Highlights in The 016 Saturday, December 11th

• Posted by 016 Administrator December 12, 2021 - Filed in News - 935 views

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  Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today:

  In The News

  -Latest weather: Ice, strong wind, high in the 60s all in today's forecast for Worcester

  -Overnight: 50+ people likely killed by tornadoes in western Kentucky, governor says

  -Related: Tornadoes slam nursing home in Arkansas, Amazon warehouse in Illinois

  -Worcester ranked among 10 hottest real estate markets in U.S.

  -Homes: See inside grand 1930s manor in Worcester selling for $550,000

  -Dental practice with Worcester location being sued by state

  -Site of Worcester's last candlepin bowling lanes sells for $1 million

  -Worcester man accused of decapitating mother arraigned on murder charge

  -Treehouse murder: Killer's boyfriend charged with helping dispose of body

  -27-year-old Worcester man arrested for carjacking

  -Killings in Worcester down over past 2 years

  -City investigating Worcester firefighter for alleged antisemitic online post 

  -People are rappelling off Mercantile Center for charity

  -QCC holding a FREE children’s dental clinic on Saturday

  -20th Annual Goods for Guns buyback event is happening Saturday

  -5 Great Ways to Spend Your Weekend in Worcester

  -Six Things to Do: "Nutcracker," "Good Grief!" and more

  -The Mayor’s Live Music List for Saturday

  -A Night of Brass Funk, Reggae/Rocksteady, Rhythm Blues & Ska coming January 7th

  -New: Wachusett Wine & Spirits podcast (55:38): Whiskey Wednesday with special guest John Ellsessar

  -Ray Mariano: Gordon Hargrove, a Friendly House icon for 63 years

  -Channel 5 Wake Up Call from American Heritage Girls Troop 0716 in Worcester (:49)

  -Tribute to a man who survived traumatic brain injury in 2007 and volunteered for Veterans Inc. and Habitat for Humanity 

  -ICYMI: Victim in Worcester double homicide was involved in Franklin shooting death

  -Worcester woman, 48, dead after Grove Street crash

  -Worcester remembers fallen Firefighter Christopher Roy on 3-year anniversary of his death

  -See the rest of the day's Worcester news

  -Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Soldier dad surprises first-grade son at Holden school (1:38)

  -The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Gardner brothers make winning bid for Sterling Inn: $600,000

  -State approves Charlton tax breaks for $300 million Amazon center

  -Grafton Town Meeting vote to change Town Clerk job to appointed declared invalid 

  -Sports: HC football coach Bob Chesney reflects on record breaking season 

  -Worcester boxer returns to ring Saturday in main event bout in Florida

  -Bravehearts' mascot Jake the Lion to rappel down building in Worcester for charity

  -Gillette Stadium set for major renovation

  -Enter to win a Patriots hoodie, courtesy of North End Motor Sales

  -Railers' comeback falls short in 3-2 loss

  -Highlights of St. Paul vs. South girls, Doherty vs. Wachusett boys

  -Cars: Happy Holidays from Bertera Nissan (2:04)

  -Take a look at new 2022 Four Winds RV now in at Fuller RV in Boylston

  -Business: U.S. consumer inflation up 6.8% in past year, most since 1982

  -Why Dollar Tree’s price hike to $1.25 could be "one of the worst decisions in retail history"

  -Health: Could mRNA flu vaccines be better than current flu shots? 

  -National: Texas seized enough fentanyl to kill 200 million people this year alone, officials say

  -YouTuber discovers submerged car of teens who disappeared 21 years ago

  -New England: Body of woman recovered days after she fell overboard from R.I. ferry

  -TV/Streaming: New movies and shows to watch this weekend

  -Movies: "Don't Look Up" may be HollyWoo's finest effort

  -New movies on demand

  -Sandra Bullock shows her tough side in "The Unforgivable"

  -Celebrity: Monkees singer and guitarist Michael Nesmith dies at 78

  -Animals: Adoption Option: Meet Larry

  -History: 20 retro holiday ads that you'd never see today 

  -Meanwhile, in Plymouth, a horse walks into Walmart 

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  Coronavirus (COVID-19)

  -Worcester sees 6 straight week-over-week increases

  -Cases surge in Worcester schools; officials urging vaccination (2:39)

  -Owner of local auto shop donates labor, time to create mobile vax clinic

  -Sean M. Rose: Pandemic demands a call to community service

  -ICYMI: UMass Memorial activates surge response, as inpatient levels mirror 2020 holidays

  -Mass. officials report 5,007 new cases, 27 additional deaths as hospitalizations top 1,200

  -Mass. hospitals ordered to reduce elective procedures further

  -New Hampshire has 10,000 current cases for first time since start of pandemic

  -When do booster shots become fully effective?