Springfield Garden Club ProgramSPRINGFIELD - The Springfield Garden Club will host ‘Interpreting Art in Flowers, for the Festival of Flowers” presented by Springfield Garden Club members, on Friday, Feb. 16, 11:30 a.m. The event will be in person at the Barney Carriage House at Forest...
WESTFIELD — During his update to the School Committee on Feb. 5, Mayor Michael McCabe spoke at length about problems regarding the anticipated move of the Fort Meadow Early Childhood program into the city-owned space currently occupied by Head Start at 390 Southampton Road.McCabe said...
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By Steve Pomper I’m no fan of the term, lawfare (using the law as a political weapon), but it’s sadly accurate in too much of the U.S. today. Factions use lawfare not only against rival political candidates but also against ordinary citizens, including police officers (wrongly indicted...
Jakob RodgersBay Area News GroupThe California Highway Patrol plans to temporarily flood Oakland and the East Bay with 120 extra officers as part of a “targeted” effort aimed at curtailing crime in the city, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Tuesday.The swell of CHP officers will...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1NEW YORK — A Port Authority Police officer has died of cancer resulting from rescue work at Ground Zero, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page.Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department Officer Richard Louis Ruiz, Sr., 68, died on...
By Brian NiemietzNew York Daily NewsFT. MYERS, Fla. — A bank robber in Fort Myers, Fla. claiming to have a bomb was taken out by a SWAT team sniper when he held a knife to a hostage’s throat.Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno said at a...
By Ed WhiteAssociated PressPONTIAC, Mich. — A Michigan jury convicted a school shooter’s mother of involuntary manslaughter Tuesday in a first-of-its-kind trial to determine whether she had any responsibility in the deaths of four students in 2021.Prosecutors say Jennifer Crumbley was grossly negligent when she...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1AUSTIN, Texas— Newly released body camera video shows a man holding a woman with multiple stab wounds while walking towards officers with a knife, the Austin American-Statesman reported.The Austin Police Department released footage on Feb. 2 of the Jan. 21 shooting, according to...
By Jake SheridanChicago TribuneCHICAGO — Aldermen took aim Monday at two sacred cows of policing in Chicago: How officers are deployed around the city and when they have to leave their jobs.The City Council’s Committee on Police and Fire voted to require the Chicago Police...
