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Digital billboards approved for I-91 in West Springfield Updated Mar 17, 2021; WEST SPRINGFIELD — Electronic billboards will be allowed in one small corner of town, far from retailers and homes. Town councilors this week voted to allow the large signs on a handful of industrial properties between Interstate Drive and Interstate 91, just south of the Holyoke city line. They rejected a citizens’ petition request to allow the billboards along two sections of Riverdale Street (Route 5). “I want to be pro-business, but I also want to respect the people who live in West Springfield and not c...

Can a teen's on-site death change Nashville's construction standards? Some councilmembers hope so Cassandra Stephenson, Nashville Tennessean © Cassandra Stephenson Jennifer Enamorado talks about her brother, Gustavo Enrique Ramirez, who died at 16 after falling 11 stories while working at a Nashville construction site. Enamorado helped introduce the "Get It Right" bill to raise construction standards at Metro projects in Nashville's Public Square on Tuesday, March 2, 2021. Metro councilmembers and workers advocates announced a new bill to raise standards and oversight for ...

Digital billboard zone proposed along Route 5, I-91 in West Springfield Updated Feb 17, 2021; WEST SPRINGFIELD — Advertising may be taking to the skies above Route 5 if town councilors support a petitioned zone change. William Fennell, an attorney representing 19 petitioners from West Springfield, spoke at Tuesday’s council meeting about their proposal for an overlay zone to allow digital billboards in the retail district of Riverdale Street (Route 5) and on industrial land facing Interstate 91 near the Holyoke city line. A separate group of 13 residents sent a letter in opposition. Town...

Police: Suspect steals SUV, commits 3 carjackings before officer-involved shooting Police: Suspect steals SUV, commits 3 carjackings before officer-involved shooting (Source: WMPI) By Jennifer Horton | January 8, 2021 at 11:23 AM CST - Updated January 8 at 6:34 PM ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Ala. (WSFA) - A multi-county crime spree that started in Wetumpka ended in an officer-involved shooting in Escambia County, according to law enforcement. Wetumpka Assistant Police Chief Ed Reeves says a man stole a Nissan Armada at the Pace Car Gas Station nearly Highway 231 in Wetumpka on Thursday night. The...

Inmate who escaped Reality House charged with rape, other charges Lawrence Johnson charged with Rape, other charges on Dec. 10, 2020. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One of the three inmates who escaped Reality House is now charged with rape, three counts of domestic assault and one count of unlawful use of weapon. According to court documents, Lawrence Johnson was found at a motel on Nov. 27 in the 3400 block of I-70 Drive SE. The victim told police that Johnson had assaulted the victim and that the victim's mouth, face, back, ribs hurt and that it was hard to walk, according to the probable cause sta...