Hampden County News

BOSTON, July 26 MA-FAMM-reform-cmpgn BOSTON , July 26 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report shows that Massachusetts' drug-free zone laws fail to improve children's safety and are a driving force behind the increased ...

"A new study by the Easthampton-based Prison Policy Initiative concludes the law places poor, black and Hispanic populations at risk of harsher penalties simply because of where they live.

Court personnel had extra security officers on hand yesterday for the arraignment of Fitchburg resident Erick Rodriguez, who state police said "engaged in a mutual shootout" with at least one other person, ...

Three men in custody, each at different jails, face charges that they murdered a Boston man during a shootout on Congress Street July 3 that police have described as drug- and gang-related. After arresting two ...

Court personnel had extra security officers on hand yesterday for the arraignment of Fitchburg resident Erick Rodriguez, who state police said "engaged in a mutual shootout" with at least one other person, ...

The man whom police said they shot as he threatened customers and employees in a McDonald's restaurant on Tuesday night is scheduled to be arraigned today in Holyoke District Court.

A second suspect has been charged in the shooting death of a Boston man July 3 on Congress Street.

A pair of city teenagers pleaded not guilty to murder charges Monday in Hampden Superior Court for the May 17 shooting death of a Central High School basketball star.

More than 6,000 criminals leave prison and try to re-start their lives in Hampden County each year.

By JIM KINNEY Business writer SPRINGFIELD - The median price for a single-family home in the Pioneer Valley fell 3.7 in the last three months to $208,000 compared with April, May and June of 2007.

By BUFFY SPENCER bspencer@repub.com SPRINGFIELD - A Hampden Superior Court jury has found David Wilson innocent of illegal firearms charges.

Ryan R. Bigos, 18, was handcuffed and led from a Hampden Superior Court courtroom today, to serve two years in jail for killing Robert J. Hull Jr.

This is in response to a recent article, "Veterans district loses one of five member towns" . The quotes that imply that the Hampden County Veterans District has not received reimbursements for veterans ...

A Springfield police officer who shot an 18-year-old city man in the wrist during a July 5 traffic stop will not face charges, according to Hampden County District Attorney William Bennett.

By GEORGE GRAHAM ggraham@repub.com HOLYOKE - A drug raid yesterday evening on what Police Chief Anthony R. Scott described as a "family operation" at a Hamilton Street apartment yielded 15 baggies of heroin and ...

By JIM KINNEY Business writer SPRINGFIELD - Foreclosure filings nearly doubled in Hampden County between June 2007 and last month, while rising more than 50 percent nationally.

A Monson teenager was released on personal recognizance after being arraigned on charges stemming from a July 4 accident in Palmer that claimed the life of a man lighting fireworks off in the street.

Convicted earlier this year on 11 counts of possessing child pornography, former local teacher Edgar L. "Ned" Selavka was sentenced this afternoon to a year in jail and seven years of probation.

Calling the incident a "mistake," Hampden County District Attorney William M. Bennett says he will not pursue criminal charges against two police officers, one of whom shot an 18-year-old city resident in the ...

Police are probing the death of a Chicopee man whose body was found in this home at 7 Trafton St.