Joey Barrett Joey Barrett is the Daily Item's Sports Editor. He reports on local high schools, colleges, and professional teams. Prior to his current position, he worked for UMass Athletics, the Cape ...

Flames roared through an assisted-living facility in Massachusetts, killing nine people and trapping residents inside, including some who leaned out of windows and screamed for help, authorities said ...

Members of Berkeley-based DxE have swarmed stores across California and the company’s office in Monrovia, protesting the sale of products from a Petaluma-based farm and its parent company, Perdue ...

A Massachusetts firefighters union says inadequate staffing hindered the response to a fire at an assisted-living facility ...

A new push is underway to make the Monarch butterfly the official state butterfly of Wisconsin. Former State Treasurer Jack Voight, who co-founded the Butterfly Gardens of Wisconsin, is teaming up ...

Butterflies are not only beautiful but they’re also an important part of our ecosystem. The monarch butterfly migrates to Wisconsin every year, making them vital to our state’s environment.

Law enforcement agencies throughout Central Florida are signaling a strong message: drivers who speed endanger lives.

Several people are thankful to be alive after a fire tore through an assisted living facility in Fall River late Sunday night ...

Cameroon's President Paul Biya, the world's oldest serving head of state at 92, will run for re-election in this year's presidential vote on October 12, a post on the president's X account said on ...

Some occupants were trapped inside during the fire at Gabriel House in Fall River, officials said. The cause is not yet known.