By Joanna PutmanPolice1KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee police recruit has died after collapsing during a training exercise, 10 News reported.Officer Wisbens Antoine, 32, was a member of the Knoxville Police Department’s 2023 B Basic Recruit Class, scheduled to graduate March 5, according to the report....
By Hannah WileyLos Angeles TimesCounty by county in California, as fentanyl overdoses escalate, local prosecutors are turning to a novel legal strategy to stem the spiraling death toll: charging drug dealers with murder.In July, Placer County reached a landmark plea deal that sent a man...
Associated PressKANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas man has pleaded guilty to smashing into a Kansas City, Missouri, patrol car last year and killing an officer, his K-9 partner and a pedestrian.Jerron Lightfoot of Tonganoxie, Kansas, pleaded guilty Friday to two counts of involuntary manslaughter...
The 48-year-old Massachusetts woman who was killed in a snowmobile crash in New Hampshire over the weekend has been identified as Westford resident Krista Bebezas.“It is with heavy hearts that we mourn the unexpected death of our beloved Krista, a devoted mother of two beautiful...
FORT MYERS, Fla. – Eric Gagné was one of Red Sox prospect Luis Guerrero’s two favorite pitchers growing up.“I was playing PlayStation and I saw this guy who throws hard, great offspeed stuff,” Guerrero said through translator Carlos Villoria Benítez on Sunday at JetBlue Park....
Pope Francis’ Ryan Vedovelli (#33) during a game against Northampton on 12/20/23. (Kayla Wong/ MassLive)Kayla Wong.st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}Subscribers can gift articles to anyoneThis is the eighth and final installment of MassLive’s Western Massachusetts high school boys basketball rankings.Rankings: Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week...
Holyoke Community College recently welcomed Elizabeth Ollson of Easthampton as manager of alumni relations and annual giving.Ollson is a 2018 graduate of HCC and holds a bachelor’s degree in women, gender and sexuality studies from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.She joined HCC’s division of Institutional...
Mercy Medical Center’s Family Life Center has been recognized by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts with a Blue Distinction Centers+ for maternity care designation, as part of the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program. To earn this designation, each facility must deliver quality care safely...
MassLive recently asked readers to identify people who are leaders from the LGBTQ+ community throughout the state, working to make a difference in their own area of interest, be it politics, education, business or the arts.Profiles of these leaders will be published through the rest...
While sugar makers are busy tapping, boiling and bottling syrup, Baystaters are also keeping busy — eating liquid gold, that is.So-much-so, that about 50,000 to 60,000 gallons of maple syrup are produced in Massachusetts annually, according to Mass.gov. From seasonal sweet-creams to cookies and candies,...
