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SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - A stolen car, which police said was connected to an armed robbery over the weekend, was located in Holyoke on Monday. Investigators were on the hunt for a 2013 blue Hyundai Elantra all weekend after it was involved in an armed robbery in Southwick on Saturday.

Massachusetts doesn't seem to be seeing any end in sight when it comes to businesses shutting down. A combination of changes in shopping habits, a struggling economy, and price increases have made people cautious about what they spend their money on and how often they spend their money on non-essential items. Retailers like Christmas Tree Shops, Bed Bath and Beyond, and Kmart have all had to close their doors. In addition, Stop and Shop will be closing some of its Massachusetts stores by Nov. 2.

A man was found shot in the area of Belmont Ave. in Springfield early Monday morning and is expected to recover, police say.

FLORENCE, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - Western Mass News received a tip Monday that a large police presence was seen at an excavation site across from Miss Florence Diner on Main Street in Florence. Our crew headed to the scene and what we found was unexpected. Dana Gabriel, a site supervisor for...

Justice has been served for this evil maniac as he will spend the rest of his life rotting in prison versus seeing the light of day. According to WWLP22News, Michael Cook of North Adams, Massachusetts was sentenced to life in prison after he was found guilty in connection with the death of his estranged wife, Charli Cook.

Six ladies competed in the Miss Western Massachusetts & Miss Western Massachusetts' Teen Legacy Saturday evening.

The trial for a man from Springfield accused of shooting and killing a Pittsfield resident in 2021 is scheduled to begin this week.

Recently, a nationwide competition defined golden treasure worth more than $26,000 came to an end in western Massachusetts's Franklin County, when Dan Leonard used his meteorology skills to locate the treasure. But now, Project Skydrop says a new treasure hunt is unfolding somewhere in the woods is more than $87,000 in pure gold waiting to be discovered. In the first hunt, registered participants received clues throughout the search as a search diameter on the Project Kkydrop website grew smaller each day until the hunt was over. This time, there's a puzzle. I spoke with the New Hampshire based game designers Jason Rohrer and Tom Bailey who are behind the hunt.

With more funding in tow, a housing organization in Springfield is celebrating an initiative that takes properties destined for auction and turns them into opportunities for first-time homebuyers. Way Finders President and CEO Keith Fairey says another $2 million in grant funding from the MassMutual Foundation will support the affordable...

A double rainbow was seen all across Chicopee Sunday morning.

The 413 Card Show will be returning to the Castle of Knights in Chicopee on Sunday.

The group of seven individuals who were caught on camera damaging and stealing property at Clark Field in West Springfield last month have not yet been identified.

Have you watched a commercial and wondered, "where is that place even at?" That's pretty much my reaction anytime I see an Arby's TV commercial in Massachusetts. At one point, you almost have to wonder, does that place even exist? This is what I found myself wondering about the popular fast food joint considering there's almost none here in Massachusetts.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - A Hampden County Sheriff’s Office Deputy helped rescue a lost senior citizen with dementia. Saturday morning a call to the triad hotline reported an elderly woman had wandered from her home. As the search and rescue team was being mobilized Captain Jeffrey Anger who was...

Mums come in a wide variety of colors that perfectly complement the fall season, but if you aren't careful, your mums might not make it through the winter.

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP)– A new public safety initiative is underway at the Chicopee Police Department (CPD). Chicopee home and business owners with security cameras are being encouraged to register with the Real Time Crime Center, an online portal that can help police quickly solve crimes without having to go door-to-door or canvasing neighborhoods looking for […]

The Southwick Police Department is seeking the public's help to identify a person who is wanted in connection with an armed robbery over the weekend.

SOUTH HADLEY, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - Monday was a day off for kids and what better way for them and their families to spend some quality time together than at a local farm and doing some pumpkin picking. It was off to the fields and patches for some families as young children and their parents spent the holiday doing a fun fall activity and there was plenty going on at McCray’s Farm in South Hadley.

According to the company's website and other reports, the following locations are now listed as permanently closed:. Poughkeepsie, 2594 South Road (Route 9) Enfield, Freshwater-Stateline Plaza, 130 Elm Street. Pennsylvania. Allentown, 395 S Cedar Crest Blvd. Virginia. Leesburg, 235 Fort Evans Rd NE. Customers at several of the locations were...

SOUTHWICK — The town’s Historical Society will feature a “real daughter of the American Revolution” at its “Walk with Southwick Spirits” next Saturday. “Her father served in the American Revolution, and she was still alive in 1900,” said Patricia Odiorne, the volunteer historian and treasurer of the Historical Society, about the “new” spirit added to the 12th annual event.