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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:25). High of 32 today in Worcester
-Latest National Weather Service forecast snow total
-Snow coming Saturday night (3:32)
-Parking ban in Worcester begins at 8 p.m.
-Looking back at the Blizzard of '78, 47 years later (11:45)
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Worcester police ask for help finding missing 16-year-old girl
-What survivors, advocates know about Mass. A.G.'s inquiry into child sexual abuse at Catholic dioceses
-Earlier: Worcester Diocese abuse victims want state's report made public
-Antiques dealer who pawned gold coins from Shrewsbury estate sentenced
-Worcester man arrested hours after vehicle reported stolen
-Worcester prepares for Valentine's Day with several romantic events
-Mayor Petty cryptic, but most city councilors looking to hold seats
-Worcester families worried over order on transgender services
-Coworking space opens in Worcester’s Trolley Yard Plaza
-Area science teacher gets prestigious national award
-Radio Worcester (12:12): Transportation Commissioner Stephen Rolle outlines focus on high-risk corridors
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (26:27): Worcester’s commitment to the transgender community
>DINING OUT: This barbecue restaurant wants to open on Route 9 in Shrewsbury
-ICYMI: Winter storm hits Worcester (1:11)
-Related: "This is nothin'." Channel 10 catches up with Worcester resident Patti Britt (:18)
-Worcester program's future in doubt after its funding left out of state budget
-Nonprofit names new C.E.O. amid expansion to Worcester
-Worcester is getting a pop-up Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Mady Harmon raises $1,500 for cancer research
-Longtime customer salutes Lamoureux Ford (3:53)
-Hearing on Salisbury Street bridge replacement February 20th
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Memorial remembers Sullivan's service, sacrifice
-Southbridge Town Council votes no confidence in schools receiver
-Fitchburg firm shares small businesses' stories
-Karen McKenzie helps seniors stay "fit for life"
-David Hurlbut announces November retirement
-4 officers, sergeants promoted in Grafton
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Saturday
>SHOWTIME: Seven Things to Do: James Montgomery Band, Italian Opera and more ...
-100FM The Pike (13:14): Chad Stewart & Steve Nevick on Saturday's Ultimate Acoustic Rock Show
-Matt Cody riding high in Grave Digger as Monster Jam is at DCU Center
-Local playwright Mfoniso Udofia on Shakespeare, Michaela Coel
-In the Books weekly reading recap (2:15)
>OPINION: Jennifer Julien Gaskin: We are in the midst of a hostile takeover
-WCCA-TV's Soapbox No. 1366 (27:52): Heart of New England Council, Scouting America announces partnerships
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to man who started local advertising agency
>SPORTS: Christian Gonzalez admits Patriots "got a little more lax" under Jerod Mayo
-Wade Boggs announces he is cancer free
-Holy Cross women’s basketball to host B.U. for 50th anniversary celebration
-Holy Cross men's basketball team set for Winter Homecoming matchup with B.U.
-12 Crusaders record points in men’s ice hockey’s win over RIT
-UMass will give student $10,000 after replay initially overturned half-court shot in contest (:46)
-Railers beat Atlanta, 3-2
>NATIONAL: 10 dead after missing Alaska plane discovered
-Do you qualify to file tax returns for free? What to know (1:58)
-Tragic: Boy, 14, dies after falling through ice while fishing at pond with pal
>NEW ENGLAND: Man stabbed dozens of times, wrapped in duct tape on Charlestown houseboat (1:18)
-Father accused of inappropriate contact on Boston-bound flight (1:16)
-Dept. of Education investigating M.I.A.A. over trans athletes (1:25)
>COLLEGES: WPI Business School highly ranked in world rankings
-Anna Maria nursing students achieve outstanding 96% NCLEX-RN pass rate
-Chief Rebecca Gagne sworn in as Assumption chief of police
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 25 rules for flying in 2025 every traveler should follow
>BUSINESS: February jobs report shows continued hiring trend
-Get your payment card data security in check before the April deadline
>SHOPPING: LG recalls ranges over fire hazard, pet deaths
>HEALTH: Tori Carbone: 5 winter skincare musts
-Being in noisy public setting doesn't affect blood pressure (1:18)
>FOOD: Game Day snacks that'll score big at home (5:14)
>TV/STREAMING: New shows and movies to watch this weekend
>MOVIES: New movies on demand — "Wolf Man," "September 5," and more
>CELEBRITY: Critics Choice Awards winners
-Tony Roberts, Woody Allen sidekick, dies at 85
>ANIMALS: Guy adopts puppy who wouldn't stop crying, gives her a bath (1:45)
>HISTORY: "Godfather of Soul" James Brown once helped quell racial tensions in Boston
>GOOD NEWS: Dog reunites with owner after 8 years apart
-Meanwhile, man wins free cruise -- then catches the flu onboard and gets hit with $47,000 medical bill
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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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