Massachusetts

The former executive director of a New Hampshire charity has been charged with embezzling nearly $250,000 from it, then gambling away much of the money at a Massachusetts casino. Kyle Fisher, a 42-year-old now living in North Carolina, took over $230,000 from the Lebanon-based charity he ran through unauthorized checks to himself as well as PayPal ...

A woman has died from her injuries after crashing her car on her 65th birthday last week, authorities in Western Massachusetts said. The woman’s parents were also hurt in the single-car crash in Shelburne, the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office said Thursday. Donna Woodcock, of Greenfield, was driving the car on the Mohawk Trail Fr...

Police in Monson, Massachusetts, issued a warning after an aggressive bobcat attacked a person over the weekend. “Persons walking the Conant Brook Dam property should avoid the trails in the vicinity of East Hill Rd after an aggressive bobcat attacked an individual a short time ago. Environmental Police are responding to try to locate the bob...

Massachusetts State Police have released new details about a fatal crash that occurred on Interstate 91 in Longmeadow near the Connecticut state line early Sunday morning. State police said a woman in her 20s from Springfield was killed in the crash, which involved multiple vehicles, including several that hit the woman after she was ejected onto t...

Vermont prosecutors have asked that the Legislature consider impeachment proceedings against a county prosecutor after an investigation found that he harassed and discriminated against employees. An independent investigation found that multiple allegations employees made about Franklin County State’s Attorney John Lavoie were credible and substanti...

A man was arrested and is being held without bail after he allegedly assaulted a police officer in Ludlow, Massachusetts, last week. Randall Lepore, 58, was arrested Wednesday and charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and assault and battery on a police officer resulting in serious bodily injury, Ludlow police said. The Ludlow Police D...

One person is dead following an early-morning fire at a home in Cummington, Massachusetts, after they allegedly went to grab personal belongings and were unable to escape the flames. A second resident of the home was able to get out and was taken to a local hospital with serious injuries, according to a statement from Cummington Fire Chief Adam Dra...

Three workers were injured in an explosion at an industrial scrap metal business in Springfield, Massachusetts, on Tuesday morning. The explosion was reported around 9 a.m. at the Joseph Freedman Company on Albany Street, according to WWLP. The force of the explosion reportedly damaged garage doors at the business. Three workers who were inside the...

A man already in jail in the killing of a man found in a burning car in Hartford is pleading guilty to killing three other people, all in Springfield, Massachusetts, prosecutors announced Tuesday. Calvin Roberson is set to plead guilty to manslaughter for the 2006 death of a woman working at a nail salon, a man found shot in the…

The Boston Playoff Hub is returning to Canal Street for the Bruins and Celtics home playoff games at the TD Garden. Canal Street will go car-free, allowing approved restaurants and bars to extend their outdoor patios onto the sidewalk on Canal Street, Mayor Michelle Wu and the Downtown North Association announced Friday. “We’re thrilled...

As Boston holds solemn remembrances on the fifth anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings that left three dead and more than 260 others injured, take a look back at the key events that led to the attack on April 15, 2013, and how authorities sought justice in the aftermath.

Two people are dead after an early-morning fire in a single-family home in Springfield, Massachusetts. The fire was reported around 2:30 a.m. in a 2-story home on East Street. Fire officials confirmed to WWLP that two people died. Their names have not been released, but the state fire marshal’s office said they were “older adults”...

A 19-year-old was killed after he was hit by a truck in a remote corn field in western Massachusetts over the weekend. Jesse Johansmeyer, of Florence, died early Saturday morning at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office said. Johansmeyer was hit by a pickup truck around 11:30 p.m. after a bonfire ...

A police officer working a road detail was injured when he was struck by a car on Tuesday morning in western Massachusetts. Westfield police said on Facebook that one of their officers was hit by a car while working a road construction detail. He was taken to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. His condition was not immediately known, but polic...