Worcester MA

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...

(This story has been updated with additional information.) WORCESTER – The Massachusetts Department of Transportation will hold a hearing Wednesday, Dec. 3, on proposed pedestrian and bicycle improvements on Pleasant Street. The $4 million proposal would add 5-foot-wide bike lanes, 5-foot-wide sidewalks, more...

James Corrao, a lifelong Bostonian, was 19 when he got a sober. His father had overdosed when he was nine, a loss he’d spent years trying to outrun. But when his girlfriend told him she was pregnant, he had the rare clarity, even at that age, to see that he couldn’t keep going the way he was.

The Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission (POST) on Wednesday announced the suspension of a Massachusetts State Police Trooper’s law enforcement license after he allegedly assaulted his child.

Massachusetts police oversight officials have stripped two former police officers of their licenses to work in law enforcement. One was accused of sexually harassing students and teachers at the local high school, and the other was charged with a broad range of unprofessional conduct, including leaving the scene of...