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.
Police reports from Amherst and area towns.Amherst Bulletin - Thu Nov 05
* Angel L. Martinez, 31, of Ludlow, was arrested Monday at 3:13 p.m. on South Pleasant Street on four outstanding warrants from Springfield District Court, police said.
Sex trade arrests stun Hadley; neighbors react to raid on 'massage' businessesDaily 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 chargeMassLive.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.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampden County gets $240,000 grant to help children of prisonersMassLive.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.
3 women arrested on prostitution charges as police raid 8 massage...MassLive.com - Tue Nov 03
A woman sits in the back seat of a state police cruiser after being taken out of Jane's Spa massage parlor at 206 Russell St., Hadley.
Springfield shop owner indicted for 2008 murder near his storeWGGB - 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.
Suspect in West Springfield, Ludlow armed robberies caught in West VirginiaMassLive.com - Sat Oct 31
A man wanted for armed and attempted robberies in West Springfield, Ludlow and Palmer has been apprehended in West Virginia.
Mass. man killed neighbor over missing TVKLTV 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.
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