Shawn Oliver, a New Bedford City Councilor and Republican candidate for Massachusetts lieutenant governor, suspended his campaign Sunday after an alleged drunk driving crash led to his arrest. It ...

Avery Barboza was crowned Miss New Bedford and Lee’yah Nunes Wynn won the title of Miss New Bedford’s Teen. The Miss New Bedford program, a preliminary to Miss America, awarded a total of $8,500 in ...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — The Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in Massachusetts dropped out of the race on Sunday hours after he was arrested in a suspected drunk driving crash. Shawn ...

John Geovanni Pires Monteiro Macedo was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole in 30 years. Macedo was found guilty of the August 2023 shooting death of 27-year-old Amarito ...