The family of an 8-year-old boy who fatally shot himself at a gun show in western Massachusetts say the Uzi submachine gun jammed twice before he lost control of the weapon and fired into his head.

Window and door manufacturer Harvey Building Products has announced plans to close its Springfield facility.

Mohegan Sun is holding a series of forums to promote its proposed casino in Palmer, Mass.

A Massachusetts congressman is using President Barack Obama’s planned “beer summit” with a white police officer and a black scholar to make a pitch for local brews.

The state Registry of Motor Vehicles is closing 11 branches statewide and opening five new branches in a move it says will save $1.7 million annually.

Connecticut leaders are looking for money to revive commuter rail to Springfield, Mass.

A police chief and a gun club have been indicted for involuntary manslaughter in the death of an 8-year-old Connecticut boy.

A Catholic hospital in Springfield plans to remove a window that some claim displays an apparition of the Virgin Mary.