Powerball winner immediately quits hospital job after 32 years

A Massachusetts hospital worker stepped forward Thursday to claim the biggest single-ticket lottery jackpot in U.S. history and wasted little time in quitting her job.Read More

Chicopee Police urge residents to check tickets — with a little humor

After the Massachusetts State Lottery corrected a report saying that the winning Powerball jackpot was sold in Chicopee, not Watertown as first reported, the ChicopeeRead More

Town official suspended after being accused of racist slur

DUDLEY, Mass. (AP) — An official in a Massachusetts town has been placed on administrative leave after allegedly posting a racist slur on Facebook inRead More

Man pleads not guilty in crash that killed local blogger

BELCHERTOWN, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts man had pleaded not guilty to negligent motor vehicle homicide in a car crash that killed a well-known AmherstRead More

Murder suspect: I was too high to understand Miranda rights

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts murder suspect who wants statements he made to police dismissed as evidence has told a judge that he wasRead More

Massachusetts doctor is struck by bus and killed on vacation in Canada

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts hospital group says one of its doctors was struck by a bus while on vacation with his family inRead More

Dump truck driver dies after crashing into vacant building

COLRAIN, Mass. (AP) — A New Hampshire man has died after the dump truck he was driving crashed into a vacant building in western Massachusetts.Read More

Mass. officer on fatal Charlottesville crash: ‘Hahahaha love this’

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts police officer is facing disciplinary action for writing “Hahahaha love this” on Facebook in response to a story aboutRead More

Suspect in Holyoke double homicide turns himself in

HOLYOKE, Mass. (AP) – A suspect in a double fatal shooting in Massachusetts earlier this week has turned himself in. Hampden District Attorney Anthony GulluniRead More

Family of late officer accused of theft won’t get pension

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — The family of a Massachusetts police officer who died before he was scheduled to plead guilty to stealing from an evidenceRead More