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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
In The News
+7:00: B.T.’s Fried Chicken and BBQ to reopen Tuesday
-Earlier: Car slams into front of restaurant in Worcester. Video (:09)
+7:00: More than 190,000 ceiling fans recalled after blades fly off
+Noon: Driver dies after two-vehicle crash in Leicester
+Noon: Mrs. Moriconi’s is delivering ice cream on New Year's Eve in Worcester
+Noon: Holy Cross season-opening basketball games rescheduled
+Noon: REC Worcester moving winter farmers market online
+Noon: Holiday retail sales jumped 3%
-Multi-town chase ends with arrest on Vernon Street in Worcester
-Liam Neeson movie filmed in Worcester is on-demand Dec. 29
-Net of Compassion marks 10 years of growth, service
-ICYMI: Worcester police arrest 4 kids accused of throwing bricks at moving cars (:36). Article
-Bars & Bands (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music & Live Streaming List
-The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Webster student's Christmas ornaments adorn White House tree
-ICYMI: Fire damages Auburn restaurant
-Winter in New England: Drone video over old stone church in West Boylston (2:54)
-Video of flood waters in Wilkinsonville (Sutton) during last week's rain (4:57)
-National: Nashville bombing suspect died in explosion, officials say
-New England songs to see out 2020
-Tribute to a local professor of 33 years who recently passed away
-Cars: The entire team at Bertera Nissan wishes you and your family a great holiday season (1:58)
-At the office: Is the New Year a bad time to make a career move?
-TV/Streaming: The most outlandish reality shows in 2020
-Homes: 5 new homes for sale in Worcester
-Shopping: End-of-year savings on select KitchenAid® appliances at Sclamo's Discount Appliance
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): 'Secret Santa' thanks essential workers on Christmas week (3:07)
-Meanwhile, in Kentucky, man uses flamethrower to clear snowy driveway
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
+7:00: Wachusett school committee continues debate on hybrid start
+7:00: U.S. officials promised 20 million vaccinated by year's end It’s going slower than that
+7:00: The next round of stimulus checks is on the way. What you need to know
+Noon: Mass officials announce 2,973 new cases, 100 deaths, 7-day positivity rate of 6.3 percent
+Noon: For 26 days in a row, more than 100,000 people have been hospitalized fighting coronavirus
+Noon: Alarming number of Americans ignoried health officials and traveled for the holidays
-Free testing today and tomorrow in downtown Worcester
-QCC's Children's School to remain closed through spring
-Pharmacies to begin giving vaccine to long-term care residents this week
-ICYMI: Canal District restaurant announces closure, cites new restrictions
-Commute & Travel (brought to you by Fuller RV): Winnebago CEO expects pent-up demand to propel boom in RV sales in 2021
-Dr. Fauci warns Americans that the worst is still to come
-December is the deadliest month in the U.S. since the pandemic began — and projections for January are ‘nightmarish,’ expert says
-Surging cases, plummeting temperatures challenge shelters
-One in 1,000 Americans have died from COVID-19
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:19). High of 37 today in Worcester
-Bundle up: Worcester area to get cold blast from the polar vortex
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Worcester honors 6 firefighters who died in warehouse fire 26 years ago (:41)
-Final review clears officer in fatal March shooting in Boylston
-I-290 bridge over Lake Quinsigamond set for "massive resurfacing"
-McGovern Liquor Store building in Greendale sold for $1 million
-TODAY! Radio Worcester (8:06): Bank celebrates 1-year anniversary with 10-cent gas promo
-Road closure on Main Street 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday
-Plans to add bike lanes on Pleasant Street in Worcester
-Museum of Worcester taps arts leader with deep local roots
-T&G Santa's helpers for December 3rd
-Woman charged after allegedly accelerating S.U.V. at ex-husband’s wife in Charlton
-Aislinn Doyle: December 4th School Committee Meeting agenda preview
-Aislinn Doyle: Worcester Public Schools in Brief for November
-Worcester Public Schools Check-in: What families should know by December
>DINING OUT: Worcester restaurant to celebrate fourth anniversary on Saturday
-ICYMI: Worcester remembers 26th anniversary of deadly Cold Storage Warehouse fire
-Mpox cases confirmed in Worcester; 2 patients hospitalized at UMass Memorial
-Worcester pizza shop offers price paid in "Home Alone" 35 years ago
-Sprawling historic building could soon disappear from I-290 landscape
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Holidays in Holden Friday and Saturday
-Unique Happy Thanksgiving wishes from Lamoureux Ford (:29)
-Holden police introduce new officer, Darian Spencer
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Wild chase through Shrewsbury streets leads to fentanyl bust
-Scottish Highland bull has been on the lam in Uxbridge since August
-Gardner man sentenced to life in prison in 2017 murder
-Leicester woman arrested for violating restraining order at Cumberland Farms
-Worcester Walks: Westborough trails a relief from hectic holidays
-Sculpt Pilates has come to Sutton
-Spruce Street Golf League crowns champions
-Police logs for Shrewsbury, Grafton and Westborough
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Thursday
-The Silverbacks return to rock out at the White Eagle
>SHOWTIME: "A Christmas Carol" gets a new look in Hanover production
-100 FM The Pike (15:21): Worcester's Alicia Witt on her new Christmas album and balancing music and acting
-Last Call: Art DuBois, poet and human services professional
>OPINION: Janice Lindsay: The thread of holiday meaning
-Unity Radio's Unity in the Community (57:21): Pamela Taylor, Realtor
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester man who passed away at age 100
>SPORTS: Why Patriots are the NFL’s best team despite easy schedule
-Patriots' Kraft, Belichick among Hall of Fame finalists
-NFL Week 14 schedule, TV and announcers
-Holy Cross men’s basketball cruises to home victory against Northeastern
-Holy Cross women's basketball falls to Harvard
-Holy Cross football team adds 10 during early signing period
-West Boylston primed for trip to Gillette Stadium to play in fourth straight Super Bowl
>NATIONAL: Florida speedboat crash leaves 3 Mainers dead
-America's most-used password in 2025 is one word
-Tragic: Parents accused of cutting baby out of daughter's womb
>NEW ENGLAND: Brian Walshe murder trial Day 3 analysis (29:45)
-Search resumes for man seen clinging to side of boat in Merrimack River
>COLLEGES: Holy Cross Professor Playlists: André Isaacs
-Worcester State's Juan Davila is charting a path from Worcester to the world
-UMass Medical School students build equity, health and community at Worcester Earn-A-Bike
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 6 island getaways that won’t break the bank
-Escape to a Winter wonderland at Banff’s Sunshine Mountain Lodge
>BUSINESS: Saint-Gobain opens doors to new Worcester headquarters building
-How's the economy? Let W.B.J. know by taking the 2026 Economic Forecast survey
-LPL Financial Research: More keys for markets in 2026. LPL market outlook sneak peek
-Private employers cut 32,000 jobs last month – hiking odds of interest rate cut
>SHOPPING: A budget-friendly holiday. Managing gift expectations
>HEALTH: W.H.O. warns backsliding on measles elimination as coverage falls
-7 deaths, more than 700 serious injuries linked with diabetes glucose monitor errors
>HOMES: Can you afford a "starter home" in the Boston area? Housing report says only 15% of renters make enough
>FOOD: Ocean Spray investigating water-filled cranberry sauce cans
>TV/STREAMING: Trailer for new Netflix doc, "The New Yorker at 100" (2:14)
>MOVIES: The 100 best comedy movies of all time: Critics' pick
>CELEBRITY: Beloved HGTV star Hilary Farr breaks silence on "devastating" health rumors
>ANIMALS: Cat who can’t groom himself falls asleep during bath time (1:32)
>HISTORY: Author James Patterson makes bombshell claim about Marilyn Monroe's death
>GOOD NEWS: Army veteran, double amputee sets several world records
-Meanwhile, in New Jersey, Christmas tree farm ripped for selling "horrific" spray-painted firs
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