Correia narrowly survives primary election
Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia II will be on the ballot for the general election in November, after Tuesday's preliminary election.
Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia II will be on the ballot for the general election in November, after Tuesday's preliminary election.
As the deadline passed Friday for Mayor Jasiel Correia to vacate the office of mayor, the city council president said they would have to pursue legal action.
Ultimately the council voted 8–1 in favor of invoking the city charter and temporarily removing the mayor from office.
The Fall River City Council will vote whether or not to invoke the city charter and temporarily remove Mayor Jasiel Correia of his duties Tuesday night.
Many in Fall River joining the chorus of people asking Mayor Jasiel Correia to resign, after the newest allegations of extortion and bribery came out against him Friday.
Just a week after Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia was recalled and re-elected in the same night, Correia is responding to a lawsuit filed by 10 people claiming that once he was recalled, the embattled
He's removing from a committee the man who almost unseated him, and one of that opponent's supporters.
Facing a recall election, troubled Mayor Jasiel Correia made a lot of people in Fall River happy today eliminating the very unpopular pay as you throw garbage bags.
The race to unseat the embattled Fall River mayor is quickly becoming a crowded field.
A hearing in the fraud case of Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia was canceled Thursday morning after the Judge overseeing the case recused herself.
FALL RIVER, Mass. (WLNE) -- Leaders of the movement to recall the embattled Fall River mayor, dropped off the last petition signatures at the city clerk's office Friday, as Jasiel Correia's supporters
Jasiel Correia has been shying away from the media since he was arrested by the feds in October.
FALL RIVER, Mass. (WLNE) - Organizers who began a petition to recall Mayor Jasiel Correia say they have surpassed the minimum signatures needed. ABC6 News Anchor Rebecca Turco has more.
The vote of no confidence passed 8-1 Tuesday night at City Hall.
FALL RIVER, Mass. (WLNE) -- Volunteers trying to recall Mayor Jasiel Correia hit the streets Thursday night, collecting signatures for their petition. They need to get 2500 signatures to trigger a rec
The effort to recall Fall River's mayor is running into some problems.
Embattled Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia has made it crystal clear, he won't step down. So now some residents are trying to oust him from the job.
Mayor Correia was back to work just one day after defiantly saying he will not resign from office in light of the federal allegations against him. Correia is still avoiding answering reporter’s questi
FALL RIVER, Mass. (WLNE) -- In a special meeting of the Fall River City Council Tuesday night, some councilors pushed to have Mayor Jasiel Correia stripped of his duties, in light of federal fraud cha
Mayor Jasiel Correia saying he will not resign after being arrested by the FBI last Thursday. He doubled down on what he said outside of Federal Court last week, at a press conference Tuesday morning.
Tuesday, the city council in Fall River will decide what to do with its embattled mayor.
FALL RIVER, Mass. (WLNE) -- Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia was back at City Hall Friday, a day after being arrested and pleading not guilty to federal fraud charges. "I've done nothing wrong," Correi
BOSTON, Mass. (WLNE) -- Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia was defiant outside federal court in Boston Thursday, after pleading not guilty to wire and tax fraud. "I've done nothing wrong," said Correia.
By John Krinjak Email: jkrinjak@abc6.com Twitter: @johnkrinjakABC6 FALL RIVER, Mass. (WLNE) -- Jasiel Correia will stay mayor in Fall River, after what proved to be a heated race. Mayor Correia...