Pittsfield

If you know this man, seen in a Massachusetts club’s sweatshirt at the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, FBI agents want to know who he is. The bureau on Wednesday asked for the public’s help identifying the man, who’s suspected of assaulting a federal law enforcement officer during the violence in Washington, D.C. The man was...

A man is dead after being shot by police in Pittsfield, New Hampshire, on Monday. The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office said only that officials are responding to a police shooting and that one man has died as a result of the incident on Lyford Hill Road. The man who died was identified Monday night as 52-year-old Anthony Hannon...

The Berkshire Innovation Center in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, will soon host the only commercial facility in the world capable of replicating the space environment on Earth to test materials and equipment for future missions. Baker administration officials and Berkshire County legislators on Wednesday announced an award of $429,000 from the Massachusetts Manufacturing Innovation Initiative (M2I2) to support the development of specialized…

A Massachusetts man was arrested Tuesday afternoon for allegedly assaulting a police officer at the U.S. Capitol as violence broke out there following a pro-Trump rally in January, according to court documents and the FBI.

When a group of Vermont snowboarders saw in the news that one of those mysterious monoliths cropping up around the world appeared in their home state, they instantly knew they had to trek up a mountain and try some tricks on it. Mike Garceau, Tucker Zink and Devon Gulick used their expertise — all three make their livings around snowboarding…

A Massachusetts man who took part in the fatal beating and stabbing of a barber has been sentenced to up to 15 years in prison. Anthony Boone, 23, was sentenced Monday in Berkshire Superior Court for his role in the October 2018 death of William Catalano in Pittsfield, The Berkshire Eagle reported. Boone had been charged with murder, but because…

Veterans in Berkshire County are raising funds to build a memorial to the five county residents killed in the ongoing war of terror. Organizers of the effort say the goal is to dedicate the Iraq/Afghanistan War Memorial being created by Skylight Studios in Woburn on Sept. 11, and install it at Pittsfield’s Veterans Memorial Park. The park already has...

Firefighters who will go to work at 13 departments across Massachusetts are scheduled to graduate from the state firefighting academy this week. State Fire Marshal Peter Ostroskey and Massachusetts Firefighting Academy Director David Evans will present certificates of completion to members of the graduating class on Friday morning at the Department of Fire Services facility in Springfield. The graduates represent…

Officials say a Massachusetts woman who was blackmailed into sexually assaulting an 18-month-old child in her care has pleaded guilty. Erica Emerling pleaded guilty Tuesday to indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 and reckless endangerment of a child. Prosecutors say Emerling had an online relationship with a man named Gary Montana, of Hudson, New York. Montana threatened…

A Massachusetts man scheduled to go on trial this week for killing the mother of his four children has instead pleaded guilty to first-degree murder. Michael Boulais, 34, of Hinsdale, was sentenced Monday in Berkshire Superior Court to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the April 2018 killing of Kassedi Clark in the driveway of his home,…

State police say the incident, which involved nine cars, a wrecker and a tractor-trailer truck, began when a car skidded into the median and a tow-truck was called to the scene.

Journalist and Twitter personality Yashar Ali announced Saturday that he bought out a Sunday screening of “Charlie’s Angels” in Pittsfield— and the tickets are free to the public. In a series of tweets, Ali explained that he bought out three showings at three different theaters across the country, each in a city with ties to Elizabeth Banks, who wrote, directed,...

Police need the public’s help in locating a missing teenager last seen in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Authorities said Trinity Swegel, 17, was last seen in the area of First and East streets. She may be heading to Springfield.

A shooting in Pittsfield early Sunday morning has left one man dead.

Police located a missing Pittsfield, New Hampshire, man who was reported missing Saturday morning. Alton police announced Saturday evening that Willis H. Mack, 79, was stopped on Route 11.

A Massachusetts man has been sentenced to up to five years in prison for robbing a Pittsfield bank in September.

Police in two Massachusetts communities say they’ve launched a joint investigation into the turkey who tried to chase down a police cruiser this week. Cheshire Police Officer Dylan Vandoloski took video of the feathered suspect trotting behind his police car while he was on patrol.

Authorities say a married couple has died in an early morning house fire in Pittsfield.

U.S. border agents say a black-powder revolver was found in the car being driven by a Pittsfield, Massachusetts, man suspected of starting four fires after he was arrested near the Canadian border in Vermont.

Skylar Desmaria, who graduated from elementary school two weeks ago, took her own life after being bullied at school.