SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB) — A tornado warning issued earlier for Berkshire County has expired. For a few hours Monday afternoon, the National Weather Service had issued a warning until 6:00 p.m. for the Berkshires, but that advisory has… Read more

SPRINGFEILD, Mass. (WGGB) –Facebook and Twitter users are getting younger and younger. That’s exactly why students like Agawam High School Junior Kraeg Sheehan got involved the Youth Development Task Force. “My sister, who’s in 4th grade has… Read more

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB) — When City Councilor and lifelong Springfield resident Bud Williams found out that his city was the most segregated in the nation, he couldn’t believe this was still the case. “Utter dismay, and completely in a state of… Read more

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB) — Several people are hurt following an accident involving a PVTA bus Monday afternoon. State Police assigned to the Springfield barracks says that the call came in around 4:30 p.m. at the top off the off-ramp from I-291… Read more

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB) — With the Memorial Day Holiday Weekend approaching, people will be heading out on the highways…but driver beware. There is a lot of construction going on and that can frustrate drivers. “The roads do need to… Read more

WESTFIELD, Mass. (WGGB) — A good boy who loved construction equipment. Those are the words used to describe the 7-year-old hit and killed by a dump truck in Westfield Monday. This a close neighborhood here in Westfield. The street… Read more

MOORE, Okla. (AP) — The National Weather Service says the tornado that hit Moore, Okla., was a top-of-the-scale EF-5 twister with winds of at least 200 mph. Spokeswoman Keli Pirtle said Tuesday the agency upgraded the tornado from an EF-4 on… Read more

(AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) By NOMAAN MERCHANT and SEAN MURPHY, Associated Press MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Emergency crews searched the broken remnants of an Oklahoma City suburb Tuesday for survivors of a massive tornado that flattened homes and… Read more

By BRIAN SKOLOFF, Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Jodi Arias has told a jury that she can contribute to society from prison if she is allowed to live. Arias address the jury Tuesday in the penalty phase of her trial as the panel… Read more

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities released nearly 600 photos that investigators took in the aftermath of the Tucson shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others. The photos showed the… Read more

(AP Photo/Steve Gooch) (WGGB) — The cleanup is only just beginning for areas of the Midwest hardest hit by this week’s wicked storms. Nearly two dozen people were killed and over 200 more were injured when a tornado ripped through Moore,… Read more

(Photo: FBI via AP) BOSTON (AP) — A judge has agreed to postpone a probable cause hearing for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. U.S. Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler on Tuesday granted a joint request from prosecutors and… Read more

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB) — Seeing the images of the destruction of the Oklahoma schools is stirring memories of what happened nearly two years ago here in western Massachusetts. When a tornado raced through our area in 2011, it struck… Read more

(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER and ALAN FRAM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who led the Internal Revenue Service when it was giving extra scrutiny to tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt… Read more

Adam Lanza (AP Photo) By DAVE COLLINS, Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — An official says toxicology tests on the Newtown school shooter’s body did not turn up any alcohol, illegal drugs or prescription medication. Twenty-year-old… Read more