22News at 4: Digital Edition 11/12/26

Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to 22 News at 4. I'm Claire Oberton. We'll get to your top 4 at 4 in just a moment, but first, we always have a look at commuter traffic and weather. Let's bring in 22 News Storm Team Meteorologist, Brian Lapis. Hi, Brian. Hello, Claire. How are you doing? All right. Well, it rained a little bit earlier today, but I feel like it was kind of hit or miss throughout the day. Yeah, it's been more or less what we expected. The steadier rain is moving in right now, and we're still expecting some of that rain to mix with and even change over to some snow here overnight. So that could be a little excitement for the morning commute in some parts of western Massachusetts. Let's take a look at traffic. Speaking of the commute, shall we? Here we are, the afternoon commute getting underway. No major problems. The usual slowdowns at either end of I-91 and I-91 southbound through downtown is slow as it usually is. The pike looks good. 91 looks fine. Temperatures right now are in the 40s. 46 Springfield, 42 Greenfield, Orange, Northampton, Westfield at 43. And we're also in the low to mid 40s in the Berkshires. And this tells the story. You can see another wave of rain rolling into the valley just in time for the evening commute. So there's going to be some road spray. Visibility will be limited in some places. Just take your time. Notice that there's snow to our north and also some snow to our west. We'll talk about how this snow is going to kind of creep south down through the hills during the course of the evening hours with our 22 News Storm Team Skycast in just a few, Claire. Brian, we begin tonight in Springfield where a crew today put out a fire in a 16-acre neighborhood. Fire officials say that all working companies were called to 265 Burnbank Road for a report of a fire. It was located on the second floor in a bedroom. No injuries were reported, but two occupants have been displaced. The Springfield Arson and Bomb Squad is investigating the cause of the fire, and 22 News will provide more information as it becomes available. The drug and gun trafficking case against former governor's aide Lamar Cook was back in court this morning. A scheduling hearing was held at Hamden Superior Court in Springfield. The video you're currently looking at was taken at an earlier court appearances. Multiple motions have been filed by the defense including a motion to suppress evidence and a motion to dismiss the entire case. Hearings on those motions have been scheduled for February 3rd. Nurses at Brigham and Women's Hospital reached a tentative contract agreement late last night avoiding a strike. The Massachusetts Nurses Association says the agreement addresses their main priorities of wages, staffing and health insurance. Nurses have been negotiating for months, which included a one-day strike over the summer and a four-day lockout. The agreement was reached just hours ahead of today's deadline before a larger strike would have begun. The Massachusetts Municipal Association is seeking a major increase in unrestricted local aid in the fiscal 2028 budget. Last year, the group advocated for the budget to include a $351 million increase for unrestricted general government aid. $1 million is going to each of the 351 cities and towns in the state. Westfield Mayor Michael McCabe saying that funding would help residents who are facing uncertainty. The funding would allow municipal leaders to navigate And now we have another check at today's weather. Brian's back with us. And Brian, we see some snow on the board for probably the first time this year. Yeah, that's right. And actually, yesterday we made our first snowfall forecast map of the season, too. So it's all happening here. With that said, some of the long range forecasts for next week are showing above average temperature. And then it's going away. Right, exactly. Let's take a look with our clouds and radar. And you can see here it's mainly rain over the valley, but just to our north in southern Vermont, we've got some snow. So let's watch this as it kind of evolves here, this storm system. For most of us, this is going to be just a cold rain. But for some of us, we're going to get some snow. Notice as early as 7 o'clock on the 22 News Storm Team Skycast, Mohawk Trail, say west of Shelburne, You've got some snow developing and also in far western Hampshire County and you can see that area of snow expands here as we get deeper into the evening hours. Still rain in the valley and then by midnight tonight snowing in our western hills including Berkshire County and also across Franklin County overnight. So there's the possibility for a light accumulation of snow from Orange to Greenfield to North Adams and then down into our western hills as well. We have a map. For you on 22 News starting at 5. And then all of us may see a couple of scattered snow showers during the first half of the day here tomorrow. Not expecting any accumulation in the mid and lower Pioneer Valley, but you could see some flakes, and then it's mostly cloudy with a scattered flurry or a sprinkle for the rest of the day here tomorrow. High temperatures will be in the 40s. Gradually improving, gradual marginal improvement for the weekend we'll show you on 22 News starting at 5. The Boston Celtics are now on a five game winning streak after beating the Toronto Raptors last night. It was a close game the whole night, but it was Jason Tatum's tying and go ahead free throws in the last 25 seconds that led to Boston's 98 to 93 win over Toronto. Tatum scored a total of 24 points while Derek White and Peyton Pritchard netted a combined 33 points. The Celtics now hold a 10 to 2 record sitting at the top of the Eastern Conference. Switching now, Walmart is offering a holiday meal with enough ingredients to feed 10 people for a grand total of $35. The kit includes a 10 to 16 pound turkey, two boxes of stuffing, three cans of green beans, five pounds of potatoes, and the ingredients to make a pumpkin pie. Walmart is also offering coupon codes to knock 10 bucks off the bundle. And now for a look at what we're working on for 22 News starting at 5. We're tracking the latest after a man accused of committing murder in Cleveland, Ohio, was arrested and arraigned in Holyoke this morning. Plus, an update on the next steps for Lindsay Clancy's attorney after a judge denied a motion to dismiss the case. And we'll have more on the Springfield Police Department's demonstration of flock cameras this evening. Traffic running normally for the most part here for this time of day, starting to see some slowdowns downtown on I-91 at the end of 291, but otherwise the pike and 91 are running fine despite the rain. Some snow for some of us for the morning commute. We'll update that timing and those impacts on 22 news starting at five. Claire. Thanks, Brian. And thank you for joining us this afternoon for 22 News at 4. Join us on TV tonight starting at 5. And of course, you can get all your local news and weather updates anytime on WWLP.com and the 22 News mobile app.