Worcester MA

On Tuesday, April 7th just prior to 10pm, troopers from the Newbury Barracks received 911 calls about a vehicle. disabled in the roadway on I-95 Northbound, prior to Exit 90 in Salisbury. Two troopers working a nearby construction. detail were the first to arrive on scene followed shortly thereafter by...

A family in Gloucester is demanding accountability after their five-year-old son with autism was reportedly placed alone in a school “quiet room” for nearly 30 minutes. According to the child’s parents, the incident happened at West Parish School, where staff allegedly held the door shut while the child remained inside. The boy, described as resilient and curious, has multiple disabilities and had...

In Massachusetts, as in most states, utilities charge the customer that triggers the need for a grid upgrade the full cost, even if it benefits multiple homes. That turns the system for connecting residential solar projects into a game of chance.

A man who was stabbed to death in Worcester last week has been identified. Maurice Catino, a 66-year-old Worcester resident, was killed April 2 when he was stabbed multiple times by his roommate, according to the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office. Worcester police responded to a report of a...

A new bill would give Governor Healey full control of the Cannabis Control Commission while expanding purchase limits.

The Massachusetts State Police have announced they will be implementing a sobriety checkpoint in Worcester County this weekend, targeting impaired drivers as part of an ongoing effort to enhance road safety. Colonel Geoffrey D. Noble, Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police, announced that the checkpoint will be held on Saturday, April 11, 2026, into Sunday, April 12, 2026.

Eight years ago, it looked like the Sky Bar would be gone forever. Now, there’s a bill that would make it the official chocolate bar of Massachusetts. The bill, presented by state Rep. Carmine Lawrence Gentile, D-13th Middlesex, proposes “An act designating the Sky Bar as the official chocolate bar of the commonwealth.”

A dozen people were arrested as Worcester police worked to prevent street takeover events planned for this weekend, police in the Massachusetts city said Monday. Police said they stopped takeovers — where groups of drivers without permits block an intersection or road to perform dangerous stunts in front of crowds — at six locations in Worcester, including Newton Square.

LEOMINSTER, MASS. (WHDH) - A car crashed into a Panera restaurant in Leominster Tuesday night, damaging the building, 7NEWS cameras captured. Crews responded to the restaurant at The Mall at Whitney Field at approximately 7 p.m. and found a wall damaged with several windows smashed. Firefighters were also at the scene for some time.

HOPEDALE – A Hopedale man has been arrested after allegedly assaulting police officers during a response early Sunday morning. Around 1 a.m., officers were called to a home on Ballou Road, where Robson De Sousa met them outside and reportedly claimed no one inside needed help. When officers insisted...