A carbon monoxide incident sent 12 people to the hospital Thursday morning and forced the evacuation of a strip mall in Franklin, Massachusetts, fire officials said. The incident happened just after 9 a.m. at Franklin Village Mall. Fire officials said a malfunction of the furnace inside a dry cleaner was to blame. “They call it the silent killer and it…

A carbon monoxide incident at a strip mall in Franklin, Massachusetts, sent twelve people to the hospital Thursday morning.

Police say they have located a missing woman from Franklin, Massachusetts. Kayla Quagan, 35, was last seen the morning of Jan. 17 with her small dog. She was reported missing the next day, according to police. Authorities said they were looking to do a well-being check, and confirmed Wednesday that Quagan has been located and the well-being check completed. No…

The Franklin, Massachusetts, police department has some sage advice for the holidays — keep your toys away from Ben the therapy dog. The station posted a video on Wednesday of Ben — the department’s therapy dog — carrying a baby doll in his mouth. Officers try in vain to get the dog to drop the toy, but Ben walks through…

The Franklin Police Department in Massachusetts captured their therapy dog, Ben, committing an act of larceny when the pooch refused to let go of a toy that was meant to be donated.

A significant winter storm slowly making its way toward New England is set to arrive Sunday, impacting people hoping to get home after Thanksgiving during the year’s busiest travel weekend. It will be a long-duration nor’easter, with the region under its grip for 24 to 36 hours. Here’s what you need to know about the powerful storm:

Saturday night: Clear, cold. Lows around 20. Sunday: Snow developing during the afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s. Monday: A lull in activity mid morning into mid afternoon. Another round of snow late. Highs around 40.

Tonight: Clear, cold. Lows around 20. Sunday: Snow developing during the afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s. Monday: A lull in activity mid morning into mid afternoon. Another round of snow late. Highs around 40.

Tonight: Clear, cold. Lows around 20. Sunday: Snow developing during the afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s. Monday: A lull in activity mid morning into mid afternoon. Another round of snow late. Highs around 40.

Six days a week, Ricarte Burgos wakes up at 3:30 a.m. to drive halfway across Massachusetts to get to work. Fortunately, the 40-year-old Springfield resident narrowly avoids the morning traffic jam along the Massachusetts Turnpike at that hour. But the journey carries with it considerable cost and sacrifices, and is fraught with variables including accidents on the highway and the...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is in Vermont assessing flood and wind damage from a recent storm. Vermont Emergency Management Director Erica Bornemann requested the preliminary damage assessment to determine if the state qualifies for a federal major disaster declaration following the Nov. 1 storm.

Such a quintessentially American role, some said, should have gone to an African American actress. Erivo, the daughter of Nigerian immigrants to England, was born in London and currently lives in New York.

Olympia Sports announced it is closing 50 stores in New England as part of its plan to close a total of 76 stores.

British actress Cynthia Erivo is relatively small in stature. In person, she is earnest and genial. In performance, the 32-year-old can appear achingly vulnerable. And if you’re not paying attention, she will bowl you over. Now, after glimpses of her on-screen power last year in Drew Goddard’s “Bad Times at the El Royale” and Steve McQueen’s “Widows,” Erivo gives her...

It might sound like one of Liberty Mutual’s “Limu Emu” ads, but police in Massachusetts really did have to wrangle one of the large, flightless birds this week. But the emu that wandered away from its home is back with its owners thanks to the Franklin Police Department, the agency said Monday.

An owl is expected to make a full recovery after it was hit by a car in Massachusetts, according to Franklin police. Officers responded to a call from a driver who said they hit an owl while traveling on Interstate 495. Photos of the scene show the owl in quite a predicament, as it appears to be stuck near the...

An eighth person has contracted the rare and potentially deadly eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, virus, in Massachusetts this year, state health officials said Friday. The latest case is a man in his 50s from northeastern Bristol County, according to a release from the Department of Public Health.

By law, National Grid has to repair the road to “as good a condition” as it was in before they dug it up. But, and it’s a big but, they only have to fix the part of the road they worked on — no matter what the other half looks like.

A new round of aerial spraying for areas at critical or high risk for eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, will begin Tuesday night, state health officials said. Communities in Norfolk, Middlesex and Worcester counties will be sprayed in part or in full.

The Vermont Department of Public Safety and Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, praised a young woman as a hero and expressed their deep gratitude Friday, crediting her for thwarting a possible violent outburst at a high school. Angela McDevitt of New York’s Dutchess County received a “lifesaving award” from Vermont State Police Friday, though she was unable to be at the...