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Here's what's happening in and around Worcester today
In The News
-Latest weather: A beautiful day ahead, high of 76
+6:00: Neighbors shocked, saddened by apparent murder-suicide in Oxford (2:35)
+6:00: Worcester City Council approves updated parking plan for residents, employees in Canal District
+6:00: Worcester mulls what to do with $110.6 million in stimulus funds
+6:00: Drone video above Lincoln Park Tower Apartments in Worcester (1:58)
+2:30: UPDATED: Death investigation underway after 60-year-old man pulled from pool at Shrewsbury home
+12:30: Radio Worcester's Worcester Wednesday with Mayor Joe Petty (11:40): Parking, Cousy and summer
+12:30: Radio Worcester (9:05): Worcester Police Lt. Sean Murtha talks dirt bikes and fireworks
+Noon: Worcester spray parks open at noon today, pool and beaches open July 1
+Noon: 5 Things You Need to Know Today in Worcester - June 23
+Noon: Worcester ranked among 50 best-run cities in U.S.
+Noon: Music Worcester debuts "Summer@MW," a summer series of indoors and outdoors concerts
+Noon: Last call with William Spangenberg and Louis Fiacco
+Noon: Lab tests reportedly find no identifiable tuna DNA in Subway tuna sandwich
-Family tragedy in Oxford
*3 children - ages 13, 4 and 3 - escape following apparent murder-suicide (2:03)
*Total coverage: Channel 5 (1:40), Telegram & Gazette, Channel 7, Channel 10, Channel 25
*DA's press conference (4:46)
-Dirt biker facing multiple charges after speeding through Main South neighborhood in Worcester (1:35). Article
-Worcester body shop owner's surveillance video helped convict him of fraud (2:33). Article
-Toddler falls from second-story window in Worcester after pushing fan, police say
-Main witness implicates Worcester lawyer in witness bailout plot
-Worcester to seek $1.25 million state grant for Table Talk apartments
-Table Hoppin': Dropping in on Tom’s International Deli
-YWCA in Worcester to offer free life-saving swimming lessons to children
-Janice Harvey: Recent deaths show water safety, swimming lessons are crucial
-Worcester native releases new drive-thru ordering artificial intelligence technology
-At St. Vincent, group prays for end of nurses' strike
-WPI hires accomplished higher ed and industry financial expert as CFO
-Worcesteria: You gotta leave Hollywoo to see 'F9'
-Frederick Douglass Communal Reading at Worcester Common July 1
-Radio Worcester (20:46): Jermoh Kamara on her run for Worcester School Committee
-Jazz at Sunset is back in Worcester
-ICYMI: Vernon Hill snack shack broken into, vandalized once again
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news, including last night's City Council meeting
-Bars & Bands (brought to you by Wachusett Wine & Spirits): The Mayor’s Live Music & Live Streaming List for Wednesday
-Wachusett Wine & Spirits Whiskey Wednesday (29:00): No Blanton's? Now what?
-The Burbs (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Community members discuss proposal to change Shrewsbury High mascot
-Tribute to longtime Auburn garden center co-owner who recently passed away
-Grafton official censured for support of Select Board candidates
-Shrewsbury residents worried about truck traffic from proposed warehouse
-Police: Swerving motorist nabbed with guns, crystal meth, cocaine in Auburn
-Bravehearts rained out. Next home game at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Buy tickets
-WooSox win in Rochester, 10-6
-Contest! Enter to win 2 tickets to a WooSox home game, courtesy of North End Motor Sales
-At the office: Gig workers at center of emerging labor law fight
-Cars: Get a worry free car for summer vacation at Bertera Nissan (4:47)
-Fuller RV Rental & Sales: Act now to secure your summer RV rental (10:24)
-New England: Man shot, killed in front of kids on Father's Day
-History: Former dry goods store on Main and Foster streets in Worcester
-Health: Poor sleep linked to dementia and early death, study finds
-Food: McDonald's announces new loyalty program launch
-Animals: See new pets for adoption in the Worcester area
-Good news (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Anonymous customer leaves $16,000 tip at New Hampshire bar and grill
-Meanwhile, in Florida, woman goes to ATM to withdraw $20, discovers almost $1 billion in account
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)
+12:30: QCC is a Vaccine Champion College
-A doctor's message to young vaccine hold-outs (3:35)
-Deaths in America's nursing homes soared 32% in 2020, watchdog report says
-ICYMI: Worcester groups working to vaccinate people of color
-Experts warn Delta variant could make unvaccinated communities 'look like last winter' (2:22)
-Dr. Fauci declares Delta variant ‘greatest threat' to nation's efforts to eliminate COVID-19
In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:13). High of 66 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+Noon: Motorcyclist seriously injured in Rutland crash
+Noon: Mass Indie Film Fest returning to Worcester, Southbridge and online
+Noon: Listen Up: Dan Gabel finds big band sound on upswing with new album
+Noon: Last Call: Rev. Dr. Debora Jackson, dean of WPI Business School
+Noon: Bravehearts introduce 2025 coaching staff
-Man and young child rescued from roof of burning building on Vernon Hill, 1 dog dead, officials say
-Chimney fire spreads to walls of Princeton home, prompting multi-town response
-Auburn officer arrested by State Police in online sting
-Proposed site of 364 Worcester apartments purchased by N.J. firm for $17 million
-Q.C.C. union votes no confidence in college President Luis Pedraja
-Hanover Theatre announces 2025-26 Broadway Series shows
-Drought status eases in Worcester
-Worcester County Wonders: At Hot Dog Annie's, it's all about the sauce
-Telegram & Gazette Student of the Week
-Police recorded 9 hate crimes in Worcester in 2024
-Worcester releases new data on shootings, ShotSpotter
-Mike Benedetti: Worcester City Council agenda preview
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (25:53): Board of Health pushes for transparency on vaccines — Can it stay non-political?
>DINING OUT (brought to you by Patsie Dugan's): Phanton Gourmet's Great 8 Pizza (5:22)
-ICYMI: New eatery planned near Polar Park
-Worcester’s toll in Titanic disaster
-Sheriff's office documents dating from 1700s donated offer glimpse into Worcester's past
-After almost a year as Head of School, Horgan reflects on Saint John’s community
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): This week's road closures and traffic delays
-Longtime customer salutes Lamoureux Ford (3:53)
-Wachusett Echo: Post-election at the Regional
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Teen killed in Northbridge crash
-West Boylston sees lower insurance climb than some
-$42 million Shrewsbury D.P.W. project will head to townwide vote after Town Meeting approval
-Sterling Fire Chief David Hurlbut saluted for decades of service
-Cinthia Sykes leaving Boylston Elementary School
-Walmart plaza in Sturbridge sells for $31 million as part of wider $1.1 billion deal
-No micro-override request planned for this year in Grafton
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Tuesday
>SHOWTIME: April is not fooling around
-New sculpture show coming to Tower Hill
>OPINION: Candy Mero-Carlson: Doing math on colleges buying land in Worcester
-Tim Garvin: Worcester community goes beyond measurement
-WCCA-TV's Chandler Chat No. 459 (28:54): Congressman Jim McGovern
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to well-known and deeply respected hair stylist
>SPORTS: Red Sox lose to Rays, 16-1
-Worcester Bravehearts release 2025 schedule
-Holy Cross 'Sader Stories: Emily and Zach Bubonovich
-210 Sports' Worcester hockey alumni highlights, NHL week 27
-Paige Bueckers goes No. 1 to Dallas Wings in 2025 WNBA draft
-Flag football club for Worcester high school clears first hurdle
-Saint John's baseball improves to 6-0 with romp over Malden Catholic in home opener
>NATIONAL: Coast Guard rescues 4 from capsized boat off Florida coast; 1 dead, 5 missing
-U.S. still won’t say whether it will return mistakenly deported man, despite Supreme Court decision
>TRAGIC: Amish children killed on the way to school in buggy crash with S.U.V. driven by teen
>NEW ENGLAND: No end for Karen Read jury selection yet | Your questions answered (12:22)
>COLLEGES: Clark, WPI among top-ranked game design schools
-Holy Cross Professor Emily Wilson (50:40): War, Homecoming, Heroism, Truth
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): 9 hotels with unexpected perks
>BUSINESS: Mass. small business concerned about tariff impact, "doubles my cost"
-LPL Financial Research: Decent chance stock market bottom is in but far from certain
-Gen Z employees are never at their desks — and it's driving their bosses crazy
>SHOPPING: Fisher-Price recalls popular baby toys due to frightening choking hazard
>HEALTH: Common vitamin shown to reduce autoimmune disease
-Workplace music can impact performance, study says (1:25)
-Can eating sour candy actually stop your panic attack? We asked a doctor
>FOOD: 5 mistakes grocery shoppers make — and all can be easily avoided
>TV/STREAMING: Recap of seasons 1 to 4 of Netflix's "You" (17:04)
>MOVIES: Nobody 2: Bob Odenkirk is back in first trailer
>CELEBRITY: First pics of Katy Perry and Gayle King in space on Blue Origin flight
>ANIMALS: They said this tiny puppy would never walk - Now watch him run (1:43)
>HISTORY: Why's it called that? Rejoice Newton, known for hill that carries name
>GOOD NEWS: World War II vet asked for 100 cards before his 100th birthday — and the response was incredible
-Meanwhile, in Ohio, man rescued from chimney, arrested
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