Top 10 stories of 2013: Cara Rintala murder trial in death of her wife...
Judge Mary-Lou Rup, who presided over the 1st trial, is scheduled to be on the bench again when the case is retried in January. As 2013 winds down, The Republican and MassLive.com recap each of the...
View ArticleWeekend top stories: Easthampton celebrates connection to Dr. Seuss' Grinch,...
Winter solstice 2013 took place on Saturday, marking the shortest day of the year and meaning the days get longer from here. These were the most-read stories on MassLive.com over the weekend. If you...
View ArticleSpringfield crime: city homicide rate up after 19th homicide of 2013
The homicide rate for 2013 has spiked by more than 58 percent from 2012, or from 12 killings to 19. SPRINGFIELD — The city's homicide rate in 2013 is up about 58.3 percent from 2012. Last year's 12...
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Springfield police continue to investigate Maple Street shooting that injured...
Police have not released much information about the shooting, which came several hours after a fatal shooting about a half-mile away. SPRINGFIELD — Several hours after a man was shot dead near the...
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Hampden County Correctional Center inmates boost Toy for Joy by $5,000;...
Some $73,690 still needs to be raised to meet the $150,000 goal by Christmas Eve. View full sizeTo get a printable version of this coupon to mail in with your Toy for Joy donation, click on "view full...
View ArticleWinter brings snow, ice, outages to some in U.S.
After the first full day of winter brought everything from balmy temperatures along the Mid-Atlantic to snow in the Midwest and ice, snow and flooding in the Great Lakes, some people could be left in...
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Bah humbug: Studies show heart attacks spike during winter holidays
studies show heart troubles increase around the winter holidays. Dr. Jason Cabler sits in the exercise room of his home on Dec. 17 in Hendersonville, Tenn. Cabler, 46, suffered a heart attack on...
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Judge revokes bail for accused drug lab worker Sonja Farak
Lux told Judge Nary-Lou Rup that Farak failed a drug screen earlier in the day, prompting the request by her office to revoke the $5,000 bail she posted in Eastern Hampshire District Court upon her...
View ArticleChicopee City Council approves nearly $1 million in end-of-year expenses
The City Council agreed to pay a construction company $225,000 in a dispute over a sewer separation project. CHICOPEE – The City Council approved nearly $1 million in transfers to settle a lawsuit,...
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Evan Nyman, 22, of Ludlow charged with threatening to shoot another man
The alleged victim was uninjured. LUDLOW — A 22-year-old Ludlow resident is being held on $10,000 bail after he was arrested for allegedly threatening a 19-year-old man with a gun Monday morning. Evan...
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Police: Enfield police officer Thomas Chagnon charged with drunken driving on...
Chagnon was arrested shortly after midnight and also charged with speeding, negligent operation of a motor vehicle and possession of an open container of alcohol. SPRINGFIELD - An Enfield patrolman...
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Some Massachusetts agencies use temporary workers to fill long-term...
By MIKE DEEHAN BOSTON - State investigators have found that some state government agencies rely on temporary hires to fill permanent or long-term positions, sometimes leaving temps on the job for...
View ArticleThanksgiving eve break-ins in Monson, Palmer and Wales may be connected,...
The break-ins remain under investigation. Three businesses were broken into on Nov. 27 in Monson, Palmer and Wales, and police are investigating whether they are connected and related to other...
View ArticleMan who tossed son off roof in NYC murder-suicide was on first visit alone...
Dmitriy Kanarikov picked up his 3-year-old son at 10 a.m. Sunday at a Manhattan police precinct. NEW YORK -- A father threw his young child off the roof of a 52-story Manhattan apartment building in a...
View ArticleNew England Compounding Center lawyers reach agreement to set up meningitis...
The company, based in Framingham, just west of Boston, gave up its license and filed for bankruptcy protection after it was flooded with hundreds of lawsuits from people who received tainted steroid...
View ArticleYesterday's top stories: Paul Picknelly may have hit jackpot with casino...
"The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition" a book by Carole Aebersold and Chanda Bell published in 2005 made USA Today's best-seller list for the first time this year. These were the most read...
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Belchertown school board names 15-person superintendent screening panel
The Massachusetts Association of School Committees is under contract with the district to conduct the search. They laid out a timeline saying finalists would be named by March and the committee would...
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Toy for Joy fund gets $10,000 boost from Babson Capital Management; still...
Some $48,020 still needs to be raised to meet the $150,000 goal by Christmas Eve. View full sizeTo get a printable version of this coupon to mail in with your Toy for Joy donation, click on "view full...
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Hampshire County duo deny possession of sawed-off shotgun at court arraignment
Neanh Kry, 31, of Granby, and Vinson Johnson, 24, of Amherst, denied possessing a sawed-off shotgun and other charges at their arraignments in Hampshire Superior Court in Northampton. NORTHAMPTON —...
View ArticleMassachusetts orders utilities to modernize operations
Gov. Deval Patrick's administration is calling on the state's utilities to develop plans for modernizing the state's electricity grid. BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Deval Patrick's administration is calling on...
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