Springfield News

A British woman has been arrested on Indonesia's resort island of Bali for allegedly smuggling $2.5 million worth of cocaine in her luggage.

Syria on Sunday strongly denied allegations that its forces killed scores of people - including women and children - in one of the deadliest days of the country's uprising, but the U.N. Security Council after an emergency session condemned government forces for shelling residential areas.

One of the oldest continuously operating factories in Connecticut that made bells was destroyed in a late Saturday night fire.

SPRINGFIELD - Arenzo Washington is hoping this June 1 will be a day filled with laughter and hope.

The Republican and MassLive.com present a six-part series marking the first anniversary of the tornadoes that hit Massachusetts: Today: Rebuilding lives: A look at how life and hope for renewal move ahead in the path of the tornadoes Monday: Remembering the lost: The EF-3 tornado claimed the lives of three people, two in West Springfield and one in ... (more)

By PETER GAGLIARDI The tornadoes that swept through Springfield and surrounding towns last June 1 caused all of us to stop and take stock of what was important to us, both physically and emotionally.

A video entitled 2 year old Dance Recital Fight has gained popularity on YouTube, for obvious reasons.

A Colorado man serving a 48-year prison sentence for the death of his 2-year-old son now faces a murder charge stemming from the disappearance of his wife.

SPRINGFIELD - Police are investigating an armed robbery that was reported just after 5 p.m. on Saturday at the Shell gas station at 940 Belmont Ave.

Residents near a privately owned New Mexico ghost town were ordered Saturday to evacuate as a blaze in the Gila National Forest continued to burn erratically, as Colorado crews took to fighting a new fire along the Utah-Colorado border.

Spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi on Saturday said Paolo Gabriele was arrested in his home inside Vatican City with secret documents in his possession.

Jesus F. Jara and Daniel J. Warwick , the newly chosen finalists for superintendent of schools in Springfield, are pointing to their employment histories, their work with urban youth and their local ties in their quest for the top job.

Activists on Saturday raised the number of those killed in an alleged massacre by Syrian regime forces in a region in the center of the country to more than 90.

A gunman in southern Finland has killed one person and wounded eight others in what appeared to be a random shooting, police said Saturday.

Authorities say 75-year-old Joseph Cormier was arraigned in Winchendon District Court on Thursday and held on $25,000 bail on charges of possession and distribution of child pornography.

A lawyer representing Melvin Jones III in a drug trafficking case argued in Hampden Superior Court Friday an FBI agent sent an undercover informant after his client although the agency also pursued a civil rights case on behalf of Jones.

Top photo, demolition begins on the the duplex at 43-45 Leyfred Terrace in Springfield in an effort by the city to remove blight from the lower Forest Park area.

Ron Davis, a Springfield resident, stands in the center of Avalon Park, located at the corner of Allen and White streets, which also includes a veterans memorial marker.

Gov. Deval Patrick speaks during a ceremony at the Center City Apartments at 22-24 Winthrop St., in Springfield Friday, The apartments were damaged in last year'ss tornado.

Many veterans, including William Collamore of Holyoke and Walter Orszak of Chicopee, said their participation in the memorial ceremony at Court Square on Friday was just a small way of saying thanks to those who sacrificed their lives for their country.