State cuts jeopardizing public safety

WWLP - Fri Nov 06

It's your money -- and your safety -- and 22News is watching it. The economic recession coupled with lower than expected tax collections have forced Governor Deval Patrick to make massive cuts to the state budget.

Authorities think 8 massage parlors raided in Hampden, Hampshire...

MassLive.com - Thu Nov 05

Xiuli Li, of Springfield, right, is lead away by a Hampden County Court officer following her arraignment in Springfield District Court Thursday on prostitution-related charges.

Sex trade arrests stun Hadley; neighbors react to raid on 'massage' businesses

Daily Hampshire Gazette - Thu Nov 05

Al Valenta, a tattoo artist at Loonar Tattoo in Hadley, and owner Amity Perman talk Thursday about Wednesday's police raids on two nearby massage businesses.

Longmeadow massage parlor owner pleads innocent to prostitution-related charge

MassLive.com - Thu Nov 05

The owner of a Longmeadow massage parlor pleaded innocent Thursday in District Court to knowingly allowing the business to be used for prostitution.

Bengal tiger spayed at Mass. animal hospital

WHDH - Wed Nov 04

Massachusetts veterinarians have used laproscopic surgery to remove ovaries of an endangered Bengal tiger, marking one of the first instances an animal has been spayed using the minimally invasive procedure in New England.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampden County gets $240,000 grant to help children of prisoners

MassLive.com - Wed Nov 04

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampden County has been awarded a $240,000 federal grant to expand its work with the children of incarcerated parents.

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CBS 3 - Tue Nov 03

Southwick residents will not see the old Gillett Cigar Factory be rolled down College Highway in one piece.

Springfield shop owner indicted for 2008 murder near his store

WGGB - Mon Nov 02

Indictments have come down against a Springfield shop owner and another man a little more than a year after the 2008 shooting death of a 28-year-old man.

Southwick schools flu

ClipSyndicate - Thu Oct 29

All this week, local school superintendents have addressed parent concerns over sickness in schools.

Mass. man killed neighbor over missing TV

KLTV Tyler - Thu Oct 29

Authorities say a Massachusetts man fired several shots through the front window of a neighboring home, killing an 18-year-old woman, because he thought someone living there had stolen his TV.