying in the road on Lincoln Street and called 911 around 4:45 p.m., Norton Police said. Officers found her floating in and out of consciousness with apparent stab wounds.

A third person has a confirmed case of eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, in Massachusetts this summer, health authorities said Friday. A man over 60 years old in northern Franklin County has the rare but potentially deadly virus, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health said in a statement. The risk level is now critical in two Franklin County communities.

More Massachusetts communities were sprayed for mosquitoes Wednesday, with further treatment planned across the Bay State. Health officials have been spraying as a preventative measure to decrease the chances of EEE and West Nile virus from spreading. The mosquito-borne viruses are rare, but can be potentially fatal.

More Massachusetts towns and neighborhoods will be sprayed for mosquitos Tuesday after two men were diagnosed with the Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus. East Boston, Worcester and Andover were set to be sprayed as preventative measures to decrease the chances of EEE and West Nile virus from spreading. The mosquito-borne viruses are rare, but can be potentially fatal.

Spraying for mosquitoes began in Boston’s West Roxbury and Hyde Park neighborhoods Monday evening. With concern growing across Massachusetts after two men were diagnosed with the Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus, city crews were spraying in the two neighborhoods from dusk until 11:30 p.m. using a truck-mounted aerosol sprayer.

With concern growing across Massachusetts after two men were diagnosed with the Eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEE), officials are continuing to spray specific areas to reduce the mosquito population and public health risk. Using a truck mounted aerosol sprayer, officials will spray Monday in the Boston area from dusk until 11:30 at night. The health commission says the formula they...

Another Massachusetts man has been diagnosed with the Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus, the state’s Department of Public Health announced Friday, making him the second person to be diagnosed with the rare but dangerous infection. Laboratory testing confirmed the virus in a Grafton man who is between the ages of 19 and 30, authorities said.

Crews remain at the scene of a destructive structure fire in Taunton, Massachusetts, where a firefighter was injured and one man was rescued via ladder. Firefighters are battling hot spots now that the three-alarm fire is under control. The blaze was reported sometime before 8:20 p.m. at a multi-family home on Harrison Street.

Boston police released the names of the people arrested in their “clean up the streets” effort Friday night.

The woman killed in a two-vehicle crash that shut down Interstate 495 in Norton, Massachusetts, over the weekend has been identified. The crash Saturday night caused one vehicle to veer off the northbound side of the roadway and strike a tree.

The team placed Norton on their reserved/non-football injury list Sunday, ending his season as the team prepares for the start of training camp this week.

A woman has died as a result of the two-car crash that shut down I-495 in Norton Saturday night. One of the cars involved veered off of the road and struck a tree, which led to the death of a 49-year-old woman from Taunton that was riding in the passenger seat.

A serious crash on I-495 in Norton has closed the highway in both directions, Massachusetts State Police say.