Raegan Loughrey

Crews are currently working to put out a fire in Holyoke.

SNAP benefits have just returned to millions of people’s EBT cards following the government shutdown.

Food insecurity continues to rise in Western Massachusetts despite the end of the recent government shutdown, with the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts recently seeing a 600% increase in people seeking help to put food on their tables.

Local communities are left with a multi-million-dollar budget hole after the state cut off casino mitigation money.

If you’ve enjoyed the improvements downtown or felt safer with increased police patrols, those changes could disappear.

Lamar Cook was arrested and is facing drug trafficking and firearm-related charges.

Holyoke officials taking steps to address bus stop safety concerns

A pizza shop in the Indian Orchard neighborhood of Springfield has recently received negative reviews and threats after getting confused with a pizza truck with a similar name in Colorado.

The Springfield Police Department announced that their Firearms Investigation Unit has arrested three suspects in connection with what they’re calling a brazen drive-by shooting

Friday marked opening day at The Big E and if you remember last year, the fairgrounds dealt with some heavy congestion due to large crowds, but we’re told that, this year, they’ve made some changes.

Thursday marked 24 years since the deadly terror attacks of 9/11.  Nearly 3,000 people lost their lives and over 200 of those were from Massachusetts.

The new initiative Holyoke Police are rolling out, as they crackdown on open air drug dealing.

If you’re feeling lucky, you still have time to buy a ticket before tonight’s Powerball drawing worth one-point-four billion dollars.

Restaurant employees file complaint over pay disputes

Students in Springfield Public Schools officially head back to the classroom Monday, and to get ready a convocation ceremony was held at Rebecca Johnson Elementary School Friday morning.

The Hampden District Attorney’s Office has made a decision on whether they’ll retry the case of a man, who was convicted of a decades-old murder in Springfield and released in July after serving 41 years in prison.

A road paving project in West Springfield has local business owners concerned over the impact it is having on their clientele.

Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia spoke out Friday following comments made by a union representative for some of the city’s DPW workers

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey announced Friday that all of the remaining hotel shelters in the state are now closed, months ahead of schedule.

“It’s total chaos and it’s really wreaking havoc on the research and students and just the ability to get work done,” said Eve Weinbaum, professor of labor studies and sociology at UMass Amherst.