22News at 4: Digital Edition 1/21/26

Streaming from the 22 News Broadcast Center. This is 22 News at four p.m. Digital edition. Hey, good Wednesday afternoon. I'm Nick Oresko and thank you for joining us for 22 News at four o'clock top stories in just a moment. But first, after a bitter cold start to today, we have a few chances of snow in the forecast with a look at that and traffic meteorologist Brian Lapis. Yeah, I'm confident that, uh, am I confident? I'm expecting that most of the snow that we're expecting tonight will happen after the evening commute. But there still could be a few flakes flying around as you're about to see with our radar. In the meantime, traffic is okay. No major problems here on I 91. A slight backup at the end of 2 91 at the 91 South merge. That's not unusual. Pike looks good, and I 91 north of town also looks good. Temperatures right now are in the twenties. We started this morning below zero. Here we are in the low to mid twenties, and I expect that will continue to warm up even as we head into the evening hours of the breeze out of the south. So here's the snow situation. 12 43 to 3 43. You can see a little batch of snow moving into the valley right now, so this could be just enough to limit visibility during the evening commute. And then there's some more snow in here for later on this evening, so we'll continue to track this snow potential and maybe chat a little bit about the snow potential for the weekend on with our 22 new storm team forecast. Two people were arrested in connection with an armed robbery at the Holyoke Credit Union in West Springfield. Yesterday, police said their investigation revealed that a masked man entered the bank with a gun and demanded money. Police say he then ran away and was later getting seen getting into a gray Nissan Sentra parked nearby. The FBI and state police located the vehicle and arrested Marco Sentry of Brockton and Jose Garcia of Holyoke. They both are facing multiple charges. Also in West Springfield, people are without a home after a house fire on New Bridge Street Tuesday night. According to West Springfield Fire Lieutenant Tony Spear, crews first found the fire coming from the top rear porch of the building. And in this video, you can see the smoke coming from that area. No injuries were reported, but six people are displaced. They are being assisted by the Red Cross. Chickapee police are asking for your help in finding a missing child. They say Armani Sutton Davies left her home on Sanders Street last Friday morning. She is described as being five ft two with green eyes and reddish brown shoulder length hair. If you have seen Armani or know where she may be, you are asked to contact Chickapee police. We have that number on our screen. Elementary school parents in Chester are voicing their concerns after a school bus full of students was late for afternoon drop off yesterday. Mass state police say that at around 4 30 yesterday afternoon, a bus in Chester was reported overdue. Police say the bus driver, who they say is an older woman, suffered an unknown medical emergency and was taken to the hospital. When the bus was found, it was off its original route. 22 News reached out to multiple school officials, including the superintendent in Chester for comment. We have yet to hear back. The company that manages the school buses for the town told 22 News that they have no comment. All students were reported safe and unharmed. Back now, meteorologist Brian Lapis tracking some snow for this evening. Yeah, a little round of light snow, not expecting much, but it could be just enough to slow you down, especially in terms of visibility. Let's take a look at it with our clouds and radar here, and you can see this little first wave of snow. The atmosphere is pretty dry right now, so it may take an hour or so for this snow to start making it to the ground. But especially in our hills west of the Connecticut River, there could be some snow falling even as we speak. And then there's more snow here off to the west, but not a lot. So let's take a look at this with our 22 Storm Team Sky cast five o'clock here this evening. Really not much happening. But as we head into the hours after seven p.m. a little batch of light snow here at nine o'clock and then a little bit of light snow here through midnight. After midnight, the snow winds down. We actually get into some clearing seven o'clock here tomorrow morning temperatures in the twenties to around 30 degrees, mostly dry day here tomorrow with temperatures that actually will get close to 40 degrees for forecasting a high of 38 to 42 for the middle of the day and then late afternoon after four o'clock around of scattered snow showers could move through. And that's where we start to see the return to colder air here for friday and the weekend. And yes, at this point we can say that we are expecting at least some snow here for sunday. We'll update those chances on 22 news at five. But 2026 Baseball Hall of Fame class was announced Tuesday among the class were outfielders Carlos Beltran and Andrew Jones making his fourth appearance on the ballot. Beltran received just over 84% of votes from the Baseball Writers Association of America, well above the 75% threshold. Meantime, Jones was picked on his ninth of 10 years of eligibility and received just over 78% of the voting. Longtime infielder Jeff Kent also joined the pair. He holds the record for most home runs by a second basement. The 2026 Hall of Fame ceremony is scheduled for july 26 Massachusetts native Sonny Williams, one of the two astronauts stuck for months at the International Space Station last year has retired. NASA made the announcement Tuesday saying her retirement took effect at the end of December. Her crewmate on Boeing's ill fated capsule test flight, butch Wilmore left NASA last summer in 2024 Williams and Wilmore launched to the space station in Boeing's Starliner capsule. Their mission should have lasted just about a week but stretched to more than nine months because of issues with that capsule. They eventually returned to earth last march with SpaceX tonight on 22 news starting at five o'clock. The widow of a man killed in a shooting at a nail salon in the Holyoke Mall nearly three years ago has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the mall, its parent company, its security provider and the suspected shooter. The latest on that legal battle. Plus a Holyoke City counselor has been removed from the council's public safety committee following his recent arrest in december. We showed you that body cam video yesterday. We'll have reaction from the city and what's next for Israel Rivera and how a woman is using social media in the hopes of solving her late sister's murder case two decades after her remains were found in Palmer traffic moving along fine here. Be advised that there will be some light snow around after sunset, so that could be just enough to slow you down. There could be a couple of slippery spots, but at least as the evening commute gets underway, we're in pretty good shape. We will track tonight's snow and the potential for cold and snow over the weekend on 22 news starting at five updates anytime at W. W. L. P. Dot com the free 22 news app and always on 22 news plus we'll see you tonight starting at five