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Updated: 49 minutes ago
|By Libby James
Crews investigate tractor-trailer fire on Elm St.
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Updated: 1 hour ago
|By Libby James
Crews respond to house fire on Hitchcock St. in Holyoke
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Updated: 9 hours ago
|By Maria Wilson, Photojournalist: Josh Daley and Ryan Trowbridge
New information has emerged into the search of a new Chicopee school superintendent, who will permanently replace former superintendent Lynn Clark after she was arrested last year.
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Updated: 10 hours ago
|By Jessica Michalski
A Shrek sculpture in Hatfield weighing approximately 200 pounds has gone missing according to police.
Updated: 11 hours ago
|By Ryan Trowbridge
Springfield Police Officer Jose Diaz has been sentenced to two years of probation for misleading investigators during the Nathan Bill’s assault investigation.
Updated: 12 hours ago
|By Ryan Trowbridge and Raegan Loughrey
Town by Town is taking you to Amherst, Holyoke, and Granby this Tuesday.
Updated: 12 hours ago
|By Paris Dunford, Photojournalist: Kevin Culverhouse and Ryan Trowbridge
The mayor of Holyoke is offering his condolences to the family of the innocent bystander shot and killed at the Holyoke Mall on Saturday and he is calling for change.
Updated: 15 hours ago
|By Ryan Trowbridge
New details have emerged about the deadly stabbing of a woman early Sunday morning outside a nightclub in Springfield.
Updated: 16 hours ago
|By Raegan Loughrey, Ryan Trowbridge and Photojournalist: Erik Rosario
The Boy Scouts of America is one organization that suffered greatly due to COVID-19 restrictions, but last year’s numbers show an uptick in interest in western Massachusetts.
Updated: 16 hours ago
|By Kristin Burnell, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Ryan Trowbridge
Now that sports bets can be placed in-person at casinos across the state, including at MGM Springfield, we’re getting answers on what this means for businesses in the city.
First Warning Radar
Updated: 16 hours ago
|By Ryan Trowbridge
A busy Chicopee roadway is closed while emergency crews are on the scene of a fire.
Updated: 16 hours ago
|By Glenn Kittle, Photojournalist: Jeremy Fair and Ryan Trowbridge
The family of a man killed after a hit-and-run crash in Holyoke earlier this month filled a Springfield courtroom Tuesday morning as the driver charged in the case asked for his bail to be lowered.
Updated: 17 hours ago
|By Kristin Burnell, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Ryan Trowbridge
It’s a day that has been years in the making. Sports bets can now be accepted in Massachusetts, including at MGM Springfield.
Updated: 18 hours ago
|By Matt Price, Photojournalist: Rich Crane and Ryan Trowbridge
Sports fans across the Commonwealth will celebrate the first day of legal sports betting on Tuesday
Updated: 18 hours ago
|By Ryan Trowbridge and Libby James
The longtime decrease in babies being born in the United States turned around in 2021.
Updated: 19 hours ago
|By Ryan Trowbridge
Authorities are preparing to release new information in hopes of solving a decades-old case.
Updated: 23 hours ago
|By Joe Chaisson and Samantha O'Connor
Instead, bridge work will be conducted Tuesday from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 10:25 PM EST
|By Maria Wilson, Samantha O'Connor and Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue
She described those moments following the incident as confusing, chaotic, and traumatic.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 10:21 PM EST
|By Samantha O'Connor and Photojournalist: Andrew Evans
Our Western Mass News crew arrived just before 10:15 p.m. and saw a single SUV rolled onto its side on the grass with its roof removed.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 8:04 PM EST
|By Robin Kimble and Samantha O'Connor
No students were on board the bus at the time of the accident.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 6:34 PM EST
|By Joe Chaisson, Samantha O'Connor, Photojournalist: Erik Rosario, Photojournalist: John O'Donoghue and Photojournalist: Kevin Culverhouse
Western Mass News is taking you town by town to Springfield, Holyoke, Chicopee, and West Springfield.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 6:31 PM EST
|By Raegan Loughrey, Samantha O'Connor and Photojournalist: Jeremy Fair
Western Mass News is getting answers on the increase and what customers can do to ease the pain on their wallets.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 6:25 PM EST
|By Joe Chaisson and Samantha O'Connor
Detectives also seized more than $650 in cash, marijuana, and a knife.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 6:25 PM EST
|By Glenn Kittle, Samantha O'Connor and Photojournalist: Jeremy Fair
Classes resumed Monday with a 2-hour delay, a small police presence, and administrators greeting parents and students at the door.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 6:21 PM EST
|By Kristin Burnell, Samantha O'Connor and Photojournalist: Kevin Culverhouse
We spoke with a criminal justice professor to find out what the gun laws are in Massachusetts and what gun regulations are in place at the Holyoke Mall.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 6:20 PM EST
|By Paris Dunford, Photojournalist: Erik Rosario, Ryan Trowbridge and Samantha O'Connor
The suspect accused in a deadly shooting at the Holyoke Mall on Saturday appeared in court on Monday.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 5:19 PM EST
|By Kristin Burnell, Ryan Trowbridge and Photojournalist: Kevin Culverhouse
Personal safety concerns have surfaced following the deadly shooting at the Holyoke Mall on Saturday.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 5:01 PM EST
|By Liam Murphy and Ryan Trowbridge
Gary Rome has been officially been named the 2023 TIME Dealer of the Year.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 5:00 PM EST
|By Matt Price, Photojournalist: Rich Crane and Ryan Trowbridge
This week, people across the nation will once again have a chance to win big, with the Powerball jackpot at more than half a billion dollars and Mega Millions currently in the double digits.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 4:56 PM EST
|By Libby James and Ryan Trowbridge
An apartment building fire in Springfield over the weekend left more than a dozen families without homes.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 4:49 PM EST
|By Ryan Trowbridge
There is a heavy police presence at one Longmeadow bank.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 3:46 PM EST
|By Ryan Trowbridge
Authorities are investigating after a mother and her young child were struck by a vehicle in Pittsfield this morning.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 3:12 PM EST
|By MARK PRATT
Massachusetts has joined several other states in establishing a hotline that will offer free legal advice to women seeking abortions in the state, as well as their health care providers and helpers
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 2:53 PM EST
|By Tessa Kielbasa and Ryan Trowbridge
A former Westfield firefighter has been found not guilty on one count of enticement of a minor.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 2:03 PM EST
|By Ryan Trowbridge
Two people were hospitalized following a weekend shooting in Sprigfield.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 10:50 AM EST
|By Ryan Trowbridge
Authorities are investigating a deadly weekend stabbing in Springfield.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 10:41 AM EST
|By Ryan Trowbridge
Police continue to search for a Ware man who has been reported missing in Worcester County.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 10:19 AM EST
|By Olivia Kalentek and Zoe Strothers
A pilot suffered serious injuries from a plane crash in Hartford over the weekend.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 8:19 AM EST
|By Olivia Hickey, Photojournalist: Andrew Evans and Abigail Murillo Villacorta
On Saturday night, a shooting left one bystander dead in the city of Holyoke.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 6:36 AM EST
|By Libby James
Glenbrook Middle School has a 2-hour delay following a school threat from last week.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 12:26 AM EST
|By Olivia Hickey, Photojournalist: Andrew Evans and Abigail Murillo Villacorta
On Sunday night, State Senator John Velis and a professor at American International College, broke down what can expect in Monday’s arraignment.
Updated: Jan. 29, 2023 at 10:57 PM EST
|By Addie Patterson, Photojournalist: Andrew Wellmann and Abigail Murillo Villacorta
On Sunday night, crews responded to a house fire on Kirk Street in Springfield.
Updated: Jan. 29, 2023 at 10:13 PM EST
|By Addie Patterson, Abigail Murillo Villacorta and Photojournalist: Marcos Figueroa
The fan favorite “Railroad Hobby Show” was held this weekend at the Big E fairgrounds.
Updated: Jan. 29, 2023 at 7:31 PM EST
|By Addie Patterson, Abigail Murillo Villacorta and Photojournalist: Marcos Figueroa
The community of South Hadley are doing their part to help those in need this winter.
Updated: Jan. 29, 2023 at 2:41 PM EST
|By Samantha O'Connor
Officials shared a photo on the department’s Facebook page, which shows the barn fully engulfed in flames.
Updated: Jan. 29, 2023 at 1:02 PM EST
|By Glenn Kittle, Samantha O'Connor and Photojournalist: Marcos Figueroa
Sheriff Cocchi highlighted how community involvement and philanthropic work will play a key role in engaging with the community in 2023.
Updated: Jan. 29, 2023 at 8:10 AM EST
|By Abigail Murillo Villacorta and Ryan Trowbridge
One person is dead following a shooting at the Holyoke Mall on Saturday.
Updated: Jan. 29, 2023 at 1:13 AM EST
|By Photojournalist: Marcos Figueroa and Abigail Murillo Villacorta
On Saturday, a Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps drill competition was held at Central High School in Springfield.
Updated: Jan. 29, 2023 at 12:43 AM EST
|By Photojournalist: Marcos Figueroa and Abigail Murillo Villacorta
The Chicopee community is coming together on Saturday to help the homeless.
Updated: Jan. 29, 2023 at 12:41 AM EST
|By Addie Patterson and Ryan Trowbridge
The West Springfield St. Patrick’s Day Committee crowned their 2023 colleen on Saturday.