Photojournalist: Jeff Kurowski

Residents at Springfield Gardens still say they are still looking for relief from what they call unsafe living conditions.

State leaders make their way to Big E fairgrounds for Massachusetts Day

Fairgoers travel from near and far for Massachusetts Day at The Big E

Western Mass News is taking you town by town to Ludlow and Springfield.

Two kids are home safe Wednesday after going missing Tuesday night in Wilbraham.

There was a relieving end to a scary story Tuesday night after two children went missing in Wilbraham. Thankfully, both were found safe two hours later.

Western Mass News is taking you town by town to Springfield, Holyoke, and East Longmeadow.

A concerned parent reached out to the newsroom after her 8 year-old experienced a luring incident.

One Holyoke family want to thank the off-duty police officer who came to the rescue when their mother took a fall this weekend outside of their home.

As we continue to follow the latest developments from Northeastern’s campus, we took the case to our local experts.

One local university is using the emergency at Northeastern University in Boston as a chance to educate their students and staff.

A Holyoke man is behind bars as police investigate an animal cruelty report from Sunday evening.

The pitch to bring ShotSpotter technology to the city of Holyoke came during a city council meeting, then came controversial comments by one city councilor who suggested that the tool would only do harm to the people of Holyoke.

A city councilor recently made a comment about the Holyoke Police Department at a council meeting.

The Holyoke City Council meeting turned tense on September 1st as members discussed a $50,000 federal grant that would partially fund ShotSpotter technology in the city, a system that identifies where a gunshot originated.

We’re learning more about a stabbing outside the Family Dollar store in Holyoke Sunday afternoon.

Locals react to the passing of Queen Elizabeth II

Western Mass News took questions to both the Democratic and Republican tickets to see how they plan to prioritize people in western Massachusetts if they were to win the upcoming general election.

Fresh off Tuesday night’s primary wins, Maura Healey and Kim Driscoll, the Democratic nominees for governor and lieutenant governor in the Bay State, made their first public appearance as a ticket on Wednesday in Worcester.

In the Democratic primary for the Senate seat in the 1st Hampden and Hampshire District, which is being vacated by Eric Lesser, the numbers are leaning heavily in favor for Jacob Oliveira.

Lesser's State Senate seat will be vacant since he is running for lieutenant governor.

The big races on the ballot seem to be drawing in the voters despite the rain.

UMass Amherst first-year students have moved in. This year looks a little different as the university tries to relax COVID-19 protocols.

First-year UMass Amherst students are moving into their dorms.

School is back in session this week and some police departments are taking extra precautions to make sure your kids are safe when they get on the school bus.

Western Mass News is taking you town by town to Holyoke, Springfield, and Northampton.

Western Mass News has learned studies are underway to look for a new location for Roderick Ireland Courthouse.

We are just one week away from the state’s primary election night and early voting is currently underway.

Trash problems continue in the city of Holyoke and now, posts on social media are drawing attention to a particular apartment complex.

President Joe Biden is expected to make a big decision on student loan forgiveness this week before monthly loan payments are set resume at the end of the month.

Locals express road safety concerns after fatal crash on Route 116 in Amherst

Northampton’s school committee holds meeting for school year masking policy

Residents in Florence are planning to speak out at Thursday’s city council meeting in Northampton.

Surprising comments by Six Flags President and CEO Selim Bassoul are making headlines.

One student is speaking out about a charge she’s facing for not needing a dorm room this year.

The university announced there’s not enough rooms for the number of students they expect to have this year.

Costly share bike vandalism in Holyoke under investigation

A bicyclist hit by a car Wednesday morning on Damon Road in Northampton. People are now speaking out, asking for increased safety measures on a dangerous stretch of roadway.

A bicyclist was hit by a car Wednesday morning in Northampton and transported to the hospital.

The repainting of the lines is in a different area than where the fatal crash occurred, but the goal is to prevent crashes, slow down traffic, and make sure people see where the lines are.

On Monday, school superintendents across the state received a COVID-19 update for the upcoming school year from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Springfield leaders: dirt bikes less common this summer compared to years past

Local police departments continue work to serve community, keep officers safe in heat

With this extreme heat, many people are searching for ways to stay cool.

A crash in Holyoke between a car and tractor trailer Wednesday morning on Route 202 has claimed a life.

Officials say the call came in just after 8 a.m.

Western Mass News is getting answers after several viewers reach out to us with concerns over several Walgreens locations in Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin Counties that have had their pharmacies “temporarily closed.”

A crackdown on speeding is underway in Chicopee after a 75-year-old woman and her son were killed following a crash on Memorial Drive.

A deadly crash on Memorial Drive in Chicopee on Friday that left two people dead and the truck driver who hit their car accused of excessive speeding has led to questions about what is being done in the city to prevent more speeding crashes from happening.

Emergency crews are on the scene of a crash in Chicopee.