Springfield crime

Initiative follows a summer of gun violence that elevated the city's murder rate to an historic level.

City will distribute money to local nonprofits, non-government agencies

Mayor Sarno was joined by about two dozen community leaders

In eight days, cops make 44 arrests, seize 14 guns

TayClair Moore was found dead in Frederick Pinney's house in 2014

Officials launch Project Rescue

A new law enforcement task force in western Massachusetts is focusing on violent criminals and is touting its first success. Hampden District Attorney…

Steps are being taken to extend a moratorium on new pawn shops in the largest city in western Massachusetts. Springfield City Councilor Justin Hurst, who…

Hailing it as a milestone for public safety in the largest city in western Massachusetts, the Springfield Police Department announced the opening of its…

Authorities have identified the bodies discovered at a house in Springfield, Massachusetts as three women. Two of them had been reported as missing…