22News at 4PM: Digital Edition 3/13/2026

streaming from the 22 news broadcast center. This is 22 news at four p.m. Digital edition. Hey, happy friday the 13th. I'm nico resco and thank you for joining us for 22 news at four o'clock. Top stories on this friday in just a moment. Let's first bring in 22 news storm team meteorologist brian lapis with a look at traffic and weather. Yeah, so far so good. Although we have some rain and snow showers inbound as we speak. Let's take a look at traffic first, shall we? And you can see here that we've got slow going 2 91 into the I 91 south merge as usually happens close to this time of day. Otherwise, no major problems. There's a little slow down. I 90 westbound in Ludlow and 91 looks okay other than downtown. Quick look at temperatures, shall we? And as we go to our temps 38 degrees right now, Springfield, a string of 40 degree readings, Westfield, North Hampton, Greenfield, 38 orange, 34 in Pittsfield. And as I mentioned, we've got this batch of rain and snow showers moving in. I'm not expecting much out of this, but there could be enough to cope the ground, especially west of the Connecticut River in rural areas, including the Berkshires. Wind picks up here tomorrow. We'll show you with our 22 storm team forecast. We begin in the Middle East, where six american crew members have died after their refueling jet crashed in Iraq Thursday. The crash came as threats ramp up between President Trump and Iran's new supreme leader. The deaths join seven previously confirmed by the Pentagon since the start of the war in Iran. About 140 U. S. Service members have been injured since the start of Operation Epic Fury. More than 1300 have been killed in Iran as well as over 600 in Lebanon and a dozen in Israel. Back here in western Massachusetts, we're learning more about a deadly plane crash in Franklin County. Two years ago, federal investigators say the instructor who was teaching a student pilot had tested positive for two prohibited prescriptions. Three people were killed when the small plane crashed near the light in Greenfield line on January 14th 2024. A medical report by the National Transportation Safety Board found that the 67 year old instructor had tested positive for Alprazolam, which is known by the brand name Xanax as well as Emma Tripoline. Both of those substances are not on or rather on the F. A. A. S. Do not fly list. The report does not mention the instructor by name, but is consistent with William Hampton of Indian Orchard, one of the three who died in the crash. The report found no band substances in the system of the student pilot, 29 year old Chad Davidson. The third person killed in the crash was 53 year old Frederica Ballard of Southwick, the owner and founder of a flight school in Westfield. A woman from Springfield was arrested for O. U. I. Thursday after crashing her car into a home. Police say officers were called to Isabel Street at around 8 30 last night for report of a property damage crash. The car reportedly struck a guardrail fence and porch before crashing into the home. Springfield Fire Captain Drupal Monte told 22 news that there were minor injuries. 28 year old Michaela Rodson was arrested for O. U. I. West Springfield police are warning the community of donation scheme imposters. They've been there have been reports of individuals contacting residents while claiming to be members of the police department, often targeting the elderly community. Police have stated that they do not request money, gift cards or wire transfers through phone calls or emails. If you ever receive a suspicion call, it is advised to hang up immediately. Police are asking all residents to reach out to their parents, grandparents and neighbors to explain how this specific scheme operates. Get the chance for some rain and snow showers this evening before the weekend. Brian has the details on that. Yeah, that's right. In fact, some of these rain drops and snowflakes are arriving. Even as we speak, we'll take a look at the 22 new storm team clouds and radar a little bit of light rain, at least on radar in the valley and then snow showers off to the west. So, uh, the snow showers will be making progress through during the late afternoon and early evening hours and then some more scattered showers overnight, which we'll show you in just a minute. Just want to jump ahead really quickly and give you a little heads up that there's a wind advisory in effect for tomorrow's six a.m. To seven p.m. Tomorrow, Berkshire County, Western Hamden, Western Hampshire and Western Franklin County. A few gusts to 50 MPH are possible that could result in some scattered power outages are 22 new storm team sky cast. Here we go. Five o'clock. You can see the snow showers are moving off to our north into our east by seven o'clock. With that said, this may be a little quick in the departure of the rain and snow this evening, so be ready for at least some flakes and drops during the early evening hours. And then another round of scattered rain and snow showers arrives after nine o'clock tonight, and they will be scattered rain and snow showers. But watch out if you're up early tomorrow morning. Temperatures will be close to freezing. In fact, most of us will be below freezing tomorrow morning, so there could be a little icy glaze in spots, and then it's a mixture of sun and clouds. Ah, windy day here tomorrow and occasional flurries in the valley and persistent scattered snow showers in the Berkshires here tomorrow with high temperatures in the low to mid forties will update weather for the second half of the weekend on 22 news starting at five. Ohio's Miami University dropped its mid American conference opener to U. S. Amherst 87 83 last night, spoiling the last perfect record in Division one men's basketball. The U. S. Minuteman escaped with a victory in a quarter final game that had 12 lead changes and 10 ties. The Miami Red Hawks were the fifth men's Division one program this century to go undefeated during the regular season. UMass will face Toledo tonight. Game starts at five o'clock and in the Big East men's basketball tournament. UConn is advancing after beating Xavier 93 68 in the quarterfinals last night. They may move on now to the semifinals to face Georgetown, who beat Villanova last night, 78 64. That game starts at eight o'clock, but tonight on 22 news starting at five, the suspect accused of murdering an East Hampton woman and two others in Utah appeared in a Colorado courtroom will tell you what happened and give you the next court date. Plus, the late Bishop Timothy McDonald was laid to rest in Springfield today will tell you how the Springfield Catholic community is honoring the late Bishop and on Beacon Hill in Boston, lawmakers are making changes to maternal health care practices, which includes changes to doula certifications. We'll have more on that tonight. Brian traffic a little slow here as we get the friday evening commute underway downtown. You can see a significant backup now end of 2 91 as it merges with 91 south, but otherwise no major problems. So we're in good shape other than the typical slowdowns for the friday evening commute downtown. Windy tomorrow and the cool air continues, you know, relatively cool air for march continues through the weekend. We'll track where we could see some rain and snow showers with our 22 new storm team forecast. Get updates all weekend long at W. W. L. P dot com. The free 22 news app and always on 22 news. Plus have a great weekend. We'll see you tonight starting at five.