Federal

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) - A leading U.S. fishing magnate known as "The Codfather" is scheduled to plead guilty to federal charges of evading fishing quotas and smuggling money to Portugal. The U.S. attorney's office says Carlos Rafael has a change of plea hearing scheduled for Thursday...

The owner of a New Bedford gym and former Pop Warner Football coach pleading guilty to supplying heroin to area drug dealers has formally entered a plea agreement. According to The Standard Times, Sharik Mendes entered the agreement in U...

The Taunton Fire Department will be able to hire seven new firefighters thanks to a federal grant.

The owner of a New Bedford boxing gym is one of nine people facing charges in connection with a federal drug bust.