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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:59). High of 34 today in Worcester
-"Warmest year in station history": 2024 annual climate summary for Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Mail carrier helps stop house fire along his route (2:28). Article
-Rutland firefighter lives every moment for wife, children lost to tragedy
-Related: Traffic advisory for Holden on Saturday
-Worcester police arrest man in theft from graveyard
-Market Basket concerned about proposed gas station on Route 20
-UMass Memorial welcomes first baby of 2025
-Beyond the studio: Unique exercise classes across Central Mass.
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (49:16): City settles canine bite case amid tensions between Councilor King and Mayor Petty
-ICYMI: Fire at Worcester apartment complex displaces 28 people
-Worcester teen indicted for murder in Paine Street shooting
-Man kidnapped and beaten by Assumption students, police say (2:56)
-Owner of former Fallon HQ to partner with nonprofit to convert Worcester office building into affordable condos
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): TODAY! Christmas tree chipping 8 to 2:30
-Christmas Greetings from Everyone At Lamoureux Ford (:49)
-"Best Class Ever" holds 30th reunion
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Autopex coming to Turnpike Road in Westborough
-St. Bernard's High School celebrates anonymous $6 million pledge
-West Boylston invited into school building eligibility period
-New Shrewsbury police station wins award
-Admissions lab at Touchstone Community School
-Pet Rock hosting pet supply drive
-Luther Burbank announces honor roll
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Saturday
>SHOWTIME: Boston Calling announces changes to 2025 festival (:32)
-Free Sunday at Icon Museum is January 5th
-Pulse Magazine's People to Watch Party is January 30th
-Recap of Central Mass. Mom's Cookies with Santa event
-Radio Worcester (21:34): Ronny LeBlanc explores U.F.O. theories and New Jersey drone mysteries
-WCCA-TV's Defining Good Health No. 7 (29:11): Deniz Ahmadinia, Part 1
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to a career nurse
>SPORTS: Questions about struggling Patriots ahead of final game (2:10)
-Jerod Mayo reacts to Jahlani Tavai’s comments about Patriots fans booing
-NFL Week 18 schedule, TV and announcers
-Celtics beat Rockets, 109-86
-Holy Cross women's hockey team falls to ranked B.U.
-Railers fall to Royals, 4-3
-Radio Worcester (49:38): Hall of Fame debate, WooSox legends and Red Sox future talent
-210 Sports: Former Central Mass. college hockey players in the pros
>NATIONAL: I.R.S. sending missed stimulus checks to 1 million taxpayers
-Treasury says Chinese hackers remotely accessed several workstations and unclassified documents
-Tragic: Cheerleader allegedly murdered by ex-boyfriend days before Christmas, family says
>NEW ENGLAND: Man who died in Tesla Cybertruck explosion had ties to Vermont
-Mass. Gov. Healey enacts law to prevent C.D.L. loss for old violations
>COLLEGES: Kim Canty receives Chancellor’s Award for advancing the UMass Medical School mission
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Your passport might not work in 2025 — here's why
>BUSINESS: Slowdown in once-promising life sciences industry is hurting developments across Central Mass.
-Apple to pay $95 million to settle Siri eavesdropping suit (:53)
>HOMES: What $350,000 can buy you in Worcester County, December 22nd to 28th
>SHOPPING: How the weirdest store at the mall survived the retail apocalypse
>HEALTH: C.D.C. data could signal start of COVID pandemic's "winter wave"
-Scientists just found these heavy metals in some prenatal vitamins: what doctors want you to know
>FOOD: U.S. egg production drops as prices continue to rise along with bird flu cases
>TV/STREAMING: New shows and movies to watch this weekend
>MOVIES: New movies on demand — "Wicked," "A Real Pain" and more
>CELEBRITY: Gal Gadot reveals she underwent emergency surgery for brain clot
>HISTORY: Why's it called that? Veterans get a Gold Star for street-naming effort
>ANIMALS: Random cat keeps walking with woman and her dogs (1:44)
>GOOD NEWS: Second-grader uses Heimlich maneuver to save choking friend: video
-Meanwhile, airline passenger fakes injury to jump the line — until their lie is hilariously exposed
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:33). High of 58 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+5:00: Man killed in Worcester crash
+5:00: Developer buys site of planned Worcester hotel for $1.4 million
+5:00: "Exactly what we need": Worcester parishioners discuss Pope Leo's first year
+5:00: Revolutionary Reading 6 to 7:30 tonight at The Village
+Noon: Listen Up: Mowesby & the Northern Flicker shine on new album, "Wave"
+Noon: National Baseball Poetry Festival returns to Worcester
+Noon: Worcester Walks: Water, woodlands and wonders at Wells State Park
-Hear a loud boom lately? It may be this
-Developers of Worcester housing projects file for bankruptcy
-Worcester City Manager reverses on green building code, says policy will continue
-Radio Worcester (23:26): Khrystian King opposes pause of Worcester stretch code
-"Devastating blow": What comes next after Community Healthlink closes?
-Mike Benedetti: Worcester City Council agenda preview
-Worcester spent $10 million on winter storms, nearly doubling budget
-What is next for Anna Maria campus? Future of the site is up in the air
-Worcester School Committee wants review of maintenance at Foley Stadium
-Walmart stores in Mass. face remodeling. Is Worcester's one of them?
-Traffic stop in Worcester leads to gun charges for 50-year-old man
-Worcester man sentenced to 6 years for possessing loaded, stolen gun after prior conviction
-Worcester County Wonders: The legends of Lancaster's Blood Forest
-18 new condos on Elm Street are for sale. Take a look inside
>DINING OUT: The best prime rib in Mass. can be found at this charming local historic restaurant
-ICYMI: JetBlue flights from Worcester "absolutely full" during April vacation
-City Manager: Worcester police able to assist I.C.E. on criminal cases
-3 cars found on the bottom of Green Hill Pond
-Shuttered Worcester eatery gets new life
-Coffee shop to open in high-profile Canal District development
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): 122 Diner teases "exciting announcement"
-Longtime customer praises Lamoureux Ford (3:29)
-This week's road closures and traffic delays
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Person shot near Fitchburg State University
-Gardner man faces federal charges of fentanyl distribution
-Traveler Restaurant owners retire after 33+ years, closing one chapter along I-84
-Leominster man arrested after police find stored images showing sexual abuse of toddlers
-Webster man arrested for throwing trash can at girlfriend who upset him while he had a headache
-Southbridge fire budget, lieutenant promotion process head to Town Council
-Brookfield business faces lengthy process to sell prepackaged food
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Tuesday
-Jazzed Up Duo at Vue on Friday
>SHOWTIME: Worcester State prof Siri Colom part of Peabody Award-winning team for podcast
-Internationally acclaimed guitarist returns to Southbridge
-Mariah Carey has surprising reaction to Rock & Roll Hall of Fame snub
>OPINION: Tom Marino: Worcester council holds fewest meetings in 20 years in 2025
-Shaun Connolly: In Florida nobody's canceled
-WCCA-TV's The Mayor’s Forum No. 61 (28:29): Letter Carriers’ Food Drive (Second Saturday in May)
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (23:18): City Council reverses course
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (50:43): Chickens banned, housing struggles continue
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to lifelong Worcester resident who passed away at age 104
>SPORTS: Patriots’ draft class draws mostly solid reviews
-Updated Patriots depth chart with 2026 draft picks
-Red Sox beat Blue Jays, 5-0
-Former Holy Cross basketball standout and assistant coach RJ Evans named AIC coach
-Win WooSox tickets courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Tailgating OK for Boston’s World Cup soccer games after all
-Worcester hockey alumni 2025-26 highlights, NHL Week 29
-WPI softball coach battles cancer, leads team to success
>NATIONAL: King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive in U.S.
-Man charged with attempted assassination in White House correspondents’ dinner shooting
-Tragic: Ohio girl, 2, suffocated to death in "freak accident" after Hyundai S.U.V. seat folds down on her
>NEW ENGLAND: Mother accused of killing 2 children confessed: Records reveal (2:00)
-The real stakes in the fight over a 1% income tax cut
-Radio Worcester (15:41): Seth Moulton frames Senate race as “future of the Democratic Party”
>COLLEGES: Assumption honors and C.T.E.Q. students take spring break trip abroad
-Holy Cross names R.F. Kuang, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah to faculty roles
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Previewing Cape Cod's summer rental season (2:17). Article
>BUSINESS: Anna Maria College to lay off 150, close next month
-LPL Financial Research: American industrial renaissance: Fact or fiction?
-Anthropic's "Claude Mythos" model sparks fears of A.I. doomsday, wave of devastating hacks
>HOMES: Mass. hardware store shares tips on helping your lawn (3:40)
>HEALTH: Doctor explains powerful new street drug cychlorphine (2:42)
-C.D.C. warns of drug-resistant salmonella infections linked to backyard poultry
>FOOD: Mass. beverage company offers taste of Cape Cod in a can (1:51). Article
>TV/STREAMING: Trailer for "Pop Culture Jeopardy!" coming to Netflix (1:23)
>MOVIES: Sally Field refused this iconic role, reveals it was never her "cup of tea"
>CELEBRITY: Nicole Kidman hospitalized after filming pro-wrestling scene
-Rob Reiner's son described parents’ deaths as "living nightmare"
>ANIMALS: Obese Golden Retriever does infinite zoomies now (3:15)
>HISTORY: Worcester County Wonders: Setting the Revolution record straight
>GOOD NEWS: Oncology nurse gives her liver to save her father after harrowing diagnosis
-Meanwhile, Florida teen seen joyriding on lawn mower inside Target store
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