On July 7th at about 8:38 AM, Worcester Police officers were dispatched to a Colby Ave address for a domestic incident in which a male who had shot two family members. Officers arrived and attempted to take the twenty-four-year-old suspect into custody. The suspect fired at officers but did not …

“The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) announced that West Nile virus (WNV) has been detected in mosquitoes in Massachusetts for the first time this year. The presence of WNV was confirmed by the Massachusetts State Public Health Laboratory in a mosquito sample collected July 6 in the town of …

“⚠️❌⚠️ BEACH CLOSINGS – HIGH BACTERIA LEVELS ⚠️❌⚠️ Due to the results of recent water quality testing in the following areas, these locations have been identified as having elevated bacteria levels and are closed to swimming until further notice . . . . * Briarwood Beach * Forbes Beach * …

“At 7:49pm the New Bedford Fire Department received multiple 911 calls reporting fire extending through the roof of 259 Weld Street which is a three-family wood frame dwelling. This dwelling was protected with working smoke detectors. The tenants evacuated prior to our arrival. First arriving crews advanced two hoselines into …

“About two dozen highly hazardous, commercial-grade fireworks shells have been recovered after washing up on Chappaquiddick Island, and Edgartown Public Safety officials are asking members of the public to call 9-1-1 if they encounter more of the devices. The accompanying photos depict the shells collected yesterday afternoon. In the event …

“The City of New Bedford has roadwork sites for the upcoming week of July 10, 2023 – July 14, 2023, and they are as follows: Eversource will be working on gas main relays and services on: • Main relay on Church St from Wood St headed South to Carlisle St. …

“A third individual connected to the ongoing investigation into the Monday morning homicide of 20-year-old Lorenzo Gomes has been arrested, District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Xavier Luis Rodriguez, 20, of New Bedford was apprehended last night after an arrest warrant had issued for him earlier in the day. …

“A 55-year-old New Bedford man will spend the next 20 to 30 years in state prison after being convicted by a jury of his peers of systematically raping his daughter over the course of six years, District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. After a five-day trial held in Fall …

“The Essex County District Attorney’s Office, the Massachusetts State Police, the Andover Police Department, and the Tewksbury Police Department are requesting any information regarding the July 1973 homicide of Judith (Merenda) Cadorette. Ms. Cadorette was last seen on July 2, 1973 at the Holiday Inn near Routes 38 and 495 …

“A second individual connected to the ongoing investigation into the Monday morning homicide of 20-year-old Lorenzo Gomes has been charged, District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Wyllie Monteiro, 25, of New Bedford, was arrested early this morning in Dartmouth and is being charged with Accessory to Murder-After the Fact. …