West Springfield

A massive fair devoted to food, music and agriculture is once again bringing thousands to western Massachusetts. This week, that included the state’s governor.

In a matter of days, one of the biggest fairs in the country will be up and running again in western Massachusetts. The Big E brings well-over a million people to West Springfield each year – with many hoping to taste new carnival culinary feats. WAMC got a preview of some of this year’s newest fair foods.

One of the largest home and garden shows in Massachusetts wrapped up four days of showcases and sales over the weekend.

A West Springfield man has been charged with multiple counts of manslaughter after authorities say he allegedly tried to speed down a highway exit, causing a crash that left three members of a work crew dead in the process.

As Walgreens closes hundreds of stores across the United States, one community in western Massachusetts is hoping to take advantage and solve a long-running problem that’s left its police department in an odd position.

Officials say a fingerprint, a taxi cab application and a name provided to authorities helped lead to an arrest in a decades-old double homicide case in West Springfield.

The Big E is in full-swing in West Springfield, Massachusetts as the fair continues. The governor and other officials stopped by for Massachusetts Day Thursday – joining thousands of other visitors for the food and festivities.

Funding for a superstructure solution to a longtime traffic headache in Hampden County, Massachusetts has been announced. It could also have implications for the state's ongoing west-east rail project.

A forum in Springfield, Massachusetts this month featured mayors from Hampden County explaining what their communities are facing — and doing — as state leaders try to address a housing shortage.

An unsolved homicide case in West Springfield, Massachusetts appears to have come to an end, following a change of plea by the man accused of killing a 10-year-old child in 1966.