22News at 4: Digital Edition 3/18/26

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. Thank you for joining us for 22 News at four o'clock. We'll get to your top stories in just a moment. Let's first check in with 22 new 22 News Storm Team meteorologist Brian Lapis back to back days. Brian, I kind of messed up your intro. I'm sorry. Hey, a cool day today. Yeah, as expected, maybe even a degree or two cooler than we expected at this time. We've got a warming trend into the weekend, though it's actually just running some of the numbers for Friday through Sunday, and we will be warmer. Let's take a look at what's happening right now with traffic, and you can see here that there are no major problems. Pike looks good. 91 looks good. Even downtown Springfield running normally at this time. Let's take a look at the temperatures now. 33 Westfield, Springfield, 34 North Hampton, 38 in Greenfield and even in the twenties. We're still in the twenties and parts of the Berkshires. It's a thin layer of clouds overhead should make for a nice sunset for what it's worth. We'll talk about our rain and snow chances for the weekend with our 22 new Storm Team Skycast. Three people in Miller's Falls are now without a home after a fire early this morning. According to the Turner's Falls Fire chief, crews recalled to the area of 29 East Main Street at around one o'clock this morning, where they saw fire coming from the first floor of the home. That fire spread to the second floor and the attic, prompting a mutual aid response from 14 towns. No one was hurt, and the cause is under investigation. Two men were arrested in Springfield for trafficking drugs and assaulting police officers. According to Springfield police officers stopped a vehicle on Union Street at around eight o'clock Tuesday night. The driver and passenger, Roberto Delgado and Jonathan Figueroa, began to walk away from the vehicle after one suspect punched an officer in the face and the other grabbed a fanny pack out of the car and ran away. They found them near Union and Stebbins Street and recovered about 29 grams of crack cocaine, one bag of cocaine, two bags of marijuana and about 216 bags of heroin from the fanny pack. They both face various drug and assault charges. Police in Deerfield are warning the public about a door to door scam. They say they have received several complaints about scammers pretending to work for or with Eversource. The scammers are promising a lower bill if you sign up with them. According to police, the town of Deerfield requires permits of solicitation, and Eversource does not go door to door selling solar or offering better rates on electricity. The air raid siren at the warehouse in Holyoke may soon sound once again. The City Council voted last night to add exemptions to the city's noise ordinance. These would allow the siren to be activated for up to two minutes at noon on Fridays. The siren was a weekly tradition in the city for decades, but it went silent after the owners received a cease and desist order from the city because of a noise complaint. The order for the change now goes to the city clerk to provide the official legal form for the mayor to sign. Cool day today, Brian, but it looks like as we head through the rest of the week, things start to warm up once again. Yeah, we do get a chance of 60 degrees here over the weekend. In fact, let's take a look at the conditions right now. Clouds and radar showing some thin clouds overhead, and that will translate into some scattered clouds, at least early this evening, five o'clock this afternoon on the 22 new storm team sky cast. You can see just a few scattered clouds around. Evening temps will be dropping through the twenties, I expect, so it's gonna be a brisk night and then clouds will be on the increase after midnight. Overnight low temperatures between 16 and 22. And our skies sky cast has been fairly persistent in a mostly cloudy day here tomorrow. Some of the other forecast guidance that we look at have had a little bit more brighter skies for us. We're gonna call it partly sunny to mostly cloudy tomorrow. We'll be optimistic and keep at least a chance for some blue sky in, but we expect a dry day. High temperatures will be back into the forties here tomorrow. And again, this starts a warming trend through the weekend. We'll show you on 22 news at five. The Holyoke ST Patrick's parade is less than a week away, and today the Holy Oak Chamber celebrated with their ST Patrick's breakfast. The log cabin in the city was packed with residents, business leaders and community members. The breakfast recognized the rich Irish history of the western Massachusetts community, celebrating those who make the parade possible and this year's award recipients. The Holyoke ST Patrick's parade starts this Sunday at 11 10 a.m. And if you can't make it, you could watch it right here on 22 news. A comedy legend is coming soon to Tanglewood. John Stewart, the host of Comedy Central's The Daily Show, is taking the stage at the iconic music venue June 20th. Stewart is known for his political satire. He's also a social activist who's helped get some major legislation passed in the federal government. Tickets go on sale Monday, and they could be purchased online through the Tanglewood website. GameStop has officially named three beloved video game platforms as retro consoles. On Monday, the company announced that the PlayStation three, the Xbox 360 and the Nintendo Wii U received the designation after a careful analysis. GameStop adds that unlike modern systems, those consoles still have component cables, and they can't play the popular video game fortnight. Customers can now bring in their retro platforms to any GameStop store to receive a 10% trade in credit tonight on 22 news. Starting at five o'clock, the opening date for a proposed re entry facility in Westfield has been pushed back here, why local community members are once again protesting that plan. We're live at that protest tonight, and Holyoke ST Patrick's parade is a time to celebrate safely. Of course, we'll show you how the city's police are reinforcing their safety measures. Plus, the start of spring isn't just marked by the calendar. So as our winters get shorter, we'll break down the natural cues that signal when spring has arrived. Brian traffic looks pretty good. You can see here that there are no major delays on I 91 to 91 or the pike, and we expect the weather to stay dry here through the end of the week. We'll update you on what the weekend looks like the weekend, updated on Wednesday with our 22 new storm team seven day forecast. I love that. Brian, thanks. Hey, thank you for joining us for 22 news at four o'clock 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.