Worcester

Four people are in custody after bricks were thrown at moving vehicles from a red SUV in Worcester Saturday, causing at least one person to suffer serious injuries, police said. The incidents happened late Saturday afternoon on the city’s east side, Worcester police said in a statement. A 37-year-old man was struck in the face by a brick while...

Gov. Charlie Baker announced new measures Monday to increase coronavirus testing and ease the strain on Massachusetts hospitals amid a rise in coronavirus cases after Thanksgiving. “Effective Friday, hospitals will curtail elective procedures that can be safely postponed,” Baker said at a news conference at the state house. He also said the state is expanding free testing, increasing the number…

A 51-year-old Massachusetts man is facing multiple charges after attempting to kidnap an 11-year-old girl in Worcester on Sunday night. Andrew Merriam, of Hudson, is charged with enticing an underage child, attempt to commit a crime and assault and battery. He denied the allegations at his arraignment on Monday and his bail was set at $1,000. His next court date…

It was in early March that Michelle Shabo began feeling the symptoms of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus.

On a JetBlue flight Thursday from Florida to Worcester, Massachusetts, Michele and Steven Burt’s French Bulldog, Darcy, had trouble breathing.

The Triple-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox has announced the new name it will adopt with its move from Rhode Island to Massachusetts. The Worcester Red Sox will also be known as the WooSox, the team confirmed during a live television ceremony Monday night.

A Worcester, Massachusetts fire lieutenant died early Wednesday as he and his crew responded to report of a trapped baby during a raging fire at an apartment building.

To help keep you informed on the most shared and talked about stories, each Saturday and Sunday we’ll revisit five stories from the previous week, including the most recent updates.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., addresses the House of Representatives ahead of a vote on a resolution that will formalize the next steps in Democrats’ impeachment inquiry.

To help keep you informed on the most shared and talked about stories, each Saturday and Sunday we’ll revisit five stories from the previous week, including the most recent updates.

The Boys and Girls Club of New haven is calling this a temporary closure, but it left parents scrambling to find alternatives.

A 12-year-old student in Worcester, Massachusetts, has been suspended for hugging a gym teacher. The foster mother of the Forest Grove Middle School student is asking for change after the boy was suspended for 10 days and given a record of physical assault of a teacher.

A 12th person has the rare and deadly EEE virus this year in Massachusetts, state health officials announced Thursday, while also announcing that only three people in the state have died. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health had previously said four people died after being infected by the virus, but said Thursday that that information was based on an incorrect...

Mosquitoes are as synonymous with summer as sunburns, ice cream and heat waves. From their emergence in spring to their final days in autumn, you can encounter them anywhere from the cities to the suburbs. And with the recent rise in the number of cases of eastern equine encephalitis, they’ve become public enemy number one. Spraying and bug juice (insect...

Pete Crozier played 18 holes at Lyman Orchards Golf Club in Middlefield on Day 45 of Fifty for Father. The Ohio resident is playing 50 golf courses in 50 states in 50 days to honor his father and raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

A railroad engineer was in the middle of his overnight shift when he spotted twin 9-month-old babies alone near the tracks in Worcester, Massachusetts. Police responded around 12:15 a.m. Wednesday after the baby boys were found in the area of the railroad tracks near Cambridge Street and Kansas Street.

Worcester police are investigating after twin 9-month-old babies were found abandoned near railroad tracks on Kansas Street early Wednesday morning. Police said they received a call around 12:15 a.m. Wednesday for a welfare check at a Cambridge Street address. Railroad employees told police they had found twin male babies by themselves in the area of the railroad tracks near Kansas...

A Massachusetts university has announced the launch of a certificate program to teach the ins and outs of marijuana policy in different states. Clark University in Worcester says the online-only program that starts in the fall has three courses on regulatory models, health and public safety concerns, and stakeholder education and enforcement.

A Massachusetts university has announced the launch of a certificate program to teach the ins and outs of marijuana policy in different states. Clark University in Worcester says the online-only program that starts in the fall has three courses on regulatory models, health and public safety concerns, and stakeholder education and enforcement.

Vernon police have arrested a nurse accused of sexually assaulting a pregnant woman.