A 30-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the deaths of two people in Salem, whose bodies were found in the woods near a Walmart on Wednesday. Jay Blodget has been charged with two counts of murder and is scheduled to appear in Salem...
It may start out sunny and 75 in Massachusetts on Thursday morning, but don’t get too comfortable — “hazy skies” could roll in by the afternoon. Temperatures started out in the upper 30s and mid- to upper 50s across the state on Thursday, National Weather...
Hoping to finally make headway after years of efforts, criminal justice reform advocates knocked doors Wednesday at the State House asking lawmakers to back a bill to give people serving life sentences the chance at a parole hearing.The companion House and Senate bills would eliminate...
Red Sox prospect Jhostynxon Garcia — also known by his nickname “The Password” — is on fire with multiple hits in six of his past seven games.Garcia went 2-for-3 with two RBI singles, a walk and run to help Double-A Portland to a 5-1 victory...
Previous Rankings: Mar. 27, Apr. 3, Apr. 10, Apr. 17Hampshire (8-0; Last Rank: 1)Westfield (5-2; 3)Turners Falls (7-3; 4)Greenfield (7-2; 5)Frontier (6-4; 2)Hoosac Valley (7-0; 11)Lenox (7-0; 10)East Longmeadow (7-2; 6)Longmeadow (6-3; 7)Agawam (4-3; 9)South Hadley (4-4; 8)Hopkins Academy (8-3; 14)Franklin Tech (6-3; 12)Wahconah (5-4;...
BOSTON — One physical foul kept Jayson Tatum sidelined for Game 2 of the Celtics-Magic series on Wednesday night. Al Horford was on alert in Game 2 after watching Kentavious Caldwell-Pope hit Tatum with several hard fouls in Game 1 and found himself a victim...
CHICOPEE — Kids on school break formed a bucket brigade Wednesday, helping to carry trout from a mobile fish tank to the Chicopee Reservoir. “I got a big one!” one boy called to his dad, lifting his orange bucket off the ground for others to...
MassLive will release updated Bay State Conference boys lacrosse rankings every week during the regular season.Walpole (8-0, No. 1) Needham (4-4, No. 2)Wellesley (5-2, No. 3) Newton North (5-3, No. 4) Natick (5-2, No. 5) Milton (4-4, No. 6) Framingham (2-5, No. 7)Braintree (2-5, No....
MassLive released its third boys’ volleyball rankings across Western Massachusetts on Thursday. Previous Rankings: April 2, April 17Agawam (9-1, No. 3)Westfield (8-1, No. 1)Springfield Central (9-3, No. 5)West Springfield (8-2, No. 4)Chicopee Comp (7-3, No. 2)Longmeadow (6-3, No. 6)East Longmeadow (10-0, No. 7)PVCA (6-0, No....
MassLive will release updated Bay State Conference girls lacrosse rankings every week during the regular season.Walpole (8-0, No. 1) Wellesley (6-1, No. 2) Needham (5-2, No. 3) Newton North (5-1, No. 4) Weymouth (4-5, No. 5) Natick (3-3, No. 6)Braintree (5-4, No. 7) Brookline (1-6,...