 (Gillian Jones) Update: Chalue gets three life terms in triple murder case SPRINGFIELD - Doling out the maximum punishment allowed under state law, a judge Monday sentenced David Chalue to three consecutive life sentences, without the possibility of parole, for the killing of three Pittsfield men in 2011. "The victims were tortured, murdered and mutilated in a way that is depraved," said Hampden Superior Court Judge C. Jeffrey Kinder. Full Story  |
POLICE LOG Pittsfield Police Log: Friday, May 16 - Sunday, May 18 Friday, May 16 9:14 a.m.: Police investigate a burglary at Split Ends Hair Salon on Elm Street. Full Story |
LOCAL NEWS  (Berkshire Eagle file) Pittsfield's vocational education director leaving in June PITTSFIELD -- Frank K. Cote, director of the vocational education in city schools since 2011, will leave in June to become superintendent of a vocational-technical high school in southeastern Massachusetts. Full Story |
SPORTS  (Matthew Sprague / Berkshire Eagle Staff) Barrett, Stripp lead Greylock girls lacrosse past Pittsfield PITTSFIELD -- With just one game remaining in their regular season, the Mount Greylock girls lacrosse players would like to maintain the status quo heading into Friday's Central-Western Mass. Full Story |
LOCAL SPORTS McCann Tech baseball wins, qualifies for W. Mass. NORTH ADAMS -- For the third time in four years, the McCann Tech baseball team is bound for the Western Massachusetts tournament. Full Story |
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COUNTY NOTES Monterey: Parade, ceremony to celebrate Memorial Day The 18th Memorial Day Ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, May 26, at Veterans Memorial Park on the corner of Route 23 at Blue Hill Road. Full Story | ||||||
 (Lionel Cironneau/AP) Russian oligarch faces $4.5 billion Swiss divorce GENEVA (AP) — A Swiss court has ordered a Russian billionaire to pay more than $4.5 billion to his ex-wife in what could become the biggest divorce settlement in history. Full Story |
 (Eugene Hoshiko/AP) Paul McCartney cancels Japan tour due to virus TOKYO (AP) — Paul McCartney is canceling his entire Japan tour because of illness. The former Beatle got a virus last week and canceled several appearances, apologizing online to his fans. Full Story |
 (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, file) Mick Jagger is a great-grandfather Rolling Stones frontman’s 21-year-old granddaughter Assisi Jackson gives birth to first child. |
