Worcester MA

Massachusetts health officials are sounding the alarm for a potential measles exposure linked to an out-of-state visitor who recently traveled through Boston and spent time in Westborough. According to a release from the Boston Public Health Commission, the adult had been diagnosed with measles and was present at...

A major winter storm arrives in Massachusetts Sunday. Here's how much snow you should expect.

.oembed-frame { width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0; border: 0; } Hot off the press, here's the latest snowfall forecast for the storm that arrives on Sunday, peaks in intensity Sunday evening/night then trails off with light snow on Monday. Check your local forecast at https://t.co/vHZv91Q1be ! ❄️❄️❄️...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - The Massachusetts Department of Transportation has issued a travel restriction for all trucks ahead of Sunday’s major winter storm. Truck traffic will be restricted beginning at noon on Sunday, January 25 and will remain in effect until noon on Monday, January 26. Restrictions will...

Chick-fil-A is set to open its second restaurant in Worcester after the city’s license commission granted it a business license on Thursday. The new restaurant is located on 99 Stafford St. and will open in February, a representative from Chick-fil-A told the board members. The 5,331-square-foot restaurant with a...

BOSTON — A Worcester-based pharmacy has agreed to pay $750,000 to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare for medications it could not prove it had purchased or stocked, federal officials said Thursday. According to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District...

Webster Police Department officers and Webster EMS paramedics collaborated in a life-saving effort, as they successfully revived a man who had become unconscious at a local establishment. The incident occurred at the Swinging Chicken Saloon on Lake Street, where the man reportedly fell out of his chair and was found...

Some schools in Massachusetts have announced closings ahead of Sunday’s snowstorm that will last well into the day on Monday.

A significant winter storm is forecast to bring hazardous conditions across much of New England, prompting the National Weather Service (NWS) in Boston/Norton to upgrade its alert to a Winter Storm Warning. The alert spans from 7 a.m. Sunday, January 25, through 8 p.m. Monday, January 27, 2026, and applies...

BOSTON – A former Massachusetts man, currently residing in Las Vegas, Nev., was sentenced in federal court in Boston for distribution of methamphetamine. According to a release from the Massachusetts Department of Justice, 39-year-old Samuel Jean-Baptiste, a/k/a “Jett Black,” was sentenced by U.S. Senior District...