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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:58). High of 32 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Continuing tensions on display as restaurant owner arraigned in Worcester spray paint attack
-Local nursing home involved in wrongful death suit
-Family marks 2 years since Brittany Tee disappeared (2:51). Article
-Legendary sign in Worcester will get an upgrade
-Worcester Olympic sensation visits home
-Recording studio, with client list including Matthew McConaughey and Wyclef Jean, moving to Millbury
-Top winter date night ideas in Worcester
-Take the Worcester Community Preservation Act funding priorities survey
-TODAY! Chandler St. and Clark St. drop-off sites closed Saturday
-Culture and Climate Staff in the Worcester Public Schools (1:55)
-Radio Worcester (13:18): Worcester Chief Development Officer Peter Dunn on affordable housing projects
>FAITH: Learning lessons from Herod, the Magi and Jimmy Carter
>DINING OUT: Embrace winter’s chill with seasonal cocktail menus
-ICYMI: Mass. Child Advocate "mum" on review of Worcester child’s death
-Saint-Gobain, state pass the buck as employees in Worcester claim no wages paid since October
-Owners of former Green Street restaurant denied licenses to reopen
-Art installation on Worcester Common vandalized; police make arrest
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Despite court ruling, Holden will wait and see about complying with M.B.T.A. housing law
-Christmas Greetings from Everyone At Lamoureux Ford (:49)
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Grafton woman makes Meals that Matter
-Clinton businesses benefit from A.R.P.A. funding program
-TODAY! Expert will discuss organizing at Clinton library on Saturday
-Lake Singletary Ice Fishing Derby next Saturday
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Saturday
>SHOWTIME: Things to Do: "Fusion" at ArtsWorcester, blues at Bull Run and more
-100FM The Pike Breakdown Lane (6:20)
-J.O.M.P. cellist Sofia Hernandez-Williams, 11, going to national contest
>OPINION: Tom Marino: 6 ways to reform the Worcester Police Department
-Worcesteria: Locally and nationally, Carter is mourned and remembered
-Katy MacQueen: New year, same you
-First Person: Suzanna Paropos seeks a country home of the heart
-WCCA-TV's Close to Home No. 581 (28:38): Our Lady Of Guadalupe, Part 2
-WCCA-TV's Chandler Chat No. 448 (27:45): Scott Casper & American Antiquarian Society
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to man who founded a national management research and consulting company based in Worcester
>SPORTS: Patriots competing with these 3 teams for Mike Vrabel
-The unusual behavior Jerod Mayo displayed before Patriots firing
-There are plenty of locals to root for as NFL playoffs begin
-Former Holy Cross star Kalif Raymond selected to NFL All-Pro second team
-Wild Card Weekend schedule, TV and announcers
-Bravehearts to host 2025 Futures League All-Star Game at Polar Park
-Holy Cross men's and women's basketball to play Lafayette Saturday
-Holy Cross men's hockey wins, women's hockey falls
>NATIONAL: Los Angeles fire statistics — Area burned is larger than city of Boston
-California police refute celebrities floating arson theories as fires tear through L.A.
-Tragic: At least 66 people die after a truck plunges into a river in Ethiopia
>NEW ENGLAND: Scam targeting drivers with fake EZDriveMA toll texts (1:58)
-Rhode Island dad shoots pregnant wife, 2 young kids in murder-suicide
>COLLEGES: Radio Worcester (27:14): How Q.C.C. & Worcester State drive city development
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 5 spectacular works of Victorian architecture in the U.S.
>BUSINESS: U.S. adds 256,000 jobs in December, dimming rate cut hopes
-Mental health treatment research firm opens Worcester location
>HOMES: Mortgage rates climb for fourth straight week— remain at 6-month high
>HEALTH: New Medicare cap on prescription costs went into effect January 1st
-Every cigarette takes 20 minutes off your life, new study reveals
>FOOD: Chick-fil-A changed their fries — and fans are not happy
>TV/STREAMING: New shows and movies to watch this weekend
>MOVIES: New movies on demand — "Flow," "2073" and more
>CELEBRITY: Hoda Kotb breaks down in tears during her last "Today" show
-A look back at Hoda's years on "Today"
>HISTORY: V66 offered a brief local alternative to MTV
>ANIMALS: Dog lost in the L.A. fires brings community together (1:32)
>GOOD NEWS: Family thankful group of strangers lifted car off woman in Lawrence (2:08)
-Meanwhile, in Colorado, man wanted after flubbing bank robbery by giving teller illegible note
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:36). High of 78 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+5:00: Worcester ranked 10th best city for people with disabilities
+5:00: Worcester councilor who protested I.C.E. agents due in court Wednesday
+5:00: Crews respond to 3-vehicle crash on Route 20 in Shrewsbury
+5:00: Ozzy Osbourne dies at 76 years old (:36)
+5:00: Related: Vintage clips of the controversial rock legend (3:26)
+Noon: Worcester African Festival set to return to the Worcester Common
+Noon: Wesley and Somerhalder hold court at "Vampire Diaries" convention
+Noon: Janice Harvey: It's time for Worcester to clean up its act
-Worcester man wins $1 million on ticket bought at Brattle Stop
-61-year-old caught in vacant home break-in: W.P.D.
-Preservation Worcester's 2025 Most Endangered Structures — streetlamps to historic houses
-Bill Coleman, longtime Worcester civic activist, dies
-International market opening in Worcester
-What the cluck? City takes next step in chicken debate after months
-"Don’t snitch": Trial opens for Worcester man accused of murder over backpack of marijuana
-Statewide cell phone ban would upend Worcester schools' policy
-Cuts will impact local libraries, student access to digital databases
-See the neighborhood meetings this week in Worcester
-Worcester County Wonders: 5 generations, 500 acres, 1 lasting commitment in Sutton
-Faces of Worcester: Sonia Descormiers, banker
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (33:22): Council access and city-run grocery stores
-Radio Worcester (21:56): City Manager defends Mill Street efforts, discusses supermarket expansion, ballpark development
>DINING OUT (brought to you by Patsie Dugan's): "Cheapskate" diner takes back tip after being "humiliated" by server — but is he in the right?
-ICYMI: Retired Worcester firefighter Joseph Casello, a lawmaker in Florida, dies of heart attack
-Is Worcester doing enough to promote tree planting? Some residents say no
-$1.3 million to support people with disabilities in Worcester County
-500-foot buffer zone for tobacco businesses in Worcester: change could be coming
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): This week's road closures and traffic delays
-Long term employees make Lamoureux Ford special (3:50)
-Changing faces in Holden government
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Grafton Common traffic study update recommends slowing traffic
-Voting is open for Champions of the Blackstone award
-Multiple people injured when box truck crashes into job center in Devens (:45). Article
-Suspect in Leominster bank robbery arrested in connection with shooting of C.B.P. officer (2:10). Article
-Man arrested after posing as real estate business owner to access firm’s funds at Leominster Fidelity Bank
-Spencer-East Brookfield School Building Committee gets update on bricks for memorial, storage trailer
-Millbury Police Department welcomes Cody Bohanan as its newest officer
-Millbury-Sutton Chronicle goings on
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Tuesday
-Jazzed Up Trio 6 to 9 Wednesday at 961 at Union Station
>SHOWTIME: Dozens of people rescued from Southwick’s Zoo Skyfari ride (2:28)
-Top 25 songs in Worcester on Shazam in the past week
-Talking "Poetry Town" connections and the city's "strange gravity" at Museum of Worcester
>OPINION: Worcesteria: Museum of Worcester panel gives glimpses of connections
-Tom Marino: The solution to everything in Worcester: Corporate welfare
-WCCA-TV's Senior Speak No. 931 (27:44): Raymond Mariano
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to a career nurse at local nursing home
>SPORTS: Marshall, Hambly make mark for Bravehearts in Futures League Home Run Derby
-TODAY! Futures League All-Star Game at Polar Park, with Johnny Damon and 2004 World Series trophy, 7:30
-Patriots Training Camp: Top storylines to follow (5:44)
-These Patriots have the most at stake as training camp begins
-Celtics' Jayson Tatum sheds boot as he rehabs from Achilles tear
-Red Sox lose to Phillies, 3-2
-Holy Cross (1:52): Get to know Coach Alexander
-Shrewsbury Post 397 on a roll heading into heart of summer baseball season
>CARS: Ford, Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar among recalled vehicles
>NATIONAL: Joe Rogan rips D.O.J.'s handling of Epstein files in scathing rant
-Support for phone bans in school ticks up in the U.S., Pew study reveals
>TRAGIC: Teen fatally sucked into meat grinder at factory for popular frozen burrito brand
>NEW ENGLAND: Analysis of the public defender work stoppage (4:50)
-What to know about the revamped service plazas planned coming to Mass. Pike
>COLLEGES: WPI Student Stories, Episode 10 (13:39): John Kenney
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Tourists slam popular European vacation spot for being overcrowded
>BUSINESS: New operator of D’Errico’s location buys Worcester building for $1.2 million
-LPL Financial Research: Midyear fixed income, currency, and commodity markets outlook: Higher for longer
-Mass. unemployment rate held steady at 4.8% in June
>HOMES: Central Mass. real estate transfers for Sunday, July 20th
>SHOPPING: Let's go thrifting. Style meets sustainability in the booming fashion trend
>HEALTH: Ending the mesothelioma diagnostic crisis for Mass. veterans
-Weight loss drugs like Ozempic can raise low testosterone: new study
-Obesity may make you age faster, new study says (:45)
>FOOD: 25,000 pounds of chicken sausage recalled for plastic contamination
>TV/STREAMING: Tom Bergeron on a possible D.W.T.S. return ahead of new shark show
>MOVIES: "Devil Wears Prada 2" first look shared by Anne Hathaway
>CELEBRITY: Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Theo in "The Cosby Show," dies at 54
>ANIMALS: Dog and cat siblings love paddleboarding together (2:23)
>HISTORY: Then & Now: Do you know where this is?
>GOOD NEWS: Neil Diamond surprises theatergoers with "Sweet Caroline" performance
-Meanwhile, in Florida, bear trapped using doughnuts after a soak in hot tub
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