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Here's what's going on today in Worcester
+NEW: Heading to Festival of Lights? Afterward, warm up next door at Beer Garden & Pavilion, with heated igloos pavilion
+NEW: ‘Everybody in Boston is talking about Worcester;’ Boston group to open 500-seat restaurant in Worcester
+NEW: Chamber releases promotional video, ‘A city redefined' (2:11)
+NEW: Underage drinkers get through scanner in Worcester nightclub
+NEW: It's Fri-Yay! Here's Jay Berman's Live Music and Dancing Listings
+NEW: Comedian Jerry Seinfeld Adds Second Show in Worcester
+NEW: SUV catches fire in Shrewsbury parking lot
+NEW: Where's my Amazon package? It may be late
-5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester – Dec. 6, 2019
-Ch. 5 Wake Up Call from Leicester High Football (:37)
-Worcester Man One of Sixty-Two Latin Kings Arrested
-Worcester Police detectives asking for public’s help in IDing person of interest in robbery
-School Committee members clash over Worcester school's Thanksgiving celebration
-Four Holiday Markets Across the City this Weekend in Worcester
-All the Things You Need to Do this Weekend in Worcester
-Traffic Advisory for Festival of Lights Friday and Saturday
-Ch. 4 travels to Sutton to look at Christmas decorations made at Vaillancourt Folk Art
-Oxford House of Horrors: Ex-boyfriend of Oxford foster mother charged with raping child (1:26)
-Radio Worcester's Worcester Wednesday with Mayor Petty (11:38): W6, Snow, and The Holidays
-Worcester Culture Watch (28:49): The Case Against the Smiley Face and Other City Traditions
-Holy Cross Athletics Highlight of the Week (:32)
-Worcester Police log for Nov. 27
-WATCH: Police Chase & Shootout With Hijacked UPS Truck Video that leaves 4 dead
-New Details Emerge On Drug That May Slow Alzheimer’s Disease
-Here are the most 'pupular' dog names of 2019, website says
-Do not pass Go: Hasbro releases nightmarish ‘longer’ version of Monopoly
-Half of Americans can't start their day on a positive note without this
Top Posts
-Worcester store to close after nearly 50 years
-Company shutters Worcester operation, consolidates in Westborough
-Big change in Worcester media as 'Worcester News Tonight' rebrands, expands
-'I Went to the Greendale Mall on Black Friday'
-Worcester man charged with drunken driving after hit-and-run on pedestrian
-Housing project off Salisbury Street denied by Planning Board
-Brewery to reopen Worcester taproom
-The 3 best Asian fusion spots in Worcester
-Worcester school's Thanksgiving program rapped as 'insensitive'
-Trader Joe's recalls several products
In The News
>WEATHER: Cooling trend begins. High of 28 today in Worcester
-Cold facts: A chilly January. But nothing like 1970
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-S.W.A.T. officer shot, suspect killed in shooting in Spencer (1:23). Article
-Related: Gunshots heard in witness video (:12)
-Worcester nurse injured in Costa Rica returns to U.S., begins recovery
-State: Saint Vincent Hospital failed to properly staff I.C.U. patient
-Leominster restaurant owner charged in $1 million S.N.A.P. fraud scheme (1:55)
-Worcester nears A.R.P.A. spending deadline
-Worcester Business Journal moves headquarters to Downtown Worcester
-Westminster third-grade reporter asks questions to Patriots before Super Bowl LX (3:32). Article
-2 donors give $13 million to WPI (3:39). Article
-Aislinn Doyle: February 5th School Committee meeting agenda preview
>DINING OUT: Phantom Gourmet's Great 8 Comfort Food (5:21)
-ICYMI: Search warrant on Pleasant Street in Worcester nets guns, drugs
-Inventor with Worcester ties placed on leave after Epstein messages surface, report says
-Snowbanks, no sidewalks make it tough to walk to this Worcester elementary school
-Urgent call for volunteers as St. John’s opening emergency shelter in Worcester
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Jed's restocks rock salt and ice melt
-Winter snow brings great values at Lamoureux Ford (2:00)
-Special Town Meeting on February 23rd
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Truck overturns on Route 2 in Fitchburg. Video (:24)
-Hundreds sign petition in support of suspended high school hoops player
-At long last, Shrewsbury hits important housing threshold
-Webster man charged with unlicensed gun dealing, including machine gun device
-Oakdale street gets an unofficial name change in support of Patriots
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Wednesday
>SHOWTIME: Worcesteria: Show at Hunchback Gallery feels distinctively Worcester
-Listen Up: Solid metal from War Castle, Smoking Jacket hits the road
-Noah Kahan, New England native, returning to Fenway Park for "The Great Divide" tour
-Pink Talking Phish honors songs of Pink Floyd, Talking Heads and Phish
>OPINION: Maggie Calvetti: Gifting experiences over things
-Tracey Faraday: Galentine’s Day for moms — Why you need a kid free hang with your mama bestie
-What's Up Worcester's Crossroads Conversations (40:25): Celia Johnston Blue, Mass. Women of Color Coalition
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (48:01): Worcester snow response, city council power shifts and downtown growth
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester woman who lost everything in the tornado of 1953
>SPORTS: Drake Maye set to become second-youngest quarterback to start a Super Bowl
-What players and coaches have to deal with during Super Bowl (5:45)
-How Patriots, Seahawks built Super Bowl-caliber rosters
-Remembering Malcolm Butler's game-winning interception ahead of Super Bowl rematch
-ESPN: Kraft not selected for Pro Football Hall of Fame
-Celtics beat Mavericks, 110-100 (2:04). Article
-Celtics trade Anfernee Simons to Bulls for Nikola Vucevic: Report
-Holy Cross freshman Anna Billa named to Austrian National Team at international tournament
-Holy Cross women's lacrosse season preview
>NATIONAL: Jeffrey Epstein bragged about ties to Putin, procured Russian girls
-TMZ receives alleged ransom note in abduction of Savannah Guthrie’s mother, investigation underway
-Tragic: Bride and groom among 8 killed in gas cylinder blast at wedding
>NEW ENGLAND: Mass. losing residents, 33,000 in 2025
-Mass. open meeting law complaints and violations rose in 2025
>COLLEGES: UMass Medical School, Clark, Holy Cross receive Carnegie classifications
-Radio Worcester (13:36): Clark marks 100 years since Dr. Robert Goddard’s first rocket launch
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 6 jaw-dropping canopy walks around the world
-The rudest things travelers do in the T.S.A. line
>BUSINESS: Devens manufacturer raises $220 million
-LPL Financial Research: Dueling mandates: The Fed’s policy caution and Treasury’s growing borrowing needs
-Radio Worcester (10:09): Ryan Kittredge breaks down interest rates as the “price of money”
>HOMES: How to prepare your home before another round of snow (2:28)
>SHOPPING: 5 experience-based Valentine’s gifts for spouses
>FOOD: Walmart shopper accuses retailer of running massive price scam
>HEALTH: Dads' parenting has a bigger impact on kids' health than moms'
-Some patients experience mental health backlash from GLP-1 medications (3:35). Article
>TV/STREAMING: Trailer for Season 4 of "Bridgerton" on Netflix (2:33)
>MOVIES: Trailer for new Michael Jackson biopic, "Michael" (2:18)
>CELEBRITY: What is Matt Lauer doing now? Inside the disgraced anchor's life in hiding
-Ali Larter’s career from "Varsity Blues" bikini moment to "Landman" star
>ANIMALS: Tiny kitten cries for help right outside woman's window (1:43)
>HISTORY: Former Union Depot in Worcester, 1907
>GOOD NEWS: Child returns home after 726 days in hospital
-Meanwhile, in Providence, man finds lizard trapped under snow after storm
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