Tanisha Sullivan, the President of the NAACP Boston Branch, has launched her campaign for Massachusetts Secretary of State. Sullivan, a Brockton attorney, will be seeking the Democratic nomination in September. Current Secretary of State, Democrat Bill Galvin, has...
Braintree Police say a 26-year-old man has died after a shooting at the South Shore Plaza. Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey says the man has been identified as Dijoun Beasley, of Dorchester. He says Beasley was shopping inside a retail store on the...
The Plympton Police Department is hosting its annual coat drive. The coats will be donated to the Plymouth Area Coalition for the Homeless, which serves 22 towns. The drive runs through February 13. Special Police Officer Laicey Ieronimo said they’ve already gotten a...
A Watertown man was arrested for trafficking methamphetamines in Weymouth. Christopher Christie, 41, was arrested after a month-long investigation with Weymouth Police and the South Shore Drug Task Force. Christie is facing charges of trafficking meth (over 200 grams)...
Braintree Police say a man is in grave condition after a shooting at the South Shore Plaza. Deputy Braintree Police Chief Tim Cohoon says they responded around 3 p.m. on Saturday. “Inside the South Shore Plaza, inside one of the stores, there was an encounter between...
Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz says his office has been awarded a $1.18 million federal grant to identify and provide support for drug-endangered children. Listen to the interview with WATD’s Christine James here:
There was a heavy police presence in Rockland along Forest Street Wednesday afternoon. Police vehicles were on scene, and helicopters hovered near a construction site between Forest Street and Union Point, the former Weymouth Naval Air Station. The State Police...
Eight people are displaced after a three-alarm fire in Rockland Saturday night. Fire Chief Scott Duffey says a second-floor tenant noticed smoke and fire coming from the walls of a multi-family home at 63 Linden Street. They got the occupants safely out of the...
A firefighter suffered minor injuries and six people were displaced after a three-alarm fire in Brockton. Deputy Fire Chief Scott Albanese says they received calls reporting the fire at 41 Glenwood Street, just after 6 p.m. on Saturday. He says the occupants of...
A stay-in-place order was issued for Brockton High School following a report of a person stabbed this afternoon. Police Spokesman Darren Duarte says a student was transported to a hospital with a non-life threatening injury. They were alert and responsive when they...
