Chicopee

Three people were killed in a fiery crash on Interstate 391 in Chicopee, Massachusetts, early Sunday morning. State police told WWLP they responded to a report of a car fire around 3:40 a.m. Sunday on I-391 north. When they arrived they said the vehicle was already engulfed in flames. They were able to get the driver out, but two other…

One person is dead after a car crashed into a home in Chicopee, Massachusetts. One person is dead and a couple of dogs were removed from the home after the crash, according to reports from WWLP. Chicopee Police closed a street due to a car crash on Saturday morning. Montgomery street is closed from Dale St to Simard Dr. according…

A woman was killed and a man seriously injured in a crash on the Massachusetts Turnpike in Chicopee Sunday night. State police said they responded to a report of a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 90 east in Chicopee shortly after 9:30 p.m. Sunday. Their preliminary investigation showed that a Nissan Rogue was traveling east on I-90 when the driver lost…

MassDOT said I-90 eastbound was closed late Sunday night and traffic was being detoured at Exit 51 following a crash near mile marker 52.

A 5-year-old boy has died of injuries suffered in a Christmas Eve fire in Chicopee, Massachusetts, the state fire marshal’s office said Tuesday. Chicopee firefighters responded to 911 calls reporting a structure fire in the 700 block of Chicopee Street shortly after noon on Dec. 24. Upon arrival, they were told that a child was still inside. Firefighters were able…

A 73-year-old convicted sex offender has been charged in connection with the 1966 disappearance and death of a 10-year-old Massachusetts girl. Donald Mars was arraigned Thursday on a charge of first-degree murder in connection with the death of Betty Lou Zukowski. Prosecutors say she left her Chicopee home on the evening of May 26, 1966, and was found beaten to...

An arrest has been made in connection with a crash Friday in Chicopee, Massachusetts, that left two people dead. Demian Ward, 24, of Forth Worth, Texas, has been charged with two counts of motor vehicle homicide and one count of reckless operation of a motor vehicle, the Hampden District Attorney’s Office said. He was expected to be arraigned Monday in…

Workers at a McDonald’s restaurant in Massachusetts intentionally put bacon on a fish sandwich that a Muslim woman had ordered for one of her children, a civil rights organization said Wednesday.

The superintendent of schools in Chicopee, Massachusetts, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges accusing her of lying to the FBI in connection with an investigation into the sending of 99 threatening text messages to a candidate for Chicopee police chief.

The superintendent of schools in Chicopee, Massachusetts, has been arrested by the FBI, accused of making false statements in an investigation into threatening text messages sent to a candidate for chief of police. On Friday her attorney addressed the charges, saying no evidence has been presented and that his client denies the allegations.

Lynn M. Clark, 51, of Belchertown, was arrested Wednesday for making false statements in connection with sending threatening messages to a candidate for Chicopee Chief of Police.

Lynn M. Clark, 51, the superintendent of Chicopee Schools, is said to have sent around 99 text messages to the candidate that “were intended to force the victim to withdraw their application for Chicopee chief of police,” according to federal officials.

The superintendent of schools in Chicopee, Massachusetts, has been arrested by the FBI, accused of making false statements in an investigation into threatening text messages sent to a candidate for chief of police. Federal agents showed up at Lynn M. Clark’s Belchertown home on Wednesday, taking her into custody and seizing evidence, as well. According to federal investigators, the...

A 29-year-old Chicopee man was killed in a crash in Easthampton, Massachusetts, on Friday night. The crash occurred shortly after 9:30 p.m. on Glendale Street, the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office said. The driver, identified as Nicholas Yell, was taken to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield where he was later pronounced dead. The cause of the crash remains under investigation....

Federal authorities have filed an amended lawsuit that alleges a Massachusetts city’s housing authority and its executive director violated federal housing laws by discriminating against Black and Hispanic tenants and potential tenants as well as tenants with disabilities. The original lawsuit against the Chicopee Housing Authority and Executive Director Monica Blazic filed in April alleged that the authority failed...