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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:17). High of 32 today in Worcester
-Looking back at the Blizzard of '78, 47 years later (11:45)
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Worcester nonprofit's future in doubt after it's funding left out of state budget
+6:00: Worcester is getting a pop-up Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy
+Noon: Winter storm hits Worcester (1:11)
+Noon: Seven Things to Do: James Montgomery Band, Italian Opera and more ...
+Noon: "Solus," shot in Worcester, to debut at Dead of Winter film festival
+Noon: Robert Kraft casts Tom Brady, Snoop Dogg in his latest ad
-Worcester police ask for help finding missing adult sisters
-Classes canceled at Worcester Public Schools
-Declared Winter Parking Ban in Worcester to take effect at 9 a.m. Thursday
-Idea Lab free open work day and open house planned for Thursday postponed
-Worcester Diocese abuse victims want state's report made public
-What to expect at Worcester’s soon-to-reopen eatery
-National day care franchise to open Worcester location
-Elder service providers feeling pressure as population expands
-Aislinn Doyle: February 6th School Committee Meeting agenda preview
>DINING OUT: Manny Jae Media (20:06): Desy Bar and Grill ribbon cutting
-ICYMI: In Worcester, a 10-month-old hears for the first time (2:37). Article
-Want an oven from a classic Worcester restaurant? Equipment sale this month
-Local developer proposes 6-story apartment building on Chandler Street
-Worcester City Council tables vote on sanctuary status for transgender community
-Related: Calls for Worcester to be sanctuary city for trans community (2:24). Article
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Terrance Fencher spreads positivity and creativity throughout Wachusett
-Longtime customer salutes Lamoureux Ford (3:53)
-Free Narcan training February 11th at Holden Safety Complex
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Scam claims to be from Shrewsbury Consumer Science Department
-Shrewsbury Youth and Family Services invites new board members
-Fitchburg’s decades-long downtown revitalization enters its next phase
-Rutland Police Department's Warrant Wednesday
-Grafton boards, commissions and committees need members
-Laura Taylor Clinton's new Council on Aging director
-The "spell" of success in Bolton
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Thursday
>SHOWTIME: "The Cher Show" coming to turn back time in Worcester
-Radio Worcester (18:17): City’s growing role in major film & commercial productions
-Ozzy Osbourne announces final show with Black Sabbath
-Lifelong love of Mozart leads to new look at "The Magic Flute"
-Listen Up: "Raining Femmes" a deluge of joyful covers
>OPINION: Elizabeth Chirico: How to stay sane on a snow day
-Giselle Rivera-Flores: The immorality of dehumanizing migrants
-WCCA-TV's Tech Safe No. 47 (28:32): Shelley Wright & CE4ST, part 2
-Unity Radio's Now I Thrive (58:24)
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to man who served the Worcester Fire Department for 42 years
>SPORTS: Patriots quarterback Drake Maye says he recruited players at Pro Bowl
-Chiefs' Steve Spagnuolo, a Grafton native, savors latest Super Bowl run
-Bruins lose to Rangers, 3-2
-Holy Cross men's basketball team falls to Army
-Holy Cross football announces 2025 signees, transfers
-Worcester Bravehearts celebrate National Girls and Women in Sports Day
-Railers beat Atlanta, 3-2
>CARS: Ford expects to rack up E.V. losses of up to $5.5 billion in 2025
>NATIONAL: Second type of bird flu detected in U.S. dairy cows
-Man on FBI's Most Wanted list arrested in newlywed bathtub killing
-Tragic: "Loving father" killed in hammer throw accident while attending son's high school track meet
>NEW ENGLAND: Maine Mall shooting suspect at large, victim expected to survive
-Students spend a quarter of the school day on their phones (1:58)
>COLLEGES: New way to produce batteries invented at WPI patented (:54)
-Anna Maria secures nearly $1 million to advance nursing labs
-Clark grad Penelope Amara has built an online community to inspire authors
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): These are America’s most lavish — and expensive — hotel suites
>BUSINESS: Nissan, Honda to scrap $60 billion merger talks: report
-LPL Financial Research: U.S. exceptionalism — Is it still intact?
-Employees reveal how productive they are when working from home
>SHOPPING: Shop Presidents Day TV sales for up to 60% off now
>HOMES: Central Mass. real estate transfers, Sunday, February 2nd
>HEALTH: What is food noise and how can it be silenced? (1:01)
-Lack of sleep can bring up unpleasant memories, study says (:51)
>FOOD: McDonald's Shamrock Shake returns alongside Uncle O'Grimacey
>TV/STREAMING: Teaser for fifth and final season of Netflix's "You" (:42)
>MOVIES: "Jurassic World Rebirth" trailer with Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali
>CELEBRITY: New Ben Affleck Dunkin’ Donuts Super Bowl commercial features Jeremy Strong
-"Wicked" star Cynthia Erivo honored as Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year
>ANIMALS: Tangled baby fox calms down for his rescue (1:46)
>HISTORY: Then & Now: Crystal Pond, Main South, Worcester
>GOOD NEWS: World War II veteran celebrates his 103rd birthday
-Meanwhile, in Idaho, man bounces table tennis balls with his mouth to break record
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:59). High of 54 today in Worcester
-Will it be a snowy winter? What the Old Farmer's Almanac predicts in Massachusetts
>TOP OF THE NEWS:
-Auburn police ask for help finding missing 14-year-old
-Albert Carabba, held in Mississippi in case of missing Worcester woman, fights return to Mass.
-4 Worcester officers among those honored by governor at Trooper Hanna awards
-Worcester's South High mourning sudden death of English, theater teacher
-Extensive rehab planned for Plumley Village in Worcester
-Worcester celebrates beginning of Lakeside Apartments project
-Worcester marks 175 years since historic women’s rights gathering
-Discovering the place where Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut meet
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (24:25): Calls for civilian oversight amid skepticism over implementation
>POLITICS: District council candidates debate key issues at Mechanics Hall. Video (2:04:55)
-GBH hosts Worcester mayoral debate Thursday
-Radio Worcester (23:24): Owura-Kwaku Sarkodieh launches mayoral bid with a vision for a “New Deal” in Worcester
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (46:55): City Council cell phone use becomes a campaign issue
>DINING OUT: Downtown Worcester restaurant closed Thursday for private event
-Mercado Restaurant replacing Flying Rhino Cafe on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester
-ICYMI: Long-awaited report calls for civilian review board to oversee Worcester police
-Suicide-awareness advocates seek rail changes at Worcester County Courthouse after man's death
-Video shows man stealing 500 Pokemon cards from Worcester shop (2:13). Article
-Worcester woman part of "Hamilton" cast as the iconic show celebrates 10th anniversary
-Worcester Business Journal landlord seeks to convert Shrewsbury Street building into 44 apartments
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Wachusett Echo: Free the students!
-America's newest game show, filmed at Lamoureux Ford (1:40)
-This week's road closures and traffic delays
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): After Select Board discussion, Beal Commons clears final hurdle
-Leominster woman admits stealing from elderly in Worcester County
-Leominster teen missing from Boston
-Fitchburg man arrested for running acquaintance over in JCPenney parking lot over $50 debt
-80-unit affordable housing complex planned for Route 12 in West Boylston
-Millbury Schools recognized for mathematics achievement on latest M.C.A.S. test
-Photos: Clinton community celebrates Hispanic heritage
-Community Harvest Project to host 19th annual Harvest Home Festival November 2nd
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Thursday
>SHOWTIME: Disney On Ice will "jump" into the DCU Center
-Listen Up: Big-League Collective, Dusknight deliver new music
>OPINION: Janet Limke: Bill promoting plant-based foods at state facilities good medicine
-Unity Radio's Unity in the Community (50:31): Brenda Vezina, C.E.O., Kiva Centers
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Vietnam War veteran from Worcester who worked for the Department of Youth Services
>SPORTS: Interim coach bump? Patriots beating Titans would go against trend
-5 running back trade candidates for Patriots to jump-start run game
-NFL Week 7 schedule, TV and announcers
-'Sader Stories (27:31): Varsity Club Hall of Famer Jerry Dickinson
>CARS: Price of new car hits over $50,000 for first time ever (1:58)
>NATIONAL: Supreme Court weighs Voting Rights Act challenge
-Federal workers face mounting financial strain as government shutdown drags on
-Tragic: Crash kills family of 8, including 5 children and a pregnant woman
>NEW ENGLAND: Seth Moulton to challenge Senator Ed Markey in 2026
-Woman pleads guilty to taking, sharing explicit photos of children at day care
>COLLEGES: Anna Maria's ESports Blog: Director’s Corner
-Holy Cross Professor Susan Elizabeth Sweeney shares tips on writing from Edgar Allan Poe
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 7 surprisingly cheap European cities to visit
>BUSINESS: Survey reveals main reason why many "dread" the holiday season
-LPL Financial Research: Happy Anniversary Bull Market
-Taking bids: New company sought to run Mass. D.O.T. service plazas
>HOMES: New law on home sales takes effect in Massachusetts (3:19). Article
>SHOPPING: Shop the LG Beauty Belif glowing kit to combat dry winter skin
>HEALTH: Nonverbal dementia patient makes breakthrough with unexpected therapy
-70 percent of American adults may be considered obese under new definition of condition
>FOOD: KFC brings back fan favorite flavor Original Honey BBQ
>TV/STREAMING: Trailer for new Netflix true crime doc "My Father, the BTK Killer" (1:27)
>MOVIES: Paul Thomas Anderson's 10 movies, ranked from worst to best
>CELEBRITY: Jonah Hill flaunts his thinnest physique yet on set of new film
-Britney Spears fires back at Kevin Federline over memoir allegations
>HISTORY: Infamous WWII Nazi identified with help of A.I.
>ANIMALS: Dog attached to 5-foot leash his whole life is finally free (1:37)
>GOOD NEWS: Grandchildren's ages earn man a $50,000 lottery prize
-Meanwhile, in California, 2,346-pound pumpkin wins world championship
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