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In The News
+5:30: Man suspected of high-end shoplifting spree is arrested in Millbury
+5:30: Ready for New Year's? Wachusett Wine & Spirits has all your favorites in 2 locations! Order online or call ahead
+12:30: Happy National Bacon Day! Here are 5 ways you can celebrate
-Worcester woman ID'd as victim in fatal Leicester crash, authorities say
-Worcester City Councilor's son killed in Christmas Day pedestrian crash
-GoFundMe launched for ‘loving, dedicated father’ injured by brick thrown through windshield in Worcester
-Worcester man wins $1 million on lottery ticket he bought in Auburn
-New BBQ restaurant stresses food, safety and fun
-QCC settles with disabled student who sued college
-Worcester’s Sam James’ cover of ‘Savage’ makes Facebook’s ‘Peace Out 2020’
-Here are all the Worcester locations in Liam Neeson’s ‘Honest Thief’, which is now available to rent
-WCCA-TV's 'Coffee with Konnie' (27:52): Konnie Lukes welcomes Caitlin McCarthy, who wrote the screenplay 'Wonder Drug'
-Glazy Susan, The Fix to collaborate on ‘Piggy Sue’ burger on Jan. 1
-Here are 8 great ways to spend New Year’s Eve in Worcester
-Be careful: ABCC will be out at Massachusetts bars, restaurants on New Year's Eve
-New Year's Eve plans? Check Dining Out and Bars & Bands for take-out or dine-in deals and options
-ICYMI: Brewery expansion, possible distillery taking over former restaurant space on Shrewsbury Street
-Bars & Bands (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music & Live Streaming List
-'Rage: Sounds of a Riot' raises money for Stone Soup, Abby's House
-The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Decision on Grafton restaurant's license delayed a week
-Fire fills house on Sutton Road in Millbury
-Rig overturns on I-395 ramp in Webster
-Weekend primer for Holy Cross women's ice hockey vs. UNH (3:50)
-Nominations opens for 2021 WBJ Awards
-Early bird discount ends Dec. 31 for inaugural Women's Health and Wellness Conference
-Cars: The entire team at Bertera Nissan wishes you and your family a great holiday season (1:58)
-TV/Streaming: 'The Office' leaves Netflix this week
-Food: Dunkin to offer coffee with 20% more caffeine
-Homes: U.S. home prices rise at fastest pace in more than 6 years
-Shopping: Stores extending time for holiday gift returns
-Tragic: 7-year-old Georgia girl dies after being shot in head while Christmas shopping with family
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): 61-year-old Kentucky woman raising 2 grandkids receives generous gift
-Meanwhile, in Australia, hopping mad kangaroo caught on video punching man in the face
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
+5:30: COVID hospitalizations in Mass. up 129% in last month (1:46)
+5:30: Gov. Baker: Mass. still on track to get 300,000 vaccine doses by Thursday
+5:30: Massachusetts AG Maura Healey warns of vaccine scams (1:07)
+5:30: Dawn Wells, who played Mary Ann on 'Gilligan's Island,' dies of COVID at age 82
+12:30: Americans begin to receive $600 stimulus checks
+12:30: Mass. firefighters union questions when they will get vaccinated
-Second surge outpacing first at Worcester DCU Center field hospital (:21). Article
-Hundreds of Worcester Public Schools students, staff contracting virus outside schools
-Diocese of Worcester to join others across the country in ringing bells at noon today in memory of those lost to COVID-19
-UMass Memorial sees $15 million surplus after two years of losses, credits its caregivers and $178 million in CARES Act funding
-Worcester Medical Director Dr. Michael Hirsh on getting the vaccine
-ICYMI: 'Someone has to take care of them': Area nurse dies after 24 days on ventilator
-Mass. officials announce 3,659 new cases, 58 deaths, 7-day positivity rate of 7.6 percent
-Virus expert ‘frustrated’ by slow vaccine rollout
-Record hospitalizations in U.S. could soon force health experts to ration care
-Commute & Travel (brought to you by Fuller RV): Winnebago CEO expects pent-up demand to propel boom in RV sales in 2021
-Uh oh: First reported U.S. case of variant found in a Colorado man who didn't travel
-Scientists study melatonin as possible treatment
-Coronavirus has been with us for a year. Here’s what we still don’t know
-Tragic: They did everything right. But after one at-home haircut, a husband and wife from Chicago die of COVID-19
-Here's an idea: 'Adopt a Server' helping laid-off restaurant workers
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:31). High of 57 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: 3 in custody after chase on I-290 ends in crash in Northborough (1:24)
+6:00: Related: Aerial footage of crash (:50)
+6:00: Judge upholds prison sentence of Kevin Perry, former Worcester restaurant owner
+6:00: Sex assault suspect used dog to lure 13-year-old girl into his car, prosecutors say (2:04)
+6:00: FAM Jam! eyes new chapter in the "Worcester Renaissance" with fair
+6:00: Worcester hockey alumni highlights, NHL week 28
+Noon: Worcester County Wonders: The 1844 rapture that never happened and the rock that remains
+Noon: Local borrowers again hopeful for student loan forgiveness
+Noon: See the neighborhood meetings this week in Worcester
+Noon: Stand-out spring ephemerals are a great way to celebrate Native Plant Month
-Concerned citizens feeling ignored by Worcester police as missing persons case continues
-Developer seeks larger Table Talk Pies apartment project
-Worcester holds 34th annual Regional Environmental Council Earth Day clean ups
-Earth Day 2024: What the annual day means for our environment, planet
-West Boylston police seek suspects in sneaker store heist
-Worcester doctors call for action to address Black maternal health disparities
-Gravestones unearthed: get reacquainted with 2 of Worcester's oldest residents
-Health experts discuss "structural racism" in health care at conference at City Hall
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (45:58): City violence and upcoming State of the City address
-Faces of Worcester: Sean Harris, Director of Community Engagement, Quinsigamond Community College
-NEW! Unsolved: Worcester — The Gardner Fugitive and the Murder of Breanne Pennington. Video (13:59). Audio (13:58)
>FAITH: Passover 2024 — What you should know about the Jewish holiday
-ICYMI: The state investigated Worcester’s Saint Vincent Hospital — here’s what it found
-Commuter rail sees increased Worcester Line ridership after sacrificing "Heart to Hub" express
-Worcester ranked third worst market in U.S. for housing renters: Forbes
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Q&A with Wachusett teacher Mr. Chandonnet
-Lamoureux Ford salutes the UConn Huskies (:54)
-Holden ready for Main Street resurfacing
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Expansion of overcrowded Shrewsbury High School debated
-Quabbin-area towns draw on history in quest for "equity"
-Grafton resident honored as Alumni Team Captain of the Year by Boston Marathon® Jimmy Fund Walk
-Clinton school budget process praised
-B.V.T.'s robotics competition Team 61 - The Intimidators earn Judges' Award
-Wachusett area public safety logs
-Thomas Prince School honor roll
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Monday
>SHOWTIME: The Price Is Right Live coming to Worcester in September (:31)
-Radio Worcester (8:22): CASA Palooza music & support for foster care May 4th
-WCCA-TV's Human Touch No. 82 (28:31): Joshua Kennedy, author, "Unchained"
-WCCA-TV's Rosen's Roundtable No. 533 (27:53): Rental Registry
-Unity Radio (55:12): Standups and Standouts
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester woman who opened a popular Shrewsbury Street restaurant named after her father
>SPORTS: Celtics blow out Miami, 114-94, in playoff opener
-What it might take for Patriots to trade No. 3 pick in NFL Draft
-Matthew Slater joins Patriots' staff
-WCCA-TV's What It's Worth No. 458 (27:14): Al Pettway, North High basketball coach
-Red Sox beat Pirates, 6-1
-WooSox beat Durham, 7-1
>CARS: Bertera has the all-star team to help you find your next Nissan car or truck (:39)
-Tesla cuts prices on Y, X and S models after delivery miss
>NATIONAL: Police officer fatally shot while heading home from work
-15 people suffer minor injuries in tram accident at Universal Studios theme park
-Tragic: Mom, 40, falls 140 feet to her death while hiking with baby, husband
>NEW ENGLAND: Shoppers on edge after body found behind Shoppers World in Framingham (1:57)
-20 safest cities in Massachusetts in 2024
>COLLEGES: Clark Challenge. Change. podcast (9:13) — Are we master of Siri, or vice versa?
-Anna Maria, Mass. Municipal Police Training Committee announce memo of understanding
-WPI launches first-in-the-nation financial technology PhD
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 5 best museum cities
>BUSINESS: Bank C.E.O. retiring after 37 years, to be succeed by V.P.
-Radio Worcester (13:04): Nancy Cahalen retires, Alex Guardiola leads B.B.B. Central New England
>HOMES: Aspen home sells for a record, and breathtaking, $77 million
>HEALTH: Ozempic use appears to be changing people's personalities
-UMass Medical School researcher developing skin treatment, with potential broader applications to prevent diabetes
>FOOD: Trader Joe’s basil linked to salmonella outbreak
>TV/STREAMING: Disney to overhaul Disney+ streaming service with TV channels
>MOVIES: "Civil War" continues dominant box office campaign with second week at No. 1
>CELEBRITY: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announces 2024 inductees
>ANIMALS: Cow-calf rejected by mom becomes Maine store employee
>HISTORY: Isaiah Thomas House — Walk in the footsteps of Worcester's revolutionaries
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): 16-year-old girl, formerly homeless, addresses Mass. lawmakers as Eagle Scout
-Meanwhile, in Florida, woman finds nearly 8-foot alligator inside her home
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