Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
+7:30: 11 new cases in Worcester, 38 total, 5 in Shrewsbury, 5 in Grafton, 2 in Holden. Press conference video (22:16)
+7:30: UMass Medical School accelerating graduation of fourth-year medical students
+7:30: FLEXcon donates Hazmat suits, protective shields to UMass Memorial
+7:30: Radio Worcester (10:04) -- Dani Babineau on how the pandemic is impacting Redemption Rock
+7:30: WCCA-TV Daily Breaking (19:16) -- Allen Fletcher of Worcester Public Market
+7:30: State totals: 579 new cases, 2,417 total, 25 dead
+7:30: This is why you shouldn't flush 'flushable' wipes
+Noon: Reliant Foundation donates $116K to local health services
+Noon: Need propane? Travel trailer/motor home rental? Fuller RV is here to help
+Noon: Mass. rolls out measures to protect low-income renters, homeowners
+Noon: 5 great ways to stay sane while staying home
+Noon: McDonald's reportedly yanking all-day breakfast menu
+10:30: WCCA-TV Daily Breaking (12:32): David Ginsburg, WICN General Manager/Program Director
+9:00: Worcester small businesses have until Friday to apply for $10,000 grants offered by city
+9:00: Worcester-area student athletes adjusting to loss of spring season
+9:00: Worcester school nurses donate supplies (7 photos)
+9:00: 'Don’t try to guess on who it is and put names out.' Spencer announces 2 positive tests
+9:00: U.S. jobless claims hit 3.3 million, quadruple previous record
+9:00: Hockey equipment maker shifts from helmets to face shields for first responders
-8 new cases in Worcester, 27 overall. Holden reports first 2 cases. Press conference video (20:24)
-All Mass. schools closed through April (:53)
-Worcester superintendent 'not surprised' by state's extended closure call
-Worcester school nurses gather gloves, thermometers for health care workers, first responders and nursing homes
-Radio Worcester Worcester Wednesday with Mayor Joe Petty (11:58): COVID-19 Response and Small Business Resiliency
-Volunteers serve 600 free meals a day to Worcester children while schools are closed
-Critical supplies to donate? Here's who to call
-'This is the real thing,' Chancellor Collins says in story about steps UMass Medical is taking to address crisis
-State totals: 679 new cases, 1,838 total cases, 15 deaths
-The restaurant chain that never closes has closed nearly a quarter of their locations
-Now people are panic-buying eggs
-Everything you need to know about stimulus package
-Rush to collect unemployment benefits hits online roadblock
-Sterling woman celebrates 100th birthday with family through window due
-Today's Heroes (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Shrewsbury siblings raise money to get proctective gear for UMass Memorial doctors, staff
In Other News
+7:30: After Burncoat, Worcester East Middle and Grafton Street schools in line for replacement
+7:30: Will Smith praises Worcester’s Joyner Lucas for tribute song to actor’s career
-It ‘started a cartwheel and just fell’: Witnesses describe fatal Sterling plane crash
-Worcester schools plan calls for putting new funding toward preK, teacher diversity
-John Fredette is denied new trial in 1994 murder of Kevin Harkins
- Worcester's Clover Street to get stop signs in pilot program
-WICN's Business Beat (30:00)
-Target settles class-action lawsuit filed by Clinton woman for $2.3M
-ICYMI: Death at Worcester County House of Correction profiled in WBUR investigation 'Dying on the sheriff's watch'. Audio (10:34)
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-Beechwood closes; Worcester hotels hit hard
-Judges tests positive; Worcester court, 2 others forced to close
-Four members of same Webster household test positive
-Scenes throughout Worcester during stay-at-home advisory (29 photos)
-Amazon Prime deliveries delayed up to a month
-Best-case scenario: 20K cases in Worcester County, worst-case: 540K
-Worcester Police want to locate this man suspected in nighttime breaking and enterings
-3 new total cases in Worcester, 16 total. Firefighter, recruit test positive. Press conference video (38:08)
-19 official cases in Worcester, but total number 'significantly higher." Press conference video (28:43)
-2 celebrated Holy Cross alumni: Bob Cousy calls Dr. Fauci 'my hero'
In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:30). High of 56 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Man fleeing police in Worcester crashes into State Police cruiser, Worcester police say (1:07). Article
+6:00: Worcester biopharmaceutical firm to lay off 81% of staff
+6:00: Radio Worcester Roundtable (45:58): City violence and upcoming State of the City address
+6:00: 100FM The Pike (6:38): Breakdown Lane
+Noon: It's Friday! Check Dining Out and Bars & Bands before making plans
+Noon: New shows and movies to watch this weekend
+Noon: New movies on demand — "Dune: Part Two," "Immaculate," and more
+Noon: Mark Cecil's epic fable "Bunyan and Henry" leads back to Worcester
+Noon: "Beyond the Frames: A Musical Celebration" set for Mechanics Hall
-51-year-old amputee playing baseball at Quinsigamond Community College after accident ended trucking career (2:21). Article
-Worcester’s city employee salary database for 2023: see the city’s top earners and more
-Worcester public housing community receives high inspection score, despite complaints
-GoFundMe created to benefit family of Worcester shooting victim Bob Nuah
-Worcester judge orders fourth triple shooting suspect held without bail
-Charged in Worcester girl's death, Christopher Remillard awaits trial
-W.R.T.A. board votes to extend fare-free buses through 2025
-W.B.J. hires New School graduate as reporter covering health care, D.E.I.
-Danish educators learn classroom A.I. from Worcester teachers
-Worcester Tech senior Stephen highlighted as a Worcester Star Student
-Radio Worcester (15:55): Eric Batista discusses Worcester gun violence & city plans
-Faces of Worcester: Sean Harris, Director of Community Engagement, Quinsigamond Community College
>DINING OUT: Phantom Gourmet's Great 8 Unique Restaurant Locations (5:02)
-ICYMI: Rutland teen killed in crash during motocross race in Southwick
-Channel 5 Wake Up Call from Chandler Magnet Elementary School in Worcester (:46)
-New Worcester Police Department gun unit recovers first illegal firearm
-Cordella's Coffee opens in Worcester on bustling block
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Eagle Scout project refurbishes church lounge
-Lamoureux Ford salutes the UConn Huskies (:54)
-Spring composting 8 to 2:30 Saturday
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): West Boylston plans override, amount T.B.D.
-Sutton solar project remains under enforcement order
-Clinton P.T.A. now "award winning"
-Rutland hydrant flushing begins April 22nd
-Q.C.C. Early College Program coming to Southbridge High School
-9 Grafton B.V.T. students earn medals at District V competition
-The Item's public safety logs
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Friday
>SHOWTIME: Taylor Swift unveils surprise double album "The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology" -- and fans go wild
-Five things to do: Motorheads, mind readers, moments of music
-Richard Thomas in "To Kill a Mockingbird" in Worcester
-Street style served up fresh at fashion show
-Northampton cosmic metal act Black Pyramid set to invade Central Mass.
-Worcester State prof and poet Heather Treseler wins prize for "enthralling" poems
-WCCA-TV's Chandler Chat No. 421 (27:14): Dr. Lynda Young
-Unity Radio (55:04): Standups and Standouts
-This Week in Worcester Podcast (51:27): Public restrooms, youth justice reform, Rep. McGovern on Gaza
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to local 17-year-old killed in crash
>SPORTS: Former Worcester Academy star T.J. Power of Shrewsbury leaving Duke, enters transfer portal
-Boston police warn Bruins, Celtics fans about counterfeit playoff tickets
-Eliot Wolf, Patriots "open for business" entering NFL Draft
-NFL Draft Preview featuring Holy Cross stars Jalen Coker and C.J. Hanson (33:06)
-Holy Cross Athletics announces return of Coaches Road Show
-Clark's Isaiah Taylor to host free youth basketball clinic Saturday on campus
-Red Sox lose to Cleveland, 5-4
-WooSox postponed, doubleheader Saturday
-Remembering Larry Lucchino, eulogy by Dr. Charles Steinberg
>CARS: Bertera has the all-star team to help you find your next Nissan car or truck (:39)
-About 55,000 Prius, Prius HEV compact cars recalled
>NATIONAL: 6 arrested, 3 on run in what police call biggest gold theft in Canada’s history
-Shocking video captures scam victim pointing gun at innocent Uber driver before allegedly killing her
-Tragic: Video shows cop shooting 15-year-old with toy gun
>NEW ENGLAND: James Parker granted parole in 2001 Zantop murders
-11-year-old Maine boy killed after crashing friend's A.T.V.
>COLLEGES: Anna Maria’s play raises money for local charity
-Student entrepreneurs make a splash at WooTank
-Winners of Nichols' annual Elevator Speech Competition announced
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): The 8 most underrated places in Switzerland
>BUSINESS: Retail sales rose in March for the second straight month
-LPL Research: Revisiting energy
-W.B.J.'s 5 Things I know about ... Still overlooked money basics
>SHOPPING: Yoto mini recall affects 250,000 speakers for kids due to fire risk
>HOMES: See all homes sold in Worcester County, April 7th to 13th
>HEALTH: Mass. doctor on new warning about measles (2:36)
-Cardiac arrest and COVID vaccines aren't linked in young, C.D.C. says
>FOOD: Central Mass. Mom's Best Ice Cream Shops in Central Mass.
>TV/STREAMING: CNN axes Charles Barkley and Gayle King's weekly show "King Charles"
>MOVIES: A fifth "Matrix" movie is in the works
>CELEBRITY: Allman Brothers Band co-founder and legendary guitarist Dickey Betts dies at 80
>ANIMALS: Puppy thrown in trash is unrecognizable now (3:01)
>HISTORY: George Frisbie Hoar Monument
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Couple a perfect match in marriage and in their kidneys
-Meanwhile, in Las Vegas, woman goes ballistic while being arrested on Spirit plane
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