WCVB-TV / Video screen shot Woman Being Kidnapped Fears for Life Until Driver Notices and Pulls Over: 'God, You Sent Me an Angel' The two struggled and the man ripped off her top. Though Mendoza tried to break free and run, she couldn't. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal May 14, 2022
Springfield Police Department / Bodycam screen shot Video: Mom Spots Officers on the Road and Jumps Out of Car Screaming That Her Baby's Not Breathing It was a small miracle that the emergency took place when and where it did and that the mother was able to spot the officers. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal May 13, 2022
Cape Wildlife Center / Facebook screen shot Family Saves Puppy on Side of Busy Road but Then Find Out They Could Have Been Exposed to Rabies The well-meaning family got a call from an epidemiologist with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal May 9, 2022
WBZ-TV / screen shot Dog Missing for 11 Years Finally Makes It Home Just in Time to Comfort Grieving Family Marzena Niejadlik could hardly believe that her little dog Rex had been found all these years later. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal April 30, 2022
CBS Boston / YouTube screen shot Police Save Pair from Sinking Car After Driver Plows Through Fence and Into Lake The 2016 Ford Focus ran through a fence on #950 State Road and careened into Lake Noquochoke, quickly sinking into 6-7 feet of water. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal April 20, 2022
Greenfield, Mass Police Department / Facebook screen shot Police Perform Unusual Rescue After Mama Bear and Two Cubs Are Hit by Car The poor cub must have been terrified, but thankfully, experts were on the way to provide proper care for the baby bear. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal April 12, 2022
@libsoftiktok / Twitter screen shot 1st Grade Teacher Tells Kids About Being Trans, Says Doctors Just Guess What Gender a Baby Is When Born A transgender teacher tells a group of 5- to 7-year-olds, 'I'm a man, but when I was a baby, the doctors told my parents I was a girl.' By Elizabeth Stauffer, The Western Journal April 12, 2022
@SCOTUSblog / Twitter screen shot Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to City's Refusal to Allow Christian Flag to Fly The Supreme Court will decide if a major U.S. city can ban the Christian flag. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal January 18, 2022
Massachusetts State Police / Facebook screen shot Conch Shell Breaks 20-Year-Old Cold-Case Murder: Police Stunned On Sept. 10, Reed, now 53, was finally caught and has been indicted for armed robbery and murder charges in Moniz's case. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal December 8, 2021
OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images Teacher Who Resigned After Jan. 6 Photo Surfaced Just Won School Board Seat A teacher who had to leave his post after being shown near the Capitol on Jan. 6 made a comeback by winning a school board seat. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal November 4, 2021
Massachusetts State Police / Facebook Owner Arrested After Dog Is Chained Up on Beach and Left to Drown in Rising Tide Thanks to some state troopers, a pit bull mix chained up on a beach was rescued before the tide came in. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal September 10, 2021
Adams Police Department / Facebook Blind and Severely Malnourished Dog Rescued from Streets; Police Open Investigation to Find Her Owner One woman claimed the dog had been hers but that she'd given it to someone else months ago when it started to look sick. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal August 29, 2021
@MassStatePolice / Twitter Armed Men Shut Down Interstate, Stand Off with Police Outside Boston The incident began at about 1:30 a.m. Saturday when a state trooper encountered a group of armed men who were parked in the I-95 northbound. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal July 3, 2021