Tyler Beraldi

BOSTON (WGGB/WSHM) - Western Mass News is your local sports authority, and the biggest sports tournament in the world has taken over Boston for the past couple of weeks now. With team USA in action as we speak, and Foxborough hosting Scotland and Morocco at 6 p.m. on Friday, the biggest fanfest yet is kicking off with some controversy. Western Mass News has been at Boston City Hall where we heard fanfest has been delayed.

MONSON, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - One small town’s track team is ready to represent western Mass. on a national stage. But they haven’t crossed every hurdle yet — and Western Mass News has more on how youcan help. “It means a lot to me to have the opportunity, especially when we’re in, like, such a small town,’ said Monson High School Junior Lylia Ellis. It’s an accomplishment no one saw coming. “I feel like we’re kind of like the underdogs.

WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - Nicotine use, especially among teens, has been a hot button topic in our area for years now. So, with places like Northampton even going so far as to ban sales outright to protect students, the question remains, what can you do to prevent your kid from picking up nicotine, and if they do, how can you help? Western Mass News is getting answers on exactly that, from one of the figures on the frontlines.