Western Mass

A 23-year-old Massachusetts woman was struck and killed by an oncoming vehicle after she was thrown from the back of a motorcycle she was ridingRead More

The Holyoke Soldiers’ Home will begin allowing outdoor visits on Tuesday after a coronavirus outbreak led to dozens of deaths. All veteran residents and staffRead More

The number of deaths reported at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home has increased to 94, with 76 linked to the coronavirus, officials announced Thursday. A spokespersonRead More

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Officers conducting a traffic stop in Massachusetts over the weekend found what they described as a flamethrower in the vehicle, policeRead More

BRIMFIELD, Mass. (AP) — The operator of a motorcycle that collided with a minivan in Brimfield over the weekend has died, police said. Two otherRead More

A carjacking suspect was shot and wounded on Route 2 in Greenfield on Friday morning after he allegedly tried to run over a state trooperRead More

Authorities have identified the two victims of a deadly two-car crash in Amherst on Wednesday night. The driver, identified as 42-year-old Euclides Almeida, and hisRead More

Authorities have launched an investigation after two men were killed in a head-on crash in Amherst on Tuesday night, officials said. Officers responding to aRead More

HAMPDEN, Mass. (AP) — Police have filed an elder abuse complaint with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health after a nursing home resident with dementiaRead More

Emilio DiPalma was, as he liked to say, just a kid from western Massachusetts when he found himself in a front-row seat to history asRead More