Norton

The 34-year-old man accused of second degree murder and motor vehicle homicide in the death of Lori Ann Medeiros of Middleboro last year has been charged with multiple drug trafficking and firearms offenses.

Norton residents are being asked to avoid Route 140 (Taunton Avenue) on Tuesday afternoon due to a gas leak in the area.

After a 47-year career with the Norton Fire Department, Deputy Chief Benton Keene III is set to retire on Sept. 10, according to a release from Norton Fire Chief Shawn Simmons.

Federal safety regulators are investigating after two men were hospitalized with serious injuries after getting crushed by 5,000-pound granite blocks in a recent industrial accident in Norton.

The man who shot himself after being involved in a standoff with state police on I-495 for around two hours on Tuesday was the suspect in a Norton bank robbery earlier this week.

The SouthCoast Hot Wing Project was a father-and-son effort to try all the hot wings across Southeastern Massachusetts and find the hottest of the hot.

A 19-year-old Norton man was hospitalized with serious burns after his home caught fire on Sunday morning.

There's no denying that many SouthCoast towns are steeped in country life. We've got Right to Farm communities all around us, dozens of farms, and plenty of home-grown produce, dairy, and meats in our local markets. We like our country music and our country-bumpkin activities like agriculture fairs and tractor pulls. We’...

A black bear was spotted on the property of the Taunton Holiday Inn this morning, another in a rash of sightings in that area since Mother's Day.