Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue
Updated: May. 26, 2023 at 8:29 PM EDT
|By Addie Patterson, Abigail Murillo Villacorta, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Photojournalist: Kevin Culverhouse
Town by town is taking you to Springfield.
Updated: May. 26, 2023 at 7:37 PM EDT
|By Kristin Burnell, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Abigail Murillo Villacorta
As National Safe Boating Week comes to an end and the holiday weekend kicks off, local marinas gear up for their busy season.
Updated: May. 26, 2023 at 6:46 PM EDT
|By Kristin Burnell, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Abigail Murillo Villacorta
We’re less than a week away from the debt ceiling deadline. We’re hearing White House officials and Republican negotiators are moving closer to an agreement to raise the debt ceiling while also capping spending.
Updated: May. 25, 2023 at 5:25 PM EDT
|By Raegan Loughrey, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Abigail Murillo Villacorta
Memorial Day weekend is almost here and many residents in Chicopee have voiced their disappointment as the city enters another holiday weekend without a parade.
Updated: May. 24, 2023 at 9:16 PM EDT
|By Kristin Burnell, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Abigail Murillo Villacorta
The Ludlow school district in the spotlight after a school committee meeting on Tuesday night. One of the items on their agenda, a proposed library book policy that could lead to certain books being banned in Ludlow Public Schools.
Updated: May. 24, 2023 at 4:55 PM EDT
|By Kristin Burnell, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Ryan Trowbridge
Western Mass News is getting answers after a concerned parent reached out to our newsroom regarding a proposed policy in Ludlow Public Schools
Updated: May. 23, 2023 at 6:33 PM EDT
|By Joe Chaisson, Samantha O'Connor and Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue
Western Mass News is taking you town by town to Springfield and across New England.
Updated: May. 22, 2023 at 8:27 PM EDT
|By Matt Sottile, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Ryan Trowbridge
Four baby peregrine falcons were banded Monday afternoon in downtown Springfield.
Updated: May. 19, 2023 at 8:11 PM EDT
|By Kristin Burnell, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Abigail Murillo Villacorta
The ongoing debt ceiling debate continues as negotiators try to strike a budget deal to avert an economic crisis.
Updated: May. 19, 2023 at 3:15 PM EDT
|By Kristin Burnell, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Ryan Trowbridge
The Amherst regional school district has named a new acting superintendent.
Updated: May. 18, 2023 at 8:53 PM EDT
|By Olivia Hickey, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Abigail Murillo Villacorta
Holyoke residents of Bemis Road ask drivers to slow down.
Updated: May. 17, 2023 at 2:55 PM EDT
|By Matt Sottile, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Ryan Trowbridge
The search for an interim Amherst-Pelham Regional Schools superintendent continues following the temporary leave of Dr. Michael Morris and amid a Title IX investigation that saw three staff members being placed on paid administrative leave.
Updated: May. 16, 2023 at 6:30 PM EDT
|By Kristin Burnell, Samantha O'Connor and Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue
Holyoke Police Captain Manuel Reyes is back in the spotlight as the city’s police department confirmed Monday that there is an open investigation into allegations that he performed an unwarranted background check on a man who was speaking to his estranged wife.
Updated: May. 16, 2023 at 5:11 PM EDT
|By Kristin Burnell, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Ryan Trowbridge
Massachusetts State Police are now speaking out about a growing string of car break-ins in western Massachusetts.
Updated: May. 12, 2023 at 9:54 PM EDT
|By Raegan Loughrey, Abigail Murillo Villacorta, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Photojournalist: Kevin Culverhouse
Town by town is taking you to East Longmeadow, Holyoke, and Ludlow.
Updated: May. 12, 2023 at 5:55 PM EDT
|By Paris Dunford, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Ryan Trowbridge
There’s fallout from a Title IX investigation as three Amherst Regional Middle School staff members are placed on administrative leave after people spoke out at a school committee meeting a couple weeks ago.
Updated: May. 12, 2023 at 3:12 PM EDT
|By Paris Dunford, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Ryan Trowbridge
Volunteers braved the sun and warm weather on Friday as they built a house for a family in need in Holyoke.
Updated: May. 11, 2023 at 10:13 PM EDT
|By Raegan Loughrey, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Abigail Murillo Villacorta
Title 42 is set to expire at midnight on Thursday. The policy, put in place in 2020 to curb the spread of COVID-19 gave the U.S. government power to swiftly expel migrants at the southern border.
Updated: May. 10, 2023 at 7:35 PM EDT
|By Kristin Burnell, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Abigail Murillo Villacorta
The Springfield Board of Police Commissioners has taken up issues potentially reinstating two convicted police officers to the city’s police department. Recently, they have discussed how to handle the suspension of another Springfield Police officer.
Updated: May. 10, 2023 at 3:35 PM EDT
|By Kristin Burnell, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Ryan Trowbridge
The community of Springfield is mourning the loss of one of their teachers who was killed in a car crash in Palmer last week.
Updated: May. 9, 2023 at 7:09 PM EDT
|By Glenn Kittle, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Ryan Trowbridge
Thousands of people are expected to be in attendance for the 2023 Westfield International Air Show this weekend and local leaders are on-hand to prepare for the influx of people coming into the city.
Updated: May. 9, 2023 at 4:42 PM EDT
|By Glenn Kittle, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Ryan Trowbridge
This weekend, Barnes Air National Guard Base will be hosting the Westfield International Air Show to show off some of the best talent and technology in aviation.
Updated: May. 8, 2023 at 6:19 PM EDT
|By Paris Dunford, Samantha O'Connor and Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue
Western Mass News has learned a Springfield police officer was suspended by POST, the Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission.
Updated: May. 8, 2023 at 5:16 PM EDT
|By Paris Dunford, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Ryan Trowbridge
There is new information on a story we first brought you on Friday about the arrest of a woman accused of bringing a loaded gun inside the Springfield courthouse.
Updated: May. 5, 2023 at 4:08 PM EDT
|By Kristin Burnell, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Ryan Trowbridge
We’re digging deeper into next year’s Springfield Public Schools budget, which was approved Thursday night and, specifically, the dollars set aside for mental health resources.
Updated: May. 4, 2023 at 3:31 PM EDT
|By Paris Dunford, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Ryan Trowbridge
Western Mass News is getting answers as mass shootings across the country continue to make headlines, two of which happened on Wednesday
Updated: May. 3, 2023 at 9:11 PM EDT
|By Glenn Kittle, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Abigail Murillo Villacorta
Under consideration in Amherst, expanding a nuisance bylaw to include a wider range of offenses.
Updated: May. 3, 2023 at 7:58 PM EDT
|By Addie Patterson, Abigail Murillo Villacorta, Photojournalist: Erik Rosario, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Photojournalist: Kevin Culverhouse
Town by town is taking you to Springfield, Amherst, and Holyoke.
Updated: May. 3, 2023 at 2:40 PM EDT
|By Glenn Kittle, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Ryan Trowbridge
A brand-new elementary school is coming to the town of Amherst after a ballot measure for the new building received support from voters.
Updated: May. 2, 2023 at 6:14 PM EDT
|By Paris Dunford, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Ryan Trowbridge
A part of a Holyoke building’s roof crumbled Tuesday morning and hit a nearby sidewalk.
Updated: May. 2, 2023 at 5:20 PM EDT
|By Paris Dunford, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Ryan Trowbridge
Emergency crews have responded to a potential building collapse in downtown Holyoke.
Updated: May. 1, 2023 at 6:33 PM EDT
|By Tessa Kielbasa, Samantha O'Connor and Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue
Western Mass News is taking you town by town to Chicopee, Longmeadow, and Springfield.
Updated: Apr. 28, 2023 at 2:44 PM EDT
|By Kristin Burnell, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Ryan Trowbridge
A Massachusetts Air National guardsman, who is accused of leaking highly classified military documents, appeared in federal court in Worcester on Thursday for a detention hearing.
Updated: Apr. 27, 2023 at 8:07 PM EDT
|By Addie Patterson, Abigail Murillo Villacorta, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Photojournalist: Kevin Culverhouse
Town by town is taking you to Chicopee, Springfield, and Holyoke.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2023 at 3:26 PM EDT
|By Matt Sottile, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Ryan Trowbridge
Following several pedestrian fatalities and accidents in the Willimansett area of Chicopee, city officials are thinking outside the box to protect residents.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2023 at 6:36 PM EDT
|By Paris Dunford, Samantha O'Connor and Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue
Bob Markel has held multiple positions in local governments across the Bay State, including mayor of Springfield, but when he was in high school, he was close friends with now President Joe Biden.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2023 at 6:35 PM EDT
|By Kristin Burnell, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Ryan Trowbridge
The Chicopee Police Department is hoping to lure officers from other departments with sign-on bonuses.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2023 at 4:57 PM EDT
|By Kristin Burnell, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Ryan Trowbridge
They said Tuesday that cases in the United States are the highest they have been since before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Updated: Apr. 24, 2023 at 6:47 PM EDT
|By Paris Dunford, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Ryan Trowbridge
Work is still underway in Springfield to clean up after Sunday’s heavy rain flooded nine people out of their apartments.
Updated: Apr. 22, 2023 at 4:41 PM EDT
|By Paris Dunford, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Abigail Murillo Villacorta
Could a four-day work week soon be the new normal in the bay state? One bill proposed at the statehouse would launch a pilot program with employers if passed.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2023 at 4:48 PM EDT
|By Paris Dunford, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Abigail Murillo Villacorta
It was a beautiful day out there and Springfield Police said its this type of day when they see illegal dirt bike riders more often. However, they told us they are prepared.
Updated: Apr. 20, 2023 at 1:47 PM EDT
|By Paris Dunford, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Abigail Murillo Villacorta
Developing news out of Chicopee, the driver of the car that crashed into a Chicopee home, killing his 13-year-old brother, has now been charged in the case.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2023 at 7:24 PM EDT
|By Kristin Burnell, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Abigail Murillo Villacorta
We’re digging deeper into the revenue collected from sports betting in Massachusetts. The latest report from the Massachusetts Gaming Commission shows the commonwealth collected over $9 million in taxes from wagering in the month of March.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2023 at 5:48 PM EDT
|By Kristin Burnell, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Abigail Murillo Villacorta
Wednesday’s detention hearing was postponed for Massachusetts Air National Guard Jack Teixeira accused of leaking highly classified military documents. But he did appear in a Boston courtroom.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2023 at 4:23 PM EDT
|By Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue, Samantha O'Connor and Abigail Murillo Villacorta
MGM Springfield announced that they will be offering new culinary specials and expanded hours in their restaurants on Wednesday morning.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2023 at 6:32 PM EDT
|By Kristin Burnell, Samantha O'Connor and Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue
City leaders in Holyoke are pushing for safer roads and better driving after a 10-year-old boy was hit by a Holyoke Department of Public Works truck last week on Lyman Street.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2023 at 5:12 PM EDT
|By Kristin Burnell, Samantha O'Connor and Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue
Paul Traficante was arraigned in Eastern Hampshire District Court Tuesday morning, but he will not face any criminal charges regarding those chemicals that were seized from his Riverboat Village apartment.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2023 at 7:45 PM EDT
|By Kristin Burnell, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Abigail Murillo Villacorta
The investigation is complete into the fatal officer-involved shooting in Springfield less than two months ago.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2023 at 8:49 PM EDT
|By Paris Dunford, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Abigail Murillo Villacorta
A Massachusetts man has been arrested and charged in connection to the highly publicized leak of classified U.S. military documents on social media.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2023 at 6:53 PM EDT
|By Addie Patterson, Abigail Murillo Villacorta, Photojournalist: Jeremy Fair, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue, Libby James and Paris Dunford
Town by Town: Preschool enrollment, ‘Arbor Skills Day’ competition, special custom bike gift