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In The News
-Latest forecast: High in 40s today in Worcester, heavy rain and powerful winds coming Thursday night
+6:00: Millbury fire captain sentenced to jail on multiple charges of indecent assault on a child
+6:00: 39-year-old Worcester man arrested for stolen vehicle
+6:00: Officer injured in hit-and-run during arrest attempt in Fitchburg (:36)
+6:00: Southbridge man faces up to 40 years in prison for cocaine possession
+6:00: Worcesteria: Spirit of radio lives on in community, internet stations
+6:00: Bill Shaner: Can the Board of Health really do a re-do?
+1:00: Tech company moves HQ to Worcester from Marlborough
+1:00: 5 Things You Need To Know Today In Worcester - February 16th
+1:00: Arrest made at Kennedy compound on Cape Cod
+1:00: Blockopoly game brings Worcester streets to life
+1:00: First Person: Homelessness issue on display at the library
+1:00: Contemporary artists explore identity in Worcester Art Museum's "Us Them We"
-UDPATE: One teen found and is safe. Worcester police searching for 2 teens who did not come home from school
-Frontier, Spirit airlines discuss adding Worcester flights
-Trial date set in the case of murder at O'Connor's Restaurant
-Judge denies motion to move trial of man charged in Worcester firefighter's death
-State police stop in Worcester ends in gun charge for Webster man
-Worcester's second Fuel America location opens at Northworks building
-Kids can grab a hot cocoa, Table Talk apple pie for $1
-Worcester club wants your help commemorating 85th anniversary
-Worcester tavern says a final good-bye
-The Mayor’s Live Music List for Wednesday
-Wachusett Wine & Spirits' Whiskey Wednesday podcast (50:01): Bowman Bros and Elijah Craig
-Bravehearts' mural will salute fans, local businesses ... and you can be on it
-WCCA-TV's Rosen's Roundtable No. 465 (27:59): Gas Stations
-Grant helps Worcester's E for All expand program to Spanish-speaking entrepreneurs
-Pleasant Street in Worcester selected for state program
-Kiva Centers help people experiencing emotional distress
-Artist Spotlight: Dwarakesh Nallan
-Tony Award-winner Laura Benanti to lead free workshop for Worcester high schoolers
-Tribute to a woman who won the Mrs. Worcester Beauty Pageant in the 1940s
-ICYMI: Final estimate is that 5.7 million gallons of sewage spilled into Lake Quinsigamond
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
-The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Interactive hologram "Olivia," robot "Pepper" welcome customers in Shrewsbury bank
-Tree House Brewing owners buy $1.5 million vacant land next to Charlton HQ
-Officials identify 2 drivers killed in head-on crash in East Brookfield
-Fireworks and cow chips -- plans under way for Sutton's 4th of July
-DeFazio will not seek re-election to Grafton Select Board
-Millbury Public Schools gets FY23 budget ready for public hearing
-Auburn woman cited after crashing snowmobile into groomer on New Hampshire trail
-Sports: New 10-part documentary series on Patriots dynasty announced for Apple TV+
-Enter to win a Patriots hoodie, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Celtics blow out 76ers, 135-87
-Rangers beat Bruins, 2-1
-Holy Cross announces updated spectator policy
-Cars: Great Savings All Month Long at Bertera Nissan! (6:05)
-Take a look at new 2022 Four Winds RV now in at Fuller RV in Boylston
-National: Sandy Hook families agree to settlement with gunmaker Remington
-Conviction overturned for man who served 44 years in prison
-New York girl who went missing in 2019 found alive in hidden staircase space
-New England: Foxwoods announces high-stakes expansion in Connecticut
-Fight between American Airlines workers ends in stabbing at Logan Airport
-4 RMV employees fired after more than 2,000 people issued driver’s license without taking road test
-Business: Another inflation measure rose in January
-IPG Photonics’ $365 million revenue in 4th quarter leads to 8% annual growth
-Colleges: Speaking at Anna Maria, U.S. Attorney addresses mental health issues in the criminal justice system
-WPI researcher awarded $1.1 million for cell division study
-TV/Streaming: YouTube TV is offering $30 off for first 3 months to new subscribers
-Celebrity: Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes and Regina Hall to host Oscars
-Prince Andrew settles sex abuse lawsuit with Virginia Giuffre for estimated $12 million: source
-P.J. O'Rourke, legendary political satirist, dies at 74
-Food: Mass. company making Kuerig-like machine, but for ice cream
-Shopping: Sephora coming to several Kohl’s stores in Massachusetts
-History: Former Union Station in Worcester
-Homes: Worcester area real estate roundup
-Animals: Worcester area pets waiting to be adopted
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Indiana man who held up sign at NFL game (finally!) gets a kidney
-Meanwhile, in Phoenix, thousands of baptisms now invalid after pastor performed them for decades using one wrong word
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)
+1:00: Pace of Americans getting boosters at all-time low, analysis finds
-Diocese of Worcester ready for potential removal of mask mandate
-Free testing 9-noon today in Downtown Worcester and vaccinations/boosters available 11-7 at Worcester Public Library
-Radio Worcester (18:48): Worcester City Manager Ed Augustus on mask mandate, Worcester Airport, sewage leak and more
-Mass. DPH loosens face mask advisory as cases drop
-Shrewsbury’s mask mandate to be lifted February 18th
-Fate of masks in Grafton schools will be decided February 28th
-Mass. officials report nearly 1,500 new cases, 90 additional deaths with 3 percent positivity rate
-Babies of vaccinated moms better protected from COVID, study shows
-Child hospitalizations rose amid Omicron, especially among those too young to be vaccinated
-Free COVID tests are arriving: What to know about expiration dates, cold temps
In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:32). High of 65 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+Noon: Uxbridge schools report teacher to police after "physical contact"
+Noon: In new documentary, Cara Brindisi explores her music therapist career
+Noon: Sarah Connell Sanders: American Antiquarian Society a "national treasure"
+Noon: Last Call: Thomas D'Agostino, author and paranormal researcher
-This is why some tap water is brown in Worcester
-Worcester's Union Station closing Wednesday for "Walking Dead" production
-Earlier: "Walking Dead" sequel series shoot brings zombies to Worcester (1:42). Article
-Worcester Glass Tower top floors reopen as event space
-Saint John's urged to address sexual abuse allegations made by former students
-Culinary students from Worcester Tech travel to France for break
-Aislinn Doyle: Worcester Public Schools in Brief for April
-Here’s how much overtime pay Worcester police made in 2023
-City Council: David Clark Co. T.I.F. sent for review; Rental Registration Program examined
-Mother's Day in Worcester; How to show Mom how much you care
-Water, sewer rate increase in Worcester coming this summer
-Supreme Court to rule on city's homeless encampment ban. What will it mean for Worcester?
-Habitat For Humanity holds fourth annual clothing drive
-Meanwhile, in Holden, police to monitor courts for pickleball pirates
>DINING OUT: Pulse Magazine's Eat Beat for May
-ICYMI: Worcester police ask for public's help finding missing 17-year-old
-Why a helicopter will be hovering above Worcester this month
-Wanted man bites Worcester officer's ear during arrest, police say
-Worcester Human Rights Commission calls for end to Civil Service
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Holden election features 3 contests, 2 questions
-Lamoureux Ford salutes the UConn Huskies (:54)
-Water use restriction May 1st to September 30th
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Northbridge stabbing victim died defending younger brother, family says (1:43). Article
-20-year-old man fatally stabbed outside Leominster apartment complex (1:34). Article
-Attorney General sues septic company over waste dumped into Blackstone wetland
-Flynn, Wensky re-elected to Shrewsbury Select Board, School Committee
-Radio Worcester (10:11): Nick Lazzaro talks Millbury issues post-election win
-Override on Paxton's May 13th election
-Princeton prepared to delay annual meeting
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Wednesday
-Jazzed Up gig at 961 (Union Station) Wednesday canceled because of TV show production
>SHOWTIME: Worcester band Berm haunts on "some passable ghost" E.P.
-How to buy tickets for Lana Del Rey's concert at Fenway Park
-Capturing life with Clark prof and photographer Stephen DiRado
-WCCA-TV's Soapbox No. 1340 (24:52): Worcester Symphony Orchestra
>SHOPPING: You still haven't bought Mother's Day presents? Aren't you lucky WoMag has your gift guide
-WCCA-TV's Activate Worcester No. 324 (29:06): Jay Givan
-Unity Radio (58:34): The Susanity Life
-WCCA-TV's Tech Safe No. 33 (27:52): Minneapolis for Safe Tech
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to man who spent 38 years at Wyman Gordon and was very active in the community
>SPORTS: Celtics clobber Cavaliers, 120-95, in Game 1
-Eliot Wolf the "overwhelming favorite" to be named Patriots’ top exec
-Red Sox lose to Braves, 4-2
-This week in Holy Cross Athletics
-Paying college athletes appears closer than ever. How could it work and what stands in the way?
-WooSox Rewind — Worcester takes 5 of 6 from Lehigh Valley
-WooSox fall to Buffalo, 7-5
>CARS: Bertera has the all-star team to help you find your next Nissan car or truck (:39)
-Some Hyundai, Kia owners finding themselves uninsurable
>NATIONAL: Boeing faces 10 more whistleblowers after 2 die
-Killer nurse sentenced to hundreds of years behind bars for deaths of 17 patients
-Tragic: Newborn twins diagnosed with rare condition denied treatment
>NEW ENGLAND: Karen Read trial: Defense calls lieutenant's credibility into question (20:22)
-9-year-old boy from Orange left on school bus after he fell asleep
>COLLEGES: Anna Maria celebrates students and faculty at the Academic Awards
-Annual Clark alumni awards to be presented during Reunion Weekend
-Obstacles, opportunities, optimism: The journey of women in science
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Budget hotel vacancies top 50% as inflation-weary Americans cut back on travel
>BUSINESS: African Business Expo draws business leaders to Worcester
-LPL Research: Sell in May? Maybe not
-Radio Worcester (24:48): Worcester Emerging Workforce Forum Thursday
>HOMES: Homeowners say this clean energy industry has dirty secret
>HEALTH: Could A.I. help diagnose cancer with one drop of blood? (1:05)
-New survey shows more young people believe skin cancer myths (:57)
>FOOD: U.S. to test ground beef in states with bird-flu outbreaks in dairy cows
>TV/STREAMING: Tom Selleck says CBS should “come to their senses” and renew "Blue Bloods"
>MOVIES: Trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s new movie, "Trap": Josh Hartnett is a serial killer
>CELEBRITY: Susan Buckner, who played spirited cheerleader Patty Simcox in "Grease," dies at 72
>ANIMALS: Mama leopard reunites with her baby (:52)
>HISTORY: B & M R.R. Bridge from Dam in Clinton
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Boston police officers bring cake and sing "Happy Birthday" to man who called 911
-Meanwhile, in Connecticut, 2 vultures found "too drunk to fly"
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