McKnight Kids Call for a Summer of Peace

Last weekend, it was the cops who hit the streets in Springfield, as about 100 local, state and federal law enforcement officers were deployed over a period of about 12 hours in “Operation Blue Knight,” described by officials as an effort both to deter...

Look Up and Drive

In recent months, both the Massachusetts House and Senate have passed bills that would ban texting while driving. Those bills, however, have languished in a conference committee ever since—prompting some communities to pass their own local texting bans,...