Samantha O'Connor
Content Producer
Springfield, MA
:no_upscale()/s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/gray/12daf4f6-4b5c-4f21-bd1a-9aa80d21da34.png)
Updated: Jul. 19, 2023 at 8:32 AM EDT
|By Wesley Days, Samantha O'Connor, Photojournalist: Anthony Garuti and Amanda Alvarado
The suspect tried to get away with a $16,000 gold chain.
Updated: Jun. 13, 2023 at 9:20 AM EDT
|By Maria Wilson, Samantha O'Connor, Glenn Kittle and Gray News staff
A hazardous chemical left at least two children with burn-like injuries, officials said.
Updated: Jun. 12, 2023 at 10:34 PM EDT
|By Maria Wilson, Samantha O'Connor, Glenn Kittle and Photojournalist: Kevin Culverhouse
Authorities have released new details into a weekend incident that forced the closure of a Longmeadow playground.
Updated: Jun. 12, 2023 at 6:31 PM EDT
|By Glenn Kittle, Samantha O'Connor and Photojournalist: Kevin Culverhouse
An investigation is underway after hazardous chemicals were poured down the slides at the Bliss Park playground in Longmeadow, injuring at least two children.
Updated: May. 21, 2023 at 2:31 PM EDT
|By Samantha O'Connor and Glenn Kittle
Swords to Plowshares acquires the guns by working with local law enforcement agencies across New England that host gun buyback programs.
Updated: May. 7, 2023 at 6:53 PM EDT
|By Samantha O'Connor, Glenn Kittle and Andrew McMunn
The antelope escaped from the Lupa Zoo in Ludlow on April 1 when a storm damaged her fenced enclosure.
Updated: Apr. 30, 2023 at 2:16 AM EDT
|By Samantha O'Connor and Gray News staff
Police believe the female infant’s mother may live on, have ties to or have recently traveled to Martha’s Vineyard.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2023 at 5:11 PM EDT
|By Libby James, Paris Dunford, Samantha O'Connor and Photojournalist: Kevin Culverhouse
A Waterbury man is set to appear in Hampden Superior Court and plead guilty to three Springfield homicides.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2023 at 3:45 AM EDT
|By Matt Sottile, Samantha O'Connor, Photojournalist: Andrew Evans, Olivia Hickey, Ryan Trowbridge and Gray News staff
The elementary school students had a reaction to an extremely spicy bubble gum brought to recess by a student.
Updated: Mar. 27, 2023 at 6:53 PM EDT
|By Samantha O'Connor
A person has died after being struck and killed by a vehicle at Boston’s Logan International Airport Monday evening.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 7:08 PM EDT
|By Addie Patterson and Samantha O'Connor
Massachusetts State Police arrested a man with a loaded gun during a traffic stop on I-90 westbound in Lee Saturday morning.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 6:23 PM EDT
|By Matt Sottile, Samantha O'Connor and Photojournalist: Jeremy Fair
A “baby safe haven” sign will now hang on Springfield Fire Department Station 3 as Springfield Police continue to look for the mother of the abandoned baby boy.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 at 10:02 PM EST
|By Samantha O'Connor
According to Massachusetts State Police, a silver 2011 Honda Pilot was stolen from South Broadway Street, Lawrence, with a female toddler still in the back seat.
Updated: Feb. 25, 2023 at 12:13 PM EST
|By Samantha O'Connor, Abigail Murillo Villacorta, Olivia Hickey and Photojournalist: Andrew Evans
The Hampden District Attorney’s Office has launched an investigation following a fatal officer-involved shooting in Springfield early Saturday morning.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2023 at 4:52 PM EST
|By Maria Wilson, Samantha O'Connor and Andrew McMunn
After Nevaeh Vieira spent four days in a medically induced coma, her mother, Krissy Vieira, said she is expected to make a full recovery.
Updated: Dec. 21, 2022 at 4:00 PM EST
|By Samantha O'Connor and Jordan Gartner
Retired NFL star Rob Gronkowski made a surprise visit at Shriner’s Children’s Hospital New England ahead of Christmas.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 3:45 PM EDT
|By Kristin Burnell, Samantha O'Connor and Jordan Gartner
A 9-year-old boy from Massachusetts has just released his first published book.
Updated: Jul. 27, 2022 at 8:00 PM EDT
|By Samantha O'Connor and Jordan Gartner
A Massachusetts police K-9 was killed in the line of duty on Tuesday morning.
Updated: May. 30, 2022 at 5:41 PM EDT
|By Kristin Burnell, Samantha O'Connor and Photojournalist: Don Henry
Members of those motorcycle clubs are now reacting to an accident in Northfield that happened on Sunday where the operator of an SUV crashed into several motorcyclists, leaving eight people severely injured.
Updated: Mar. 30, 2022 at 6:50 PM EDT
|By Lexi Oliver, Samantha O'Connor and Photojournalist: Josh Daley
The first show begins at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday night. This will be the first of six sold out shows in Boston.