SPRINGFIELD — A threatened freeze on all federal grant funding could jeopardize education, current climate change reduction projects, affordable housing development and even parks improvements in Springfield and other Western Massachusetts communities.

President Donald Trump’s first-day orders are in full swing as mass deportations continue across the country and it’s also been seen here in Massachusetts.

The suspected driver wanted for evading police after shots fired at detective’s unmarked vehicle was arrested.

A small state board in Massachusetts has greenlit a project proposal involving the busiest courthouse in the Pioneer Valley – a plan the state’s inspector general is voicing concern about.

Multiple arrests have been made after shots were fired at police conducting surveillance in Springfield, Massachusetts, on Thursday night. Springfield police said in a Facebook post that they were conducting surveillance on Fernwold Street around 7 p.

The focus Tuesday morning was supposed to be on electric school buses for Springfield, but officials said that they’re ready to takes the funding pause to court, if need be. They do believe, however, the buses will be on the roads soon enough. “This will be carried through,” said Congressman Richard Neal.

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck off the coast of New England mid-Monday morning, sending tremors across the region. The United States Geological Survey confirmed the quake and said it hit offshore at 10:22 a.m. about 8 miles east of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and about 6 miles southeast of York Harbor, Maine.

Several suspects have been arrested and police said Friday there’s currently no threat to the north branch parkway area after a large police search Thursday in Springfield.

Eligible Springfield residents can get their taxes done for free through a program at Springfield Partners for Community Action.

Previously the site of the VCA Boston Road Animal Hospital, the property at 1235 Boston Road was acquired by Caring Health Center, Inc. during the pandemic. Services offered at the newly-completed center will include pediatric, dental and behavioral health care.

Police in Springfield, Massachusetts, say they just made five arrests tied to the illegal flow of firearms between Vermont and Massachusetts.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Springfield’s gas prices have risen 3.8 cents per gallon over the past week.