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HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) - The suspect in a deadly shooting at the Holyoke Mall Saturday night has been identified as a 23-year-old Springfield resident.

Even though the New England team was not in the playoffs this year, football still brings in customers to local businesses.

The Springfield Fire Department was called to a house fire on Kirk Drive that left one person injured Saturday night.

Both the Massachusetts State Police and the Holyoke Police Department responded to reports of shots fired inside of the Holyoke Mall just before 7 p.m. Saturday evening.

It's that time of year, it's time for girl scout cookies!

It was business as usual Sunday morning at the Holyoke Mall with extra security details from Holyoke Police.

It is almost the end of January and so far western Massachusetts has not see much in the way of snow.

The Miss Western Massachusetts Scholarship Pageant took place Sunday afternoon in Chicopee.

Viewers in the Trafalgar area reported hearing thunder and seeing lightning during the winter storm.

The Rowe and Colrain Fire Departments were sent to 51 Middletown Hill Road for a barn fire Sunday morning.

The Palmer Fire Department received several calls about a brush fire on the side of the Mass Pike on Saturday.

The Monson Fire Department was sent to 12 Pinnacle Road on Saturday for a report of a possible house fire.