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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 (1:13). High of 66 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Man and young child rescued from roof of burning building on Vernon Hill, 1 dog dead, officials say
-Chimney fire spreads to walls of Princeton home, prompting multi-town response
-Auburn officer arrested by State Police in online sting
-Proposed site of 364 Worcester apartments purchased by N.J. firm for $17 million
-Q.C.C. union votes no confidence in college President Luis Pedraja
-Hanover Theatre announces 2025-26 Broadway Series shows
-Drought status eases in Worcester
-Worcester County Wonders: At Hot Dog Annie's, it's all about the sauce
-Telegram & Gazette Student of the Week
-Police recorded 9 hate crimes in Worcester in 2024
-Worcester releases new data on shootings, ShotSpotter
-Mike Benedetti: Worcester City Council agenda preview
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (25:53): Board of Health pushes for transparency on vaccines — Can it stay non-political?
>DINING OUT (brought to you by Patsie Dugan's): Phanton Gourmet's Great 8 Pizza (5:22)
-ICYMI: New eatery planned near Polar Park
-Worcester’s toll in Titanic disaster
-Sheriff's office documents dating from 1700s donated offer glimpse into Worcester's past
-After almost a year as Head of School, Horgan reflects on Saint John’s community
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): This week's road closures and traffic delays
-Longtime customer salutes Lamoureux Ford (3:53)
-Wachusett Echo: Post-election at the Regional
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Teen killed in Northbridge crash
-West Boylston sees lower insurance climb than some
-$42 million Shrewsbury D.P.W. project will head to townwide vote after Town Meeting approval
-Sterling Fire Chief David Hurlbut saluted for decades of service
-Cinthia Sykes leaving Boylston Elementary School
-Walmart plaza in Sturbridge sells for $31 million as part of wider $1.1 billion deal
-No micro-override request planned for this year in Grafton
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Tuesday
>SHOWTIME: April is not fooling around
-New sculpture show coming to Tower Hill
>OPINION: Candy Mero-Carlson: Doing math on colleges buying land in Worcester
-Tim Garvin: Worcester community goes beyond measurement
-WCCA-TV's Chandler Chat No. 459 (28:54): Congressman Jim McGovern
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to well-known and deeply respected hair stylist
>SPORTS: Red Sox lose to Rays, 16-1
-Worcester Bravehearts release 2025 schedule
-Holy Cross 'Sader Stories: Emily and Zach Bubonovich
-210 Sports' Worcester hockey alumni highlights, NHL week 27
-Paige Bueckers goes No. 1 to Dallas Wings in 2025 WNBA draft
-Flag football club for Worcester high school clears first hurdle
-Saint John's baseball improves to 6-0 with romp over Malden Catholic in home opener
>NATIONAL: Coast Guard rescues 4 from capsized boat off Florida coast; 1 dead, 5 missing
-U.S. still won’t say whether it will return mistakenly deported man, despite Supreme Court decision
>TRAGIC: Amish children killed on the way to school in buggy crash with S.U.V. driven by teen
>NEW ENGLAND: No end for Karen Read jury selection yet | Your questions answered (12:22)
>COLLEGES: Clark, WPI among top-ranked game design schools
-Holy Cross Professor Emily Wilson (50:40): War, Homecoming, Heroism, Truth
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 9 hotels with unexpected perks
>BUSINESS: Mass. small business concerned about tariff impact, "doubles my cost"
-LPL Financial Research: Decent chance stock market bottom is in but far from certain
-Gen Z employees are never at their desks — and it's driving their bosses crazy
>SHOPPING: Fisher-Price recalls popular baby toys due to frightening choking hazard
>HEALTH: Common vitamin shown to reduce autoimmune disease
-Workplace music can impact performance, study says (1:25)
-Can eating sour candy actually stop your panic attack? We asked a doctor
>FOOD: 5 mistakes grocery shoppers make — and all can be easily avoided
>TV/STREAMING: Recap of seasons 1 to 4 of Netflix's "You" (17:04)
>MOVIES: Nobody 2: Bob Odenkirk is back in first trailer
>CELEBRITY: First pics of Katy Perry and Gayle King in space on Blue Origin flight
>ANIMALS: They said this tiny puppy would never walk - Now watch him run (1:43)
>HISTORY: Why's it called that? Rejoice Newton, known for hill that carries name
>GOOD NEWS: World War II vet asked for 100 cards before his 100th birthday — and the response was incredible
-Meanwhile, in Ohio, man rescued from chimney, arrested
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