Joe Chaisson

Updated: 6 hours ago
|By Photojournalist: Matt White, Joe Chaisson and Abigail Murillo Villacorta
It’s the annual shop with a cop with the Springfield Police Department.
Updated: 12 hours ago
|By Joe Chaisson, Abigail Murillo Villacorta and Photojournalist: Anthony Garuti
Town by town is taking you to Springfield and West Springfield.
Updated: Nov. 20, 2023 at 5:38 PM EST
|By Joe Chaisson and Abigail Murillo Villacorta
Amid the ongoing migrant crisis in the Bay State. The MBTA, along with MassDOT, will be sheltering up to 25 migrant families at their Boston headquarters.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2023 at 1:00 AM EST
|By Photojournalist: Erik Rosario, Joe Chaisson and Abigail Murillo Villacorta
A ribbon cutting ceremony was held for the Historic Pavilion in Forest Park on Tuesday.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2023 at 4:07 PM EST
|By Joe Chaisson and Ryan Trowbridge
Western New England University hosted their own Veteran’s Day ceremony on Friday.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2023 at 1:16 PM EST
|By Joe Chaisson and Ryan Trowbridge
Authorities seized heroin, cocaine, crack-cocaine, and cash while arresting 36-year-old Edwin Fontanez on Worthington Street on Wednesday.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2023 at 3:35 PM EST
|By Joe Chaisson and Ryan Trowbridge
American International College in Springfield celebrated National First-Generation College on Wednesday.
Updated: Oct. 31, 2023 at 10:39 AM EDT
|By Joe Chaisson and Ryan Trowbridge
Kasper has been a part of the Northampton Police Department for more than 25 years.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2023 at 4:07 PM EDT
|By Joe Chaisson and Ryan Trowbridge
If you worked at MGM Springfield, there’s a chance the casino owes you money.
Updated: Oct. 22, 2023 at 7:57 PM EDT
|By Joe Chaisson, Photojournalist: Matt White and Ty Coney
People were encouraged to show up with their best Halloween costumes too.
Updated: Oct. 22, 2023 at 7:57 PM EDT
|By Joe Chaisson, Photojournalist: Matt White and Ty Coney
Since its beginnings in Springfield in 1994, Rays of Hope has grown from 500 participants raising $50,000 to around 20,000 runners and walkers raising a grand total of nearly 17 million dollars.
Updated: Oct. 22, 2023 at 7:54 PM EDT
|By Joe Chaisson, Photojournalist: Matt Lafreniere and Ty Coney
Croteau was connected to a tragedy that sent shockwaves across the state on August 14.
Updated: Oct. 17, 2023 at 11:07 AM EDT
|By Joe Chaisson and Ryan Trowbridge
A Springfield man is facing charges after he allegedly fled from police, crashed, and had drugs and a gun in his car.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2023 at 7:02 PM EDT
|By Joe Chaisson and Ty Coney
Town by Town is taking you to Wilbraham and Northampton.
Updated: Oct. 7, 2023 at 12:11 PM EDT
|By Joe Chaisson and Abigail Murillo Villacorta
MGM Resorts expects that the September cyber attack against its casinos will have a $100 million negative impact on its third-quarter earnings.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2023 at 3:55 PM EDT
|By Joe Chaisson and Ryan Trowbridge
Holyoke Police have announced that have made an arrest in Tuesday’s stabbing on Meadowbrook Drive.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2023 at 4:53 PM EDT
|By Joe Chaisson and Ryan Trowbridge
A judge has sentenced convicted sex offender Michael Hunt, 53, of Ware, to nine to 11 years in state prison after hunt violated the conditions of his probation by sexually assaulting another child and contacting six other children.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2023 at 8:52 PM EDT
|By Photojournalist: Erik Rosario, Joe Chaisson and Abigail Murillo Villacorta
MGM Springfield hosted volunteers from Western New England School of Law’s Center for Social Justice who provided free legal advice and an opportunity for those with a criminal record to learn about the expungement and sealing process.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2023 at 4:38 PM EDT
|By Joe Chaisson and Abigail Murillo Villacorta
A former employee who filed a lawsuit against MGM Springfield has decided to drop the case on Tuesday.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2023 at 4:30 PM EDT
|By Joe Chaisson and Abigail Murillo Villacorta
Tuesday marked the first full day of deliberations for the jury connected to the on-going Cara Rintala murder trial.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2023 at 4:17 PM EDT
|By Joe Chaisson, Abigail Murillo Villacorta and Photojournalist: Andrew Evans
Town by town is taking you to Agawam, Springfield and Chicopee.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2023 at 9:37 AM EDT
|By Joe Chaisson and Abigail Murillo Villacorta
Emergency crews responded to an overturned car on Hillside Road in Holyoke on Thursday.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2023 at 10:45 AM EDT
|By Joe Chaisson and Ryan Trowbridge
The Hampden District Attorney’s Office has released the name of the person who was killed in a shooting that happened Sunday around noon on Lionel Benoit Road in Springfield.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2023 at 3:18 PM EDT
|By Joe Chaisson and Ryan Trowbridge
The teen was taken to Baystate Medical Center and the driver of the truck remained on the scene.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2023 at 8:42 PM EDT
|By Photojournalist: Matt Lafreniere, Photojournalist: Kevin Culverhouse, Photojournalist: Marcos Figueroa, Ty Coney and Joe Chaisson
Town by Town is taking you to Springfield, West Springfield, and Williamstown.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2023 at 4:08 PM EDT
|By Matthew White, Joe Chaisson and Ty Coney
Town by Town is taking you to South Hadley and Longmeadow.
Updated: Aug. 14, 2023 at 6:10 PM EDT
|By Joe Chaisson and Abigail Murillo Villacorta
The New England Patriots were back to work this weekend following a loss in their first preseason game against the Texans.
Updated: Aug. 14, 2023 at 3:05 PM EDT
|By Joe Chaisson and Ryan Trowbridge
A Springfield man has been found guilty in connection with a 2020 murder.
Updated: Aug. 14, 2023 at 3:04 PM EDT
|By Joe Chaisson and Ryan Trowbridge
A bear was spotted Monday morning in a tree outside Thornes Marketplace in Northampton on Hampton Avenue.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2023 at 5:13 PM EDT
|By Joe Chaisson, Abigail Murillo Villacorta, Daniel Santiago, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Photojournalist: Andrew Evans
Town by town is taking you to Springfield, Holyoke and Agawam.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2023 at 7:43 PM EDT
|By Ty Coney, Joe Chaisson, Photojournalist: Erik Rosario and Photojournalist: Andrew Evans
Town by Town is taking you to Chicopee and South Hadley
Updated: Aug. 2, 2023 at 12:08 PM EDT
|By Joe Chaisson and Ryan Trowbridge
The Jones Library in Amherst reopened Wednesday
Updated: Jul. 31, 2023 at 8:49 PM EDT
|By Joe Chaisson and Abigail Murillo Villacorta
The Jones Library in Amherst will be closed indefinitely due to heavy flooding from Saturday night’s rainstorm.
Updated: Jul. 31, 2023 at 5:00 PM EDT
|By Joe Chaisson, Abigail Murillo Villacorta, Photojournalist: Erik Rosario and Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue
Town by town is taking you to Springfield and Agawam.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2023 at 1:53 PM EDT
|By Joe Chaisson and Ryan Trowbridge
Northampton Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra has named the next chief for the city’s fire department.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2023 at 1:46 PM EDT
|By Joe Chaisson and Ryan Trowbridge
Comedian Colum Tyrell will be taking the stage at Roar Comedy Club at MGM Springfield on Saturday.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2023 at 3:57 PM EDT
|By Joe Chaisson and Ryan Trowbridge
The beach was closed last week due to damage caused by flooding and elevated bacteria levels.
Updated: Jul. 17, 2023 at 3:25 PM EDT
|By Joe Chaisson and Samantha O'Connor
A Springfield man has been convicted by a federal jury for sex trafficking of a minor under 14 years old.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2023 at 6:26 PM EDT
|By Joe Chaisson and Abigail Murillo Villacorta
Three student recruit officers were fired following an investigation into possible exam cheating.
Updated: Jul. 11, 2023 at 5:19 PM EDT
|By Joe Chaisson and Ryan Trowbridge
Springfield Thunderbirds hockey is just around the corner.
Updated: Jul. 11, 2023 at 5:18 PM EDT
|By Joe Chaisson and Ryan Trowbridge
The all-new production features an incredible assemblage of international acts.
Updated: Jul. 10, 2023 at 3:25 PM EDT
|By Joe Chaisson and Samantha O'Connor
Officials have announced that there will be no swimming allowed at Puffer’s Pond in Amherst on Monday.
Updated: Jun. 20, 2023 at 6:30 PM EDT
|By Joe Chaisson, Samantha O'Connor, Photojournalist: Kevin Culverhouse, Photojournalist: Erik Rosario and Photojournalist: Jeremy Fair
Western Mass News is taking you town by town to Wilbraham, Springfield, and Chicopee.
Updated: Jun. 20, 2023 at 5:25 PM EDT
|By Joe Chaisson and Samantha O'Connor
18-year-old Maxwell Lacus and 51-year-old Kathleen Pare, both of West Springfield, were arrested on narcotics and weapons charges.
Updated: Jun. 18, 2023 at 11:24 PM EDT
|By Photojournalist: Marcos Figueroa, Joe Chaisson and Abigail Murillo Villacorta
The “Cars and Coffee” auto show series returned to the Mill District’s North Square in Amherst on Sunday with another free collectible-and-classic vehicle exhibition.
Updated: Jun. 16, 2023 at 5:37 PM EDT
|By Joe Chaisson, Abigail Murillo Villacorta, Photojournalist: Jeremy Fair, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Photojournalist: Kevin Culverhouse
Town by town is taking you to Springfield, Chicopee and East Longmeadow.
Updated: Jun. 6, 2023 at 6:37 PM EDT
|By Joe Chaisson, Samantha O'Connor and Photojournalist: Matt Lafreniere
The Jewish Federation of Western Massachusetts’ Springfield Council of Jewish Women awarded 48 scholarships to students in the region.
Updated: Jun. 6, 2023 at 6:34 PM EDT
|By Joe Chaisson and Samantha O'Connor
Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno and the Westfield Starfires announced Tuesday that baseball will be played in Forest Park this summer.
Updated: May. 30, 2023 at 11:13 AM EDT
|By Joe Chaisson and Samantha O'Connor
Celtics fall to Miami in game 7
Updated: May. 29, 2023 at 4:41 PM EDT
|By Joe Chaisson, Samantha O'Connor and Photojournalist: Andrew Evans
The ceremony took place at the Massachusetts Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery at 1 p.m.