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WHATELY — State Police arrested a Springfield man Tuesday night on charges of trafficking fentanyl and illegal possession of a firearm after a traffic stop on Interstate 91.Mathew Lopez, 21, was arrested on the evening of Jan. 2 after State Police...

By DOMENIC POLI

The backlog plaguing courthouses across much of the state seems to have spared Franklin and Hampshire counties, where the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office reportedly put many cases to bed while in-person jury trials were suspended during the...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The Springfield man accused of shooting a man in Turners Falls during the summer and fleeing the scene can be released on $20,000 bail, a Franklin County Superior Court judge ruled this week.Gil Viera, 30, of Springfield, had previously...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A Bernardston man was sentenced to five to seven years in prison on Thursday after a jury last month convicted him of witness intimidation and violating a restraining order.Antonio P. Candello, 53, will be transferred to the...

By DOMENIC POLI

SPRINGFIELD — With the world gripped by COVID-19 restrictions, George Miller III and Gayle Ball were treated to a surprise drive-by parade of guests after tying the knot in May 2020 in a socially distanced, seven-person wedding at Magic Wings...

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — Massachusetts Environmental Police arrested two brothers Saturday night after they allegedly shot a deer from their truck while in Colrain.Police arrested Colrain resident Seth Doull, 51, and Worthington resident Ira Doull, 46, on...

GREENFIELD — A Franklin County Superior Court judge sentenced Ethan Hatch, 20, of Northfield, on Tuesday to serve two years in state prison and three years of probation following his conviction on three counts of rape and one count of...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — An Athol man will remain free another week before serving time in county jail after pleading guilty to eight charges stemming from a domestic incident involving a firearm on April 30, 2022.Timothy Chandler, 37, had his sentence stayed...

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BERNARDSTON — Members of an extremist animal rights group have claimed responsibility for the destruction of fencing and release of approximately 500 birds at Fullflight Game Farm shortly after Thanksgiving.People affiliated with the Animal Liberation...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Stoneleigh-Burnham School reports there is no indication of campus wrongdoing committed by a former employee who is facing up to 20 years in prison on child pornography charges in New York.Matthew Fisher, 50, of South Wales, New York, was...

By ALISON KUZNITZ

BOSTON — A new State Police unit will work with other law enforcement agencies and community partners as Gov. Maura Healey’s administration looks to bolster strategies for addressing hate-based incidents tied to race, ethnicity and religion, among...

By DOMENIC POLI

SHELBURNE FALLS — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield this week acknowledged new credible findings against the late Richard Lavigne, a convicted sex offender and former Shelburne Falls priest believed to have killed a 13-year-old altar boy in...

By DAVID SHARP

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — The man identified as a person of interest in a mass killing in Maine is a firearms instructor trained by the military and was recently committed to a mental health facility, according to a state police bulletin.The police...

By DOMENIC POLI and JULIAN MENDOZA

GREENFIELD — A 32-year-old man accused of causing a head-on crash on Route 2 that resulted in serious injuries to a Rhode Island family of four has had his pretrial conditions of release amended in regards to his right to drive.Massachusetts...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — Following a June press conference seeking to “validate” a sexual abuse claim against former Deerfield Academy teacher Peter G. Hindle, the lawyer representing the victim announced Wednesday they have reached a settlement with the...

By DOMENIC POLI

WARWICK — About 1½ miles north of a parking lot for Mount Grace State Forest is a pull-off on the same side of the road, for motorists to safely stop or turn their vehicles around on Route 78.This seemingly unremarkable spot was the scene of a...

By DOMENIC POLI

Artificial intelligence is changing the phone scam game. But, experts say, the rules are the same.“I think we would always be wary when we pick up the phone when we don’t know who is calling,” said Anita Wilson, director of the Consumer Protection...

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GREENFIELD — An Ashfield man pleaded guilty in Franklin County Superior Court to drug and firearms charges on Wednesday, two years after his arrest in the Big Y Plaza parking lot.Justin R. Page, 30, changed his plea regarding one count of unlawful...

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GREENFIELD — The New Hampshire man accused of impersonating a police officer in a decommissioned cruiser in June pleaded not guilty in Franklin County Superior Court on Wednesday after his charges were transferred from Greenfield District Court due to...

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GREENFIELD — An Orange man who lied about how his girlfriend got shot in their bedroom will spend the next 3½ to 5½ years in state prison after changing his plea in Franklin County Superior Court on Monday afternoon.Conan J. Gentile, 52, pleaded...