Holyoke

A 12-year-old girl was hit by a vehicle and seriously injured while walking to school Friday morning in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Mayor Joshua Garcia said on Facebook that the sixth-grader was hit on Main Street on her way to STEM school at William J. Dean Technical High School. The girl suffered serious injuries, but is expected to survive. Authorities did not…

A Chicopee firefighter has been charged with stabbing his girlfriend to death over the weekend in western Massachusetts. Around 1:30 a.m. Sunday, Holyoke police responded to a 911 call in the 200 block of South Water Street for a report of suspicious activity. When they arrived, officers found a man and a woman at the scene, the Hampden District Attorney’s…

A U.S. Air Force veteran and former city councilor in Holyoke, Massachusetts, told his lawyer he joined Russia’s army after fleeing a charge of possessing sexually explicit images of a child.

Police in Holyoke, Massachusetts, said Friday that they are looking for a teenage girl who has not been seen since the summer. Carmen Greene, 14, has been missing from the Holyoke area since Aug. 23, 2023, police said. Authorities did not release a physical description of Greene, but they shared a photo of her. Police noted that she could be…

A former city councilor in Holyoke, Massachusetts, has gone from a local public figure to a fugitive from justice facing serious charges. Wilmer Puello-Mota represented District 2 in Holyoke when he was arrested in 2020 in Warwick, Rhode Island, and charged with possession of child pornography. NBC affiliate WWLP reported that a 17-year-old girl told police that Puello-Mota, who was…

A Holyoke, Massachusetts native who died aboard the USS California during the attacks on Pearl Harbor will be buried in the Bay State with full military honors. Pharmacist’s Mate 2nd Class Merle Hillman will have his remains buried at 11 a.m. on Saturday. Hillman enlisted in Springfield, Massachusetts on Feb. 17, 1937 and died on the attack on Dec. 7, 1941….

The family of a woman who died last year at a licensed marijuana facility in Massachusetts, the country’s first reported occupational asthma death at a cannabis production facility, has filed a lawsuit alleging negligence, recklessness and misconduct against the facility and the people who worked on its HVAC system. Lorna McMurrey’s family filed the wrongful death suit in Hampden...

Authorities say the third suspect in a deadly shooting in Holyoke, Massachusetts, that killed a baby last month has been captured. Kermith Alvarez, 28, of Holyoke, surrendered to authorities on Friday, the Hampden District Attorney’s Office announced. He had been on the run since the Oct. 4 shooting and had been placed on the Massachusetts State Police “10 most wanted”…

Two more people have been charged in the Holyoke, Massachusetts, shooting earlier this month that killed a pregnant woman’s child, as police search for a third man wanted for murder in the case. The Hampden District Attorney’s Office announced on Tuesday that Jose Galarza, 31, and Jay Marie Rosado-Rosario, 29, both of Holyoke, are being charged with accessory after the…

Kermith Alvarez, 28, of Holyoke, is wanted for murder.

Authorities have identified the third suspect from last week’s shooting in Holyoke, Massachusetts, that killed a pregnant woman’s baby, and they say the 28-year-old man should be considered armed and dangerous as he hides from police. Massachusetts State Police are searching for Kermith Alvarez, 28, of Holyoke, and anyone with information about where he is has been urged to...

A week after being critically injured in a Massachusetts shooting that killed her unborn child, a woman is speaking about the loss. Selena Santana, 29, was riding a bus in Holyoke last Wednesday when she was wounded by gunfire. After she was rushed to the hospital in critical condition, doctors delivered her baby and tried to save his life, but…

A third suspect is still being sought by police.

A second suspect was arraigned on murder charges Friday after a pregnant woman who was hit by gunfire on a bus in Holyoke, Massachusetts, delivered a baby that later died. Johnluis Sanchez, 30, of Holyoke, appeared in court via Zoom for his alleged involvement in Wednesday’s shooting, investigators said. Other charges are expected to follow. Sanchez was shot during the incident...

A pregnant woman lost her baby when she was caught in the crossfire during a fight that turned into a shooting in Holyoke Wednesday.

The woman was caught in the crossfire while she was just riding a bus.

The DA’s office said the three males involved in the gunfight have been identified and were transported to nearby hospitals to be treated for their injuries. They are in police custody, it’s just unclear when they’ll be officially charged.

An expectant mother wounded by gunfire while riding a bus in Holyoke, Massachusetts, leading to the death of her unborn child, remained in critical condition on Thursday, while one of three suspects was still on the loose, officials said. The woman, who hasn’t been publicly identified, was one of the people caught in the crossfire of the shooting that...

A woman was riding a bus in Holyoke when she was shot and critically injured; her infant died after having to be delivered.

A shooting in Holyoke critically hurt a pregnant woman who was riding a bus, forcing the delivery of her baby, who died at a hospital.