PUBLIC SAFETY

The Hampden District Attorney's investigates fatal or potentially fatal crashes. So far in 2025, it has responded to 42 major incidents, including 28 which resulted in death.

On May 12 Khloe Rosario Quiñones was struck by a vehicle on Newland Street, a roadway off of Plainfield Street in Springfield, which is a busy main artery.

La nueva jefa de la policía de Holyoke Community College Jacqueline Robles realizó su juramento al cargo durante una ceremonia el lunes, con miembros de la audiencia alzando banderas de Puerto Rico y celebrando.

The crew was repairing guardrails on an exit ramp in West Springfield early Friday morning when they were struck by a vehicle.

City officials said progress has been made in combatting the use of illegal dirt bikes on city streets, but there is still more work to be done.

A number of Democrats representing Massachusetts have opted to mark Martin Luther King Jr. day, rather than attend the presidential inauguration.

Only certain materials may be burned during the season, which lasts from January 15 through May 1. Not all communities participate, and there are penalties, like fines and jail time, for unsafe fires.

So far, pilot programs have showed thousands of drivers break the law and pass stopped buses and crossing children.

The findings follow a two-year investigation into the Worcester Police Department.

The fire, which was estimated at about 1,100 acres Wednesday, grew some overnight into Thursday, according to fire officials.