Worcester MA

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Some parts of Massachusetts could see snow over the weekend, but that won’t stop the state’s string of above-freezing days from continuing into next week. The National Weather Service forecast calls for possible snow showers on Sunday night into Monday morning, but there is only a 20% chance of precipitation in most...

LEOMISNTER — On Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, Officer Timothy Galvin of the Leominster Police Department was dispatched to the Kohl’s located at 10 Orchard Hill Park Drive following a report of a shoplifting in progress. (The account and quotations in this article were sourced from the printed Personnel...

A Worcester scientist is on a mission to help ease the harsh effects of winter by creating a skin care line using an organism that survived the harshest of conditions in outer space.

How do you like them apples? Massachusetts finishes first, yet again. Massachusetts has once again earned top marks for education, ranking as the most educated state in the nation in a new study. According to a recent WalletHub analysis, Massachusetts claimed the No. 1 spot among all 50 states thanks...

Gov. Maura Healey is working a tricky balancing act, leaning on holdout cities and towns to adopt MBTA-area zoning while also trying to reassure local fire departments that she is not about to jeopardize the state equipment money they say they need. That tension has municipal officials, volunteer firefighters and...

Owen Thomas Cunningham, 48, of Massachusetts, was indicted Feb. 12, 2026, on one misdemeanor count of falsely impersonating a public officer. Prosecutors say in August 2024 he mailed fake letters signed as then-State Superintendent Ryan Walters to Oklahoma school superintendents, ordering them to distribute Bibles...

The men worked with co-conspirators to steal mailed checks and redeposit them into bank accounts that they controlled. Two Massachusetts men have been sentenced to time in federal prison for fraudulently depositing checks stolen from the mail, prosecutors said. Imanol Rios-Franco, 26, of Canton, and Brandon Baez, 23,...

Yankee Golden Retriever Rescue, a non-profit organization based in Hudson, Massachusetts, has introduced Jake, a 5-year-old Golden Retriever seeking a loving family. Despite initial shyness, Jake's personality shines through once he feels comfortable. "I'm a certified dog's dog, meaning I love other dogs and other...

A Democratic state auditor is taking Massachusetts legislative leaders, including members of her own party, to court after uncovering nearly $12 million in alleged fraud in public assistance programs, seeking to enforce a voter-approved audit law. “What are they hiding? If there’s nothing to hide, open up the doors,...