Big Y Community Bag ProgramWESTFIELD - Through the entire month of April, when you purchase a $2.50 reusable Community Bag at the Big Y located at 475 East Main St., $1 is donated to NAMI Western Massachusetts. The goal is to sell 200 bags, equivalent...
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D Over the past decade, as of this writing, 10 police officers were stabbed to death in the line of duty. Interestingly, 10 police K9s died from stabbing attacks in that same period. In the minds of some – notably police...
A 24-year-old man was killed in a shooting in Worcester early Saturday morning, according to police.Officers were called to Allendale Street just before 2:20 a.m. after the city’s ShotSpotter system — which alerts police to sounds of gunfire — activated in the area, Worcester police...
By Juan A. LozanoAssociated PressHOUSTON — Houston police said Thursday that they are still reviewing if DNA testing in connection with thousands of sexual assault and sex crime cases that were dropped due to staffing issues could have led officers to potential suspects and possible...
By Amanda BartlettSFGateSONOMA COUNTY, Calif. — A woman was airlifted from a cliff on the west side of Mount Tamalpais Wednesday after driving 200 feet into a ravine and crashing, leaving her vehicle teetering on the edge of the rocky hillside while she waited for...
By Louis KraussStar TribuneST. PAUL, Minn. — Interim Col. Christina Bogojevic will be the next chief of the Minnesota State Patrol, making her the second woman ever to lead the State Patrol, the Department of Public Safety announced Thursday.Public Safety Commissioner Bob Jacobson praised the...
Dr. Ellana Stinson took a job at Carney Hospital in Dorchester full of passion and pride in what she did: treating a diverse patient population at their most vulnerable medical moments.But over seven years as an emergency medicine physician at the facility run by financially...
SPRINGFIELD — The putrid smell hits like a jackhammer as you approach the red, ramshackle home at 284 Denver St.Recently condemned by the city as uninhabitable after the property changed hands, the scene inside is a hoarding hell where two tenants have lived for more...
Game 1 of the Pat Maroon era for the Bruins drew solid reviews from his new team.Sixty-five days after undergoing back surgery and 36 days after being traded to Boston, Maroon made his debut for the Bruins, seven days before the start of the playoffs. ...
SPRINGFIELD — Renewable energy company NextGrid is eyeing a Sixteen Acres property as the site of a solar array, but residents are concerned that the site may be too waterlogged to build upon.The solar farm would stretch along the length of the Five Town Plaza,...
