Steve O'Connell, spokesman for Essex County prosecutors, asked for help in finding missing East Boston boy Giovanni Gonzalez as the boy's mother, Daisy Colon, left court.

A 33-year-old city man, a veteran firefighter arrested last month for child rape and other charges, is no longer a member of the Springfield Fire Department.

A bicyclist on the sidewalk in Northampton was struck by a pick up truck. Northampton Police tell us a 45 year old was riding his bike near the Burger King Restaurant on King Street when he was hit just after 6 ...

By DAVID BERGENGREN dbergengren@repub.com WEST SPRINGFIELD - Police carrying shotguns patrolled the grounds of the John Ashley School on Massassoit Avenue Monday in response to a spate of attacks Friday by an ...

By DAN RING dring@repub.com BOSTON - Wilbraham police were justified in using a "no knock" search warrant to surprise a robbery suspect and his pit bull during a raid in Springfield, the state's highest court ...