By Joseph WilkinsonNew York Daily NewsHUDSON VALLEY, N.Y. — A Hudson Valley man pleaded guilty Tuesday to setting a New York state trooper’s childhood home on fire in revenge for the trooper issuing him a traffic ticket.Tyler Williams, 26, pleaded guilty to second-degree arson and...
Associated PressDALLAS — The family of a man shot and killed by a Dallas police officer who said she mistook his apartment for her own was awarded nearly $100 million Wednesday in a federal civil trial.The jury found after a three-day trial that ex-officer Amber...
By Ethan VarianBay Area News GroupSAN MATEO, Calif. — All five San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office captains have formally asked for the resignation of embattled Sheriff Christina Corpus, according to an internal department email obtained by the Bay Area News Group.The captains join a growing...
A Fall River Superior Court judge handed down a pair of life sentences for two men who were convicted of beating a man to death after robbing him in Taunton in 2019, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced.Jerome Middleton and Khaylon Cruz...
A man was flown to a hospital after being hit by a car in Taunton Wednesday evening, police said.Taunton police went to the area of 11 Court St. at around 5:45 p.m. Wednesday for a report of a crash involving a pedestrian. There, police found...
A 78-year-old woman was killed Wednesday afternoon when she was hit by an SUV in Weymouth, the Norfolk District Attorney’s office said.The woman, whose name was withheld pending notification of her family, was hit in the area of 314 Washington St. around 1 p.m., the...
WESTFIELD - WMCD Inc. is hosting a charity fundraising comedy night on Saturday, Nov. 23 at the East Mountain Country Club, 1458 E. Mountain Rd. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show begins at 8 p.m.The show will feature comedians Jess Miller, Linda Belt,...
WESTFIELD - The Nov. 19 School Committee meeting began on a high note as Galen Wilson, WTA Aviation department head talked about the program that prepares students as certified aviation mechanics. Since starting in 2015, he said the program has reached nearly 100 students.Wilson said...
WESTFIELD - At the School Committee meeting on Nov. 20, Superintendent Stefan Czaporowski presented his three main goals for the school year, with some pushback from the committee to include data for the first goal on student learning, which emphasizes improving student achievement on district...
We can well understand a crime victim’s frustration over the sentence handed down this month to a man who all but admitted he did something unthinkable.This man, a former corrections officer with the Hampden County Sheriff’s Department, walked up to nine people socializing on the...