Worcester MA

SHREWSBURY – One step at a time, the plans for a possible expansion and renovation of Shrewsbury High School have begun to form. An owner’s project manager was recently chosen, and the process to select a designer could begin sometime this summer. These steps are being taken with...

CharcuterieWOO in Paxton started as a nurse's quick meal solution and has blossomed into a local favorite, offering creative food experiences and hands-on classes for the community.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) -- A State Police Trooper was involved in a car accident around 9:30 Monday morning on I-291. From the photos of the scene, it appears to be an accident with another car. There was damage to the front passenger side of the cruiser, and the bumper of...

What started as a routine patrol in downtown Worcester on Monday night turned into a foot chase and a serious gun bust, according to police. Detectives arrested 18-year-old Eliel Rios after finding a loaded, unserialized "ghost" gun on him, the Worcester Police Department said. Members of the department’s Gang Unit and Crime Gun Intelligence Unit moved in after spotting suspicious behavior and...

Worcester City Manager Eric Batista is seeking to pause the city's enforcement of the more strict, or Specialized, version of the Stretch Code. Massachusetts Stretch Codes were part of the Green Communities Act of 2008. According to the Commonwealth's energy code website, in 2009, Massachusetts became the first state to adopt an above-code appendix to the "base" building energy code-the "Stretch Code...

A Worcester teenager has been charged with assaulting a federal confidential informant during a planned firearm transaction in connection with the armed robbery.

A woman from Massachusetts won $1 million on a lottery ticket she purchased at a Cumberland Farms gas station — but she plans to take her prize year by year. Diane Seymour of Easthampton won a $1 million reward with a “$4,000,000 In The Money” ticket and came forward to claim it on Wednesday.

A hiker from Massachusetts who became lost on a New Hampshire trail on Monday is the sixth Bay State resident rescued on local mountain trails in a three-day period.

Authorities say a 28-year-old Massachusetts man is sitting in an Osceola County jail after flying to Florida to meet someone he believed was a 14-year-old. The suspect was booked on multiple felony counts tied to online enticement on April 17 and remains in custody while investigators keep building the case.

BOSTON, MA — A Massachusetts physician already facing multiple sexual assault allegations has been indicted on dozens of additional charges, significantly expanding a case that now involves more than 30 alleged victims. Prosecutors say Dr. Derrick Todd, a 52-year-old rheumatologist who previously practiced at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Faulkner Hospital, now faces 81 new charges following a Suffolk County grand jury indictment...