Worcester MA

Worcester, MA-With public discussion continuing around the idea of a Citizen Advisory Board for the Worcester Police Department, City Manager Eric Batista offered insight into what police accountability could look like through a new Chief’s Advisory Committee and why city leadership views oversight as a multi-layered...

The Worcester City Council might ask the board of public health to reconsider restrictions on opening new tobacco retailers. The council on Tuesday night will review a resolution recommending and encouraging the board to change a rule prohibiting the establishment of new tobacco retailers within 500 feet of other...

AUBURN, MASS. (WHDH) - A local boy wrote and illustrated his very own children’s book. 11-year-old Allen Oliver Jean-Paul drew everything in his book series titled “Xavier”, which tells the story of a group of kid superheroes teaming up to save the world. Jean-Paul had his first...

Because temperatures hovered in the low single digits, hoses froze and fire crews were forced to call water tankers to the scene in order to continually douse the home.

With snow still on the ground and another winter storm in the forecast, Worcester’s longstanding problems with snow removal are once again the focus of public scrutiny. At a City Council meeting Tuesday night, councilors said they keep hearing from constituents that the city doesn’t clear streets and sidewalks...

In a recent move within the Massachusetts judiciary, Governor Maura Healey has put forward the names of two seasoned lawyers for key court positions. Nominee Craig Mulcahey is expected to fill the role of Associate Justice of the District Court, while LaKeshia Parker Small has been nominated for Associate Justice of...

WARE – The 73-year-old West Brookfield woman who died after she was struck by a car in a Walmart parking lot has been identified as Juanita Mae Gonet. Gonet died Friday, Jan 16, at the Palmer Road Walmart. She was identified by the Northwestern District Attorney's Office Tuesday, Jan. 20. According to officials,...

A trip to a Massachusetts gas station became very lucrative after it led to a multi-million-dollar State Lottery scratch ticket win. According to the Massachusetts State Lottery, Baker Law Group Mass Lottery Trust XX of Hingham has claimed the second and final $5 million grand prize in the Massachusetts State...

WORCESTER – In a terse statement issued Tuesday, Jan. 20, Worcester city officials said the city’s director of veterans services, Joseph Robinson, is “not actively employed by the city.” Robinson, appointed to the post in November 2023, said he sent city officials a letter Tuesday, Jan. 20 declaring he “will not be...

The last $5 million grand prize in a crossword-style Massachusetts lottery game was claimed on Tuesday. The $5 million prize was from “$5,000,000 100X Cashword,” a $20 scratch ticket game released June 13, 2024. This was one of two $5 million grand prizes available to be claimed in the game upon its release.