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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
+6:15: Worcester Public Schools teachers with COVID concerns seeking accommodations ahead of hybrid learning, discrimination complaint filed
+6:15: Mayor Joe Petty: It was a long, difficult year, but Worcester persevered – together
+6:15: Free testing this week in downtown Worcester
+11:15: Amid financial struggle from pandemic, DCU Center keeps sight on return of live entertainment
+11:15: 43 staff members test positive in outbreak at Calif. hospital
-Worcester restaurant converting to take-out only, closing dining room
-What pandemic? Largest Central Mass. corporations saw stock rise
-Local schools remain committed to hybrid learning
-'The peak is going to be the second or third week of January,' Dr. Richard Ellison, UMass Memorial Medical Center
-Mass. officials announce 8,542 new cases, 79 deaths in 2-day period
-Commute & Travel (brought to you by Fuller RV): Winnebago CEO expects pent-up demand to propel boom in RV sales in 2021
-U.S. inches closer to 350,000 deaths as hospitals hit 'breaking point'
-Millions of Americans moved during the pandemic — and most aren’t looking back
In The News
-Latest weather: A little snow forecast Sunday into Monday
+6:15: Worcester parking ban effective at 9 p.m. Sunday
+6:15: WCCA-TV's 'Health Matters' (28:43): Guest Dr. Tina Runyan. Topic Skills to Sustain Caregiving
+11:15: DA: Apparent murder-suicide under investigation in Charlton
+11:15: Song to get you through the week: Hunter Stone chills with 'Closed for Season'
-Local brewery gives fans first look at new home under construction
-Worcester cafe hopes city can help out with curbside pickup plan
-Car stolen in Worcester connected to home invasion
-What will Worcester look like in 2021?
-Worcester District 5 City Councilor announces at-large bid
-New inventory means price drop on every truck at North End Motor Sales
-ICYMI: 6 people displaced after New Year’s Day blaze rips through triple-decker in Worcester
-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): New Woo Trucks commercial kitchen opens in Boylston
-New Shrewsbury regulations on tobacco effective on Monday
-Bad wreck closed Route 9 at I-495 overnight
-10 essential steps to obtain your goals in 2021
-Cars: The entire team at Bertera Nissan wishes you and your family a great holiday season (1:58)
-Food: Looking for a healthy start to 2021? Hangover Pub will prep your meal
-Animals: Worcester shelter sees increase of pet surrenders
-Homes: Staging your home to prepare for selling (:31)
-Tribute to 23-year-old Worcester woman lost in recent car accident
-Tragic: 7 children dead after 2-car crash in California sets vehicle on fire
-Shopping: Target recalls infant clothes over injury concerns
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): 'Lego Man' Matt Laramie delivers over 100 Lego sets to sick children at UMass Children’s Medical Center
-Meanwhile, it's all coming back to him now. Man in U.K. gets drunk, legally changes name to Celine Dion
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:31). High of 82 today in Worcester
-"Super" El Niño winter impacts on New England
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+5:00: Karen Solomon, wife wanted in connection with Worcester police officer's death, found dead
+5:00: Related: Press conference (7:12)
+Noon: Historic Worcester "Octagon House" for sale
+Noon: Massport announces new director of Worcester Regional Airport
-The search for Karen Solomon: Where the investigation stands after 6 days
-Earlier: First H.E.L.P. issues statement amid search for Karen Solomon, the nonprofit's founder
-Earlier: Karen Solomon timeline: Surveillance, cellphone ping and 3 days searching Coes Pond
-Earlier: If Coes Pond produces nothing, search for Karen Solomon could shift from water recovery to fugitive hunt
-Earlier: True Crime Report (Steve Huff): The Hunt for Karen Solomon and "True Crime Brain"
-Paxton man charged in fiery O.U.I. crash that killed father, 8-year-old daughter (2:50). Article
-Worcester man charged in 2012 killing found not guilty of prison assault
-Police: Worcester man shouted "suicide by cop" while brandishing scissors
-Worcester Business Journal's 40 Under Forty: The next generation is taking over
-Aislinn Doyle: WPS in Brief for August
-Worcester store sells $100,000 lottery ticket
-Worcester County Wonders: Hidden history in a Clinton optical illusion
-Under new federal rules, tens of thousands of Mass. residents have lost food assistance
>DINING OUT: Radio Worcester (13:36): Cyprian Keyes welcomes public back to its restaurant
-Table Hoppin': Sandwiches, cannoli a draw at Sturbridge's Mangia Bene
-ICYMI: Area woman avoids prison for stealing $110K of dead person's benefits
-Shooting suspect at Worcester County Jail extradited to Arizona
-Primary foes Mary Keefe, Ron Waddell clash over experience, criminal justice issues
-Related: 15th Worcester District debate Wednesday: Mary Keefe vs. Ron Waddell
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Val's hiring for all positions
-Russ Parker from Holden loves Lamoureux Ford (3:04)
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Disoriented man breaks into locked Shrewsbury residence during nighttime
-Man charged with sexually assaulting woman at Lions Club meeting in Leicester
-Tension at Grafton Select Board meeting over committee appointments
-Sturbridge historian to discuss Revolutionary War research at Jacob Edwards Library
-UP Academy Holland’s turnaround success offers a nuanced lesson on receivership
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Monday
>SHOWTIME: From Elm Park trash to vultures, ArtsWorcester grants become an exhibition
-Barry Manilow cancels more concerts at last minute after lung cancer battle
-Buckcherry tour bus involved in fatal South Carolina crash
-Boston Symphony Orchestra and musicians extend contract for 48 hours, delaying possible first strike (:33)
>OPINION: Tom Marino: Cherry picking politics in the face of tragedy
-Laurel: Entering play zone in Worcester
-WCCA-TV's Streetlights No. 6 (28:45)
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (48:32): Worcester charter review and police oversight
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to longtime Assumption professor
>SPORTS: Takeaways from Patriots' win over Eagles in NFL preseason (2:06)
-Eliot Wolf provides update on Christian Gonzalez contract talks
-Red Sox beat Giants, 5-4
-Halligan, Mila shine for Holy Cross women's soccer in win over Brown
-Holy Cross men’s soccer plays Merrimack to 2-2 tie
-Win WooSox tickets courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-Roman Anthony set to continue rehab in Worcester this week
-WooSox fall to Syracuse, 2-0
>NATIONAL: All about the 14 suspects in the alleged Penn State cocaine operation
-Why are Americans speaking 28% fewer words to each other?
-Tragic: October 7th survivor takes life on grave of lover Hamas murdered
>NEW ENGLAND: Analysis | What the defense established in Lindsay Clancy trial (2:56)
-Woman tells a Mass. officer she had just started a new insurance policy. He still had her car towed
>COLLEGES: How do I survive my first year in college? Here's advice from Clarkies
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): The country that has more saunas than cars
>BUSINESS: D.O.J. and TikTok reach $400 million settlement amid child privacy violation
>HOMES: Worcester mid-year housing market review
>HEALTH: UMass Medical School professors: Quitting alcohol changes the brain and can increase the risk of compulsive drinking – new research in mice
>FOOD: Easy Meals: 15-minute tacos
-Hidden cost of buying groceries at Dollar General, Dollar Tree, Family Dollar and 99 Cent Store: study
>TV/STREAMING: Teaser for Season 3 of "The Pitt" on HBO (1:29)
>MOVIES: "National Treasure 3" in the works and has a script, director says
>CELEBRITY: Shelley Fabares, TV star who sang "Johnny Angel," dies at 82
-Harrison Ford, 84, shocks fans with new Indiana Jones announcement
>ANIMALS: New kitten sister won’t leave her sick brother’s side (2:23)
>HISTORY: The monkey wrench was invented in Worcester
>GOOD NEWS: A construction crew uncovered a $10 million gold hoard
-Meanwhile, in Tennessee, bear crashes couple's anniversary getaway, rummages through tea shop
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