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Month: October 2021

100 mile Ride to Remember honors fallen heroes

By Lexi Oliver, Amanda Callahan Click here for updates on this story     SPRINGFIELD, Massachussetts (WSHM) — Springfield’s ninth annual Ride to Remember taking place Saturday from start to finish in Springfield. The bicycle tour honors fallen police officers and firefighters. Riders met at the intersection of Main Street and Boland Way in downtown Springfield this

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‘Cannot wait for Washington:’ How voting rights activists are navigating new restrictions ahead of November elections

By Fredreka Schouten, Dianne Gallagher and Wesley Bruer, CNN When activist Tammye Pettyjohn Jones knocks on voters’ doors in her rural corner of Georgia this month, she’ll have a new tool in hand: a portable printer. A sweeping voting law Georgia enacted this year now requires voters who do not have a driver’s license or

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Rare two-headed turtle hatches

By WCVB Staff Click here for updates on this story     BARNSTABLE, Massachusetts (WCVB) — A rare two-headed turtle recently hatched on Cape Cod in Massachusetts, according to a local wildlife hospital and education center. The Cape Wildlife Center shared on its social media pages Sunday afternoon that the diamondback terrapin hatched from a protected nesting

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