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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:59). High of 45 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Lucky customer wins $100,000 at Worcester store
-Shopping ahead of Christmas Eve at Blackstone Valley
-Busy holiday travel season underway at Worcester Airport
-Charlton Plaza sees heavy traffic during holiday weekend
-Volunteers prepare thousands of meals for Christmas Bishop's Dinner
-Worcester's Mint Kitchen & Bar to hand out free meals on Christmas Eve
-What’s open and closed on Christmas Day in Massachusetts
-Ray Mariano: Visions of sugarplums at Christmastime
-Worcester Magazine's Women to Watch in 2024
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (48:00): 2023 top stories & 2024 outlook in Worcester
>DINING OUT: Looking for a last-minute Christmas gift? Check Dining Out for gift card deals
-ICYMI: Man charged with Worcester teen's killing 6 months later
-Worcester man arrested after crashing into downed power lines
-Worcester police quickly arrest man in attempted store robbery
-Worcester superintendent named one of 25 "Superintendents to Watch" in U.S.
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Quinapoxet slated to reopen in January
-Merry Christmas greetings from the team at Lamoureux Ford (:50)
-Wachusett N.H.S. inductees up to a challenge
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): BODY Therapeutics plants its roots in Shrewsbury
-Pajama drive in Grafton garners books and comfort for children
-21-year-old from Charlton who died falling from truck remembered as animal lover, volunteer
-Crystal Freeze 5K is January 6th
-Happy feet on Clinton's High Street
-The Item's public safety logs
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor’s Live Music List for Sunday
-And so this is a beer list — 5 holiday brews to get you into
>SHOWTIME: W.S.C. Stay Connected (58:44): Christmas with Elvis, starring Mike Slater
-100FM The Pike (11:52): Paul Cowsill (The Cowsills) on the group's first holiday recording, "A Christmas Offering"
-WCCA-TV's This Is Worcester (12:54): Christmas 2023
-WCCA-TV's Close to Home No. 559 (27:23): Walter Doyle, Part 2
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to longtime local pediatrician
>SPORTS: 10 important matchups to watch in Patriots-Broncos Christmas Eve game
-Bill Belichick’s game management worth monitoring
-NFL Week 16 schedule, TV and announcers
-Celtics blow out Clippers, 145-108
-Bruins lose to Wild, 3-2
-Railers beat Mariners, 6-3
>CARS: Christmas Greetings from Bertera Nissan (1:31)
-Tesla recalling 120,000 cars over risk doors may unlock during crash
>NATIONAL: U.S., Venezuela swap 10 American prisoners
-Man arrested after girlfriend plunges 100 feet to her death during proposal
-Tragic: Infant left orphaned after speeding drunk driver kills both parents
>NEW ENGLAND: Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira known as "active shooter kid"
-$100 million distributed in Fair Share Infrastructure funds
>COLLEGES: WPI Arts & Sciences Year in Review (3:16)
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 7 of the world’s most dazzling holiday light displays
>BUSINESS: Worcester developer expands into MetroWest
-Comcast's Xfinity warns customer information "likely acquired" in hacking incident
>HEALTH: Even "good" cholesterol is bad: Study finds H.D.L. link to dementia
-COVID variant JN.1 is on the rise: What are the current symptoms?
>SHOPPING: What's open on Christmas Eve?
>HOMES: Christmas by the water at these 3 Martha's Vineyard homes
>FOOD: This is how early Americans start cooking Christmas dinner
>TV/STREAMING: First look at new Adam Sandler Netlix movie, "Spaceman" (:25)
>MOVIES: Where are new studio Christmas movies like "Elf," "Love Actually"?
>CELEBRITY: Founding Dixie Chicks member killed in car crash in Texas
>ANIMALS: This pug HATES Santa Claus (3:01)
>HISTORY: Today in History for December 24th (1:10)
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Man turns to strangers to bring Christmas joy to a neighbor reeling from tragedy
-Meanwhile, husband's Elf on the Shelf prank goes horribly wrong
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:35). High of 73 today in Worcester
-U.S. officials are bracing for another summer of dangerous heat. These maps show where it's most likely to happen
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Woman arrested in Leominster shot and killed her boyfriend, court docs say
+6:00: On set at "The Walking Dead: Dead City" in Worcester
+Noon: Family of 14-year-old Worcester teen killed in shooting announces funeral
+Noon: Play explores life of suffragist and abolitionist Julia Ward Howe
+Noon: Six Things to Do: Psychic Faire, poet Alejandro Jimenez and more
+Noon: Knights and fairies galore at renaissance fair in Phillipston this weekend
-"Pop, pop ... bang, bang!" Driver wounded in shooting before car slams into Worcester house (2:18)
-Related: Resident recounts waking to gunshots, S.U.V. slamming into house
-"The Walking Dead: Dead City" TV show filming begins in Downtown Worcester
-City Manager Eric Batista to reject committee recommendations, renew Spectrum contract
-Related: The Buzz with City Manager Batista — Cable Talk
-May Day rally focuses on lack of affordable housing in Worcester
-Korean fried chicken shop coming to Downtown Worcester
-Yellow tulip hope gardens in bloom across Worcester
-Cell phone use in classrooms; "a full ban doesn't work"
-Worcester had the highest opioid overdose death rate in state in 2023
-A vivid memory of protest: Remembering the local student protests of May 1970
-Radio Worcester (48:04): Radio Roundtable discusses Supreme Court's homelessness ruling impact on Worcester
>DINING OUT: Local chefs tackle Girl Scout cookies at Fork It Over
-ICYMI: 29-year-old Worcester man killed in crash on Southwest Cutoff
-New party space opens at the top of Glass Tower
-Developer who purchased Becker College properties in Worcester sells 2 in 5-parcel, $6 million sale
-How many Worcester city employees made the $200,000 club?
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Budget presentation by Finance Committee on Friday
-Lamoureux Ford salutes the UConn Huskies (:54)
-Annual town election May 13th
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Woman injured in Lancaster railroad crossing crash
-New video shows moment school bus tilted off side of road in March in Hubbardston
-Unofficial results give Nicholas Lazzaro and Katherine McKenna select board seats in Millbury
-Local teachers' nonprofit helps students learn outside the classroom
-Contested races highlight June 10th Clinton election
-Spencer Town Meeting voters to take up budget, solar bylaw changes
-Wachusett Area Chamber hosts Scholarship Scramble Golf Tournament
-Furniture upgrade underway at Thayer Memorial Library
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Thursday
-Singer-songwriter Tasteless Jack makes Redemption Rock taproom debut on Saturday
-Save $5 on tickets to Shrewsbury Street Nurses Pub Crawl for a limited time
>SHOWTIME: Worcester native publishes novel that challenges readers
-Holy Cross Performing Arts Center exhibit fosters cultural exchange
-Sarah Connell Sanders: How to throw a meat raffle fundraiser
-Radio Worcester (22:50): Inside Mechanics Hall — May events from music to magic
-Last Call: Shelby Watterworth, artist
-WCCA-TV's The Mayor's Forum No. 39 (28:25): Central Mass. Agency on Aging
-Unity Radio (58:39): Unity In The Community
-WCCA-TV's Talk of Main Street No. 27 (29:01)
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to career nurse who also sang in the Worcester County Light Opera Company
>SPORTS: Celtics wrap up series with Heat, 118-84
-Watch Mike Gorman’s final sign-off in last game as Celtics broadcaster
-Player comparisons for every Patriots draft pick
-Bravehearts announce first 8 returning players
-Red Sox beat Giants, 6-2
-100FM The Pike (8:25): Coach Jordan Lavallee-Smotherman talks about leaving the Railers for Austria
-WooSox beat Lehigh Valley, 5-2
>CARS: Bertera has the all-star team to help you find your next Nissan car or truck (:39)
-Feds probing 130,000 Ford Mustang Mach-E cars after crashes involving hands-free tech
>NATIONAL: Los Angeles heist gang behind daylight robberies busted
-Police shoot, kill armed student outside Wisconsin middle school: authorities
-Tragic: 3-year-old shoots himself, school officer parent arrested
>NEW ENGLAND: The faces of the Karen Read trial (20:11)
-Update on babies found in freezer in Boston, new details revealed
>COLLEGES: Anna Maria Senior Profile: Mia Kuhl, C.J. Major
-New expenses will push Clark’s cost over $70,000 next year
-Enhanced WPI transfer programs open new vistas for Q.C.C. students (4:06)
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): This surprising city was named top global destination by travel expert
>BUSINESS: Ending restaurants' tip credit could cost jobs, close eateries and bars
-LPL Research: That was quite a week
-Radio Worcester (9:55): Avoid home scams! Tips & B.B.B. mission with Alex Guardiola
>SHOPPING: Walmart is launching a new store brand called Bettergoods
>HOMES: Cost of buying a home in America reaches a new high, Redfin says
>HEALTH: This is the healthiest time to eat dinner, recent study says
-Infectious disease expert discusses how to handle ticks amid state's first detection of Powassan virus
>FOOD: Is this really Mass.'s "Most Iconic Food"? Food Network says so
>TV/STREAMING: "Bridgerton" showrunner teases who will lead Season 4
>MOVIES: South Park's Matt Stone, Trey Parker set comedy with Kendrick Lamar
>CELEBRITY: Michael Richards reunites with Jerry Seinfeld on first red carpet in 8 years
>ANIMALS: Meet Shamrock, the green puppy taking the internet by storm
>HISTORY: Main Street from Front Street in Worcester
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Mass. woman wins $1 million lottery prize twice in 10-week span
-Meanwhile, in Florida, NASA confirms mystery object that crashed through roof of home came from space station
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