Worcester MA

Law enforcement officials met to discuss strategies for preventing and responding to illegal street takeover events across Massachusetts.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Approximately $3.7 billion in delayed funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP, was released last week to states and tribes, according to the National Energy Assistance Directors Association. The federal funding for LIHEAP, which helps millions of low-income...

The Polar Express Train Ride is back at the Cape Cod Central Railroad in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts,

CHARLTON — On Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at approximately 6:52 p.m., Charlton Police Officers Jason White and Ray Sherbourne were dispatched to a local residence for a reported disturbance. (The account and quotations in this article were sourced from the printed Personnel Narrative of Officer Jason White and do...

Worcester Center Galleria and the Lost Downtown Grid. Factories had lost jobs, families had moved to the suburbs for bigger yards, and I-290 had cut through downtown, making it easier to drive past Main Street instead of stopping there. In the early 1960s, a study from Columbia University suggested a...

On this day in 1999, a tragic event known as "The Worcester 6" occurred, where six firefighters lost their lives while trying to save homeless individuals from a burning building. The incident is often commemorated, but some feel that the underlying issue of homelessness, which led to the disaster in the first place,...

Three people were arrested after allegedly shoplifting items worth $300 from TJ Maxx and left in a stolen vehicle.

ISO New England, the regional power grid operator, issued a power caution advisory on November 23, the second such advisory since June.

STATE HOUSE, BOSTON…..Time’s almost up for Lucky for Life. The Massachusetts Lottery early next year will stop offering the multi-state draw that launched here in 2012 and will begin offering a Millionaire for Life draw game instead. Tickets for the new game will cost $5, compared to $2...

SHREWSBURY – After swerving through Shrewsbury streets, a man now faces fentanyl charges. At approximately 12:50 a.m. on Dec. 1, a Shrewsbury Police Department officer noticed a driver on Route 9 traveling westbound near Dewey Road. The vehicle allegedly failed to stop for officers in an incident with the...