Springfield biomass energy plant dealt a setback

SPRINGFIELD (AP) - Plans to build a $150 million wood-burning power plant in Springfield have been dealt a setback by the city's Zoning Board of Appeals, which overturned two building permits.

Ameristar buys Springfield site

SPRINGFIELD (AP) - A Nevada company has completed the $16 million purchase of a former Westinghouse site in Springfield on which it hopes to build a resort casino.

Ameristar Casinos announced the completion of the deal Wednesday.

The 41-acre site just off Interstate 291 has been largely unused since 1970.

Last of three men sentenced to prison in Springfield church-burning

SPRINGFIELD (AP) - The last of three Massachusetts men charged in the burning of a predominantly black church to protest President Barack Obama's election has been sentenced to 4½ years in federal prison.