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Longmeadow man sentenced for taking naked photos of girls without consent. Western Mass News was in Springfield Superior Court Friday morning for the sentencing of 22-year-old James McColley. Updated: 2 hours ago. |. A community is coming together to help a Chicopee family in need after losing their five-year-old boy...

Longmeadow man sentenced for taking naked photos of girls without consent. Western Mass News was in Springfield Superior Court Friday morning for the sentencing of 22-year-old James McColley. Updated: 2 hours ago. |. Massachusetts lawmakers have introduced a bill to make free school lunches permanent in the Bay State. Westhampton...

WESTFIELD, MA. (WGGB/WSHM) - Three Westfield firefighters are currently in the process to sue the city that employs them. According to court documents obtained by Western Mass News, Captain Rebecca Boutin and firefighters Kyle Miltimore and David Kennedy are suing the city based on retaliation allegations, after they were fired in 2019.

Longmeadow man sentenced for taking naked photos of girls without consent. Western Mass News was in Springfield Superior Court Friday morning for the sentencing of 22-year-old James McColley. Updated: 2 hours ago. |. A community is coming together to help a Chicopee family in need after losing their five-year-old boy...

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (WCAX) - Investigators have revealed new information about the case of a woman found murdered in Vermont last summer, including the identity of the killer and how the crime unfolded. It has been more than six months since the body of Mary Anderson was found in her truck...

(WGGB/WSHM) - Western Mass News is taking you town by town to Springfield, Easthampton, and Chicopee. The Red Cross in Springfield held an open house for new volunteers on Thursday along with current volunteers who responded to local disasters such as home fires across Western Massachusetts. Volunteers are trained in...

(WGGB/WSHM) - Western Mass News is taking you town by town to Springfield and Holyoke. Town by town took us to a special day for the oldest social service agency in Western Mass. That’s just one of the stops we make as Western Mass News goes town by town.

Longmeadow man sentenced for taking naked photos of girls without consent. Western Mass News was in Springfield Superior Court Friday morning for the sentencing of 22-year-old James McColley. Updated: 3 hours ago. |. A community is coming together to help a Chicopee family in need after losing their five-year-old boy...

Longmeadow man sentenced for taking naked photos of girls without consent. Western Mass News was in Springfield Superior Court Friday morning for the sentencing of 22-year-old James McColley. Updated: 2 hours ago. |. A community is coming together to help a Chicopee family in need after losing their five-year-old boy...

WILBRAHAM, MA. (WGGB/WSHM) - The Thursday night event focused on alcohol use which remained one of the most popular substances misused by high schoolers. One of the panelists, Hampden County Assistant District Attorney Curtis Frick, shared the impact of underage drinking and its legal consequences. “The effects and the outcomes...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - Last week, the Paulo Freire Social Justice Charter School Board of Trustees voted to surrender its charter effective June 30th. On Tuesday, the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted to accept the surrender. Paulo Freire Justice Charter School opened its Chicopee location 6 years ago...

Yankee Candle parent company lays of 13% of employee base companywide. The parent company of Yankee Candle, Newell Brands, has laid off 13 percent of their employee base companywide and the closure of their South Deerfield corporate office. Updated: 6 hours ago. With Valentine’s Day three weeks away, one local...

HOLYOKE, MA. (WGGB/WSHM) - Nevaeh Vieira, the seventh grader who collapsed more than two weeks ago, surprised her friends at school on Tuesday. Vieira suffered a severe asthma attack a few weekends back that led to cardiac arrest and a stroke. She spent days in the hospital, and when she...

SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - The timing of Wednesday’s snowstorm prompted dozens of local school districts to decide to close early. “It feels amazing. I’ve had a couple tests today, so not having to do take home tests, just feels good,” said Kenith Brown of Springfield. On Wednesday,...

GREENFIELD, MA. (WGGB/WSHM) - The Greenfield city leaders had a meeting over the controversial move to eliminate the overnight police shift. The proposal was met with backlash from members of the city council, and the community. The city’s mayor, the entire city council, the police chief, and members of the...

Efforts are underway in Springfield to request funding to battle the opioid epidemic in the city as Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno announced new action on Tuesday. Yankee Candle parent company lays of 13% of employee base companywide. Updated: 6 hours ago. The parent company of Yankee Candle, Newell Brands, has...

Preparations made as western Mass. prepares for second winter storm this week. Western Mass News spoke with one local towing company who said that it will be all hands on deck Wednesday as the area expects to see a second winter storm this week. Updated: 6 hours ago. Three people...

AGAWAM, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - The Hyundai Dealers Surprise Squad is back to kick-off the new year by honoring an outstanding educator in Agawam. Hundreds of students, teachers and administrators, town leaders, and family and friends of Sara Tryba packed the auditorium at the Roberta G. Doering School for one of our biggest and loudest surprises yet. When asked the question ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ some may say a singer, some a doctor or a lawyer, maybe even an astronaut.

HOLYOKE, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - A clothing store aimed at creating inclusive fashion is opening in Holyoke. There is some good news for the Gen Z-ers of western Massachusetts. The Holyoke Mall is adding a new place to shop the latest trends. Local fashion icons will no longer have to cross the border to Connecticut to experience Garage’s inclusive designs.

Efforts are underway in Springfield to request funding to battle the opioid epidemic in the city as Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno announced new action on Tuesday. Cleanup, power restoration efforts continue in Franklin County following Monday’s storm. Updated: 6 hours ago. Power outages are still a problem in Franklin...