Former Agawam police officer Danielle Petrangelo got 'preferential treatment'...
Police and city officials were not immediately available for comment. 03.09.11 | Photo by Julian Feller-Cohen – An Agawam Police cruiser.  AGAWAM - Hamdpen District Attorney Mark G. Mastroianni...
View ArticleKiley Middle School pupil's death being probed for possible negligence by...
The District Attorney's office would determine if there was any negligence rising to the level of criminal activity in the boy's death at Kiley Middle School last Friday. M. Marcus Kiley Middle School...
View ArticleBoston firefighter accused of making threats
A Boston firefighter is under investigation for allegedly telling a supervisor he had guns and would make the recent revenge rampage by former Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner look like...
View ArticleForecasters call for 6 inches or more of heavy wet snow to hit Pioneer Valley...
Meteorologists are predicting snowfall totals of six inches or more for the Pioneer Valley with CBS 3 Springfield forecasting closer to 10 inches of the white stuff in the north. View full size New...
View ArticleMassachusetts man fights extradition to Scotland over poisoning
A Massachusetts man is fighting extradition to Scotland, where he is facing attempted murder charges for allegedly poisoning a fellow college student's wine. BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man is...
View ArticleSpringfield Schools Superintendent Daniel Warwick calls Kiley Middle School...
In his first public comments since the boy’s death on Feb. 15, Warwick said school officials are cooperating fully with the Hampden district attorney office’s investigation. Springfield Schools...
View ArticleWest Springfield preparing for potential evacuation of 30 streets in Merrick...
A section of Route 5 will remain closed until at least 6 or 7 p.m., officials said. This post updates stories published at 6:44 p.m. Thursday, and on Friday at 8:00 a.m. and 9:33 a.m. WEST SPRINGFIELD...
View ArticleObituaries today: Marangelie Santana was Holyoke school teacher
Obituaries from The Republican.  Marangelie Santana  Marangelie Santana, of Granby, passed away on Sunday. Raised in Yauco, Puerto Rico, she was a graduate of the University of Massachusetts...
View ArticleUMass women's center marks 40 years of helping people on campus and in community
The center provides a rape crisis hotline as well as counseling, advocacy and education. Rebecca Lockwood, associate director of Counseling and Rape Crisis Services, at the UMass Center for Women...
View ArticleMissing Great Barrington woman found dead
Police say the body of Arlene Elliott was found Thursday morning in a wooded area behind Fairview Hospital. GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. (AP) — An 82-year-old Great Barrington woman reported missing...
View ArticleWest Springfield train derailment: Work underway to upright tankers; Route 5...
2 cranes are on the scene and the contractor is currently attempting to right a tanker that is partially filled with as much as 1,000 gallons of flammable chemical. Mark M. Murray | The...
View ArticleAmherst Fire Department taxed by ambulance calls to Mullins Center dance concert
The Amherst Fire Department had to make 17 runs to area hospitals during a dance concert at the Mullins Center. AMHERST — The Fire Department transported 19 people attending an electronic dance show...
View ArticleMatthew Moriarty of Holyoke wins $4 million in Massachusetts Lottery '50X THE...
According to a press release from the Lottery, Moriarty said he plans to pay off some bills and invest the balance of the prize. Matthew MoriartyMassachusetts State Lottery HOLYOKE -- A Paper City man...
View ArticlePM News Links: Boy calls 911 to avoid bedtime, student fights extradition to...
Bay State car magnate Ernie Boch Jr. tells the Boston Business Journal he is interested in buying The Boston Globe. WHDH-TV, 7News, Boston Boston area auto dealer Ernie Boch Jr. is seen in one of his...
View ArticleAfter 4 decades, Springfield-based Massachusetts Career Development Institute...
Twenty-nine employees will lose jobs, according to Sneed, who said he hopes they can secure new ones by the September. The Massachusetts Career Development Institute on Wilbraham Avenue in Springfield...
View ArticleState police investigate carjacking at Mass Pike rest area in Lee
The car jacker had stolen a car earlier in Troy, N.Y. and apparently decided to switch vehicles at the rest stop, police said. Republican file photo LEE - A motorist was attacked and his car stolen...
View ArticleIrish nanny accused of Massachusetts baby beating in court
A lawyer for an Irish nanny charged with beating an infant who later died won a request Friday to preserve evidence in the case, including the baby's travel records and a list of people who had access...
View ArticleMassachusetts Air National Guard F-15 pilot out of Westfield inadvertently...
The National Guard says the pilot of the F-15C Eagle was completing qualification training in a controlled military airspace when he flew at just under 700 mph at 20,000 feet above sea level....
View ArticleU.S. joins fraud lawsuit against Lance Armstrong
The Justice Department joined a lawsuit against the disgraced cyclist that alleges he concealed his use of performance-enhancing drugs and defrauded the U.S. Postal Service, a longtime sponsor. Lance...
View ArticleCharge upgraded to murder in Massachusetts baby's death
Prosecutor Stephen Nadeau said at an earlier arraignment Ethen Harrison was alone with 9-month-old Ariel Eluziario when she was hurt, and acknowledged "certain acts" consistent with her fatal...
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