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+NEW (8:30): Worcester restaurant gets 1-day license suspension after gunshots
+NEW (8:30): Worcester Police warn about user on popular dating app
+NEW (8:00): Father of woman stabbed at O'Connor's Restaurant says he will fight until day he dies to get bill passed
+NEW (7:30): Worcester Special Needs Teacher Accused Of Photographing Young Boys In School Bathroom
+NEW (7:30): Bronx man found with half kilo of suspected fentanyl in Worcester, feds say
+NEW (4:00): Equipment has arrived, signs say construction started Feb. 10. ICYMI: Here's what this nightmare Worcester intersection will become
+NEW (10:30): Four men arrested in Worcester's Main South for offering to pay for sex
+NEW (10:30): It's Thirsty Thursday! Here are Jay Berman's Live Music and Dancing Listings
+NEW: Major renovations coming soon to Canal District bar
+NEW: Here are 5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester - Feb. 20
+NEW: Four Worcester men charged in drug trafficking operation
-Ex-principal charged with possessing child porn alleges abuse by priests
-Judge denies motion to dismiss murder, arson charges in death of Worcester Firefighter Christopher Roy
-Popular barbecue restaurant opening at Chander Street and Park Ave. in Worcester
-Worcester Restaurant Week is back, giving you two weeks to eat a 3-course meal for $25.20
-Truck vs. Bridge, Hammond St., Worcester. Video: (1:34)
-Radio Worcester (12:13) -- 'Eyes Up, Phones Down' with Worcester Police Chief Steve Sargent
-Rosen's Roundtable (28:04) -- Episode 399: Midtown Mall
-Neighbor breaks window to pull woman from 3-alarm fire in Spencer home
-Does Your Name Start with a ‘C’? Good news! Get a free pie this week at Table Talk
-Watch this Auburn company decorate a fleet of box trucks (3:04)
-Reminder: Trash, recycling in Worcester delayed a day because of Presidents’ Day
-Here's the latest knucklehead TikTok challenge that's potentially fatal
-What's New on Netflix in March (7:28)
-Shamrock Shake is back at McDonald's
-Today's Deal: Buy one, get one 50% off for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at Hanover Theatre (see offer for details)
-Today's Hero (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Boy Hugs Pizza Deliveryman Who Just Lost Teenage Daughter (:37)
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-Phantom Gourmet to visit West Side restaurant on Thursday
-End of an era as iconic Worcester rock station WAAF sold to Christian broadcaster
-Petition to name Ed Reynolds Principal of merged St. Peter-Marian, Holy Name has 1,200 signatures
-New Worcester restaurant 'dream come true'
-2 streets off Worcester's Kelley Square will permanently reverse direction in a few months
-2-alarm fire displaces up to 33 in Worcester
-Bishop seeks to calm dissent over Holy Name, St. Peter-Marian merger
-Driver charged in Shrewsbury crash that injured Assumption students
-Oh, boy: Most ridiculed haircut ever is back
-Lancaster police searching for suspects in botched ATM theft (1:24)
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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:35). High of 78 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Worcester man charged with manslaughter in Dorchester stabbing
+6:00: Remembering Gloria Steinem's visits to Central Mass.
+6:00: WCCA-TV continues streaming at wccatv.com while working on restoring cable transmission
+6:00: Old Sturbridge Village to mark America’s 250th with Special Muster Day
+6:00: Holy Cross men’s ice hockey to face Maine at DCU Center
+Noon: Meet Shrewsbury's new educators, ready to inspire students this fall
+Noon: Things to Do: Pike Hairfest, Dustin Ybarra and Spencer Fair
+Noon: Detour Music Fest goess off beaten path at Fuel America Grove Street
+Noon: Sarah Connell Sanders: Low-tech, high- engagement games for littles
-Sutton woman charged with photographing jurors says she was trying to get a picture of Lindsay Clancy (1:00). Article. Arraignment (11:37)
-Developer revives stalled apartment project on Worcester’s Chandler Street
-Worcester apartments sale signals shift in real estate investment, broker says
-Fatal overdoses down in Worcester, but much work remains to be done
-Worcester police respond to jackknifed tractor-trailer near Burncoat Street and I-290 on-ramp
-Traffic advisory for Park Ave. at Sagamore Road
-Worcester startup gets $8 million NASA grant to make medicine in space
-Worcester hosts first ever Dominican Festival
-Local students to contact International Space Station
-Worcester School Committee to consider recognizing June and September as Pride Months
-Aislinn Doyle: Thursday School Committee meeting agenda preview
-Labor Day gas prices reach record highs, straining budgets of Mass. drivers
-Should there be a national primary Election Day? Clark Professor Robert Boatright thinks so
-Radio Worcester (23:05): Why primary voters don’t represent the broader electorate
>DINING OUT: Shake Shack delays plan to open first local location
-Wonder food hall opens this week in Shops at Blackstone Valley
-ICYMI: Worcester rehab participants were used as unpaid workers: A.G.
-Woman pleads guilty to manslaughter in fatal Worcester pedestrian crash
-Police hunt for suspect after Worcester stabbing
-Fleeing driver crashes near Kelley Square; bolts scene on foot
-Incumbents Mary Keefe, Jim O'Day secure Democratic nominations for state Rep.
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN: This week's road closures and traffic delays
-Openings on Zoning Board of Appeals
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Auburn police seek public’s help locating missing 38-year-old man
-West Nile virus detected in Shrewsbury; spraying today
-Store manager helps thwart $1,500 gift card scam, Sturbridge police say
-Officials look at drone policy as Spencer police build new program
-UMass Memorial opens new urgent care outpost in Northborough
-Dudley’s electricity aggregation program introduces new rates for 2026-27
-Oxford sets bulk item drop-off dates for October, November
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Thursday
-Jazzed Up Duo at The Vue 6 to 9 Friday
>SHOWTIME: Mowesby & the Northern Flicker deliver new sound on "Code Red"
-Jason Homer: What I’m reading now
-WCCA-TV's Video Jam No. 1390 (30:03): Shab, Dolly Parton and more
-Last Call: Isiah Tucker, executive director, Inner Voice for Outer Change for Youth
>OPINION: Christine Shustak: When Mero-Carlson's service, allegations collide
-WCCA-TV's Chandler Chat No. 505 (28:38): Paul Matthews
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (50:25): Worcester primary turnout, police oversight and I.C.E. questions
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (26:02): Why words matter—and what makes local news truly local
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to longtime Holy Cross professor
>SPORTS: Pushing back on idea Patriots are doomed by depth issues
-Bill Belichick used "diabolically clever" field goal trick to gain Patriots edge in shocking reveal
-Red Sox fall to Mariners, 8-3
-Win WooSox tickets courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-WooSox game in Buffalo postponed
>NATIONAL: Feminist icon Gloria Steinem dies at 92
-Judge sends Charlie Kirk murder case to trial with defendant facing potential death penalty
-6 months into the Iran War, gas prices are up 37%
-Tragic: Mom of 2 killed in freak accident as plane making emergency landing hits her car
>NEW ENGLAND: Lindsay Clancy trial (18:39): What to know about judge's last-ditch effort to avoid mistrial
-Mass. median net wealth is $370,000, racial gaps persist
>COLLEGES: WPI’s transfer pathways open doors for more S.T.E.M. students
-Assumption named to Princeton Review’s Best 392 Colleges
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): America’s most (and least) stressed cities
-This U.S. airline will let you pay for an empty middle seat
>BUSINESS: W.B.D.C. helps Worcester transportation company buy $1.75 million property
-LPL Financial Research: The cash flow case for value
-Uber slashing over 3,000 jobs as rise of robotaxis dents ride-hailing business
>HOMES: Lottery opens for 10 new, affordable Worcester condos
>SHOPPING: Amazon launches verification tool to help consumers avoid scams
>HEALTH: WCCA-TV's Health Matters No. 252 (28:50): Water Safe Worcester
-Alert warns parents about appeal of "upper deckies" among teens (3:23)
>FOOD: Dish on a Dime (3:30): White bean hummus
-Taco Bell debuts nostalgic Salt & Straw Churro Ice Cream Taco
>TV/STREAMING: "Dancing with the Star" Season 35 cast and partners released
>MOVIES: Every "Spider-Man" movie villain, ranked
>CELEBRITY: Lionel Richie back home after 3-day hospitalization in I.C.U.
-Madonna, 68, shows off fresh-faced freckled look and ultra-smooth complexion
>ANIMALS: Watch: Bear booted out of car, leaves with a watermelon (1:18)
>HISTORY: Boston gravestone changing what we know about colonial life (2:31)
>GOOD NEWS: Delivery drivers save woman's life
-Meanwhile, in Maine, bigfoot sightings prompt police response
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