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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:46). High of 35 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+6:00: Lock 50 closes; staff unhappy with handling
+6:00: Amazon warehouse at Greendale Mall nears opening, city councilor says
+6:00: Worcester police warn of rash of TikTok-linked car thefts
+6:00: 100FM The Pike (6:53): Breakdown Lane for January 26th
+Noon: It's Friday! Check Dining Out and Bars & Bands before making plans
+Noon: New shows and movies to watch this weekend
+Noon: New movies on demand — "Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom" and more
+Noon: Worcester market to close permanently
+Noon: Drug trafficking suspect in Worcester tied to home invasion
+Noon: Worcester teen Ayla King faces trial for racketeering in Georgia Cop City case
+Noon: National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine coming to Mechanics Hall
-Long-awaited $10 million Worcester project to break ground in spring
-Root & Press opens on Shrewsbury Street
-Channel 5's "Chronicle:" Hidden history is scattered throughout Worcester
-14-year-old arrested for robbing Worcester market with a machete (pictured)
-Latest developments in the Karen Read/Turtleboy case
-City councilors take issue with Worcester snowplowing efforts
-Worcester officials discuss increase in fatal opioid overdoses
-Worcester native who created the original Pat Patriot design dies at 97
-Aislinn Doyle: Worcester Public Schools in Brief for January
-The Faces of Worcester: Susan Dunshee
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (49:13): Worcester school safety & Knitty Council debate
>DINING OUT: Burncoat Basketball fundraiser at 2 Chefs Restaurant on Saturday
-ICYMI: A Sterling local mother's mission to prevent furniture tip-overs (3:59)
-"Taylor Swift party" at Gerardo's Bakery for girl battling leukemia
-2 teens charged in connection with series of explosions in Central Mass.
-Buy the bottle: a request to change Worcester's liquor law in bars
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Wachusett girls basketball continues perfect season with 70-30 win
-Lamoureux Ford Testimonial (:47)
-Movie Monday at Senior Center
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Clinton schools, police investigating "inappropriate behavior"
-Littleton woman with "limited" snowmobiling experience killed in New Hampshire crash
-New indoor pickleball complex set to open at Wachusett Plaza in West Boylston
-Dog found in Shrewsbury Market Basket parking lot
-Serial arsonist arrested in Leominster for setting fire to dumpster behind local bar
-Grafton Select Board won't issue R.F.P. for alternative cell tower location
-Templeton pub is reopening after fire
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Friday
>SHOWTIME: Big shoes filled: Polka Dottie becomes a certified clown
-Black artists "Catch the Fire" at exhibit at Worcester Crafts Center
-Music Worcester Welcomes Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy in March
-WCCA-TV's Tech Safe No. 24 (29:18): E.H.S. Challenged
-Manny Jae Media (39:35): Manny and Dr. Rachel Monárrez, Superintendent, Worcester Public Schools
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester woman who made a deep connection to Ghanaian culture
>SPORTS: Former Grafton star Ifeatu Melifonwu raises game entering NFC Championship
-Why Patriots coach Jerod Mayo calls owner Robert Kraft "Young Thundercat"
-Patriots receiver Kayshon Boutte arrested on multiple charges
-Bill Belichick has no 2024 prospects after losing out on Falcons job
-Celtics destroy Heat, 143-110
-Bruins beat Ottawa, 3-2
>CARS: Bertera Nissan is your first choice (:11)
>NATIONAL: Alabama executes man with nitrogen gas
-20 people rescued from ice floe in Lake Erie
-Tragic: 2 kids home from school due to weather killed in house explosion
>NEW ENGLAND: Stone steeple of historic New London church collapses (1:34)
-Harvard cancer institute to retract 6 studies, correct 31 others
>COLLEGES: Worcester State Dance Team seventh in the nation in hip hop
-127,000 in Mass. could see student loans canceled under new plan
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): These 10 airports are the worst for connecting flights
>BUSINESS: Central Mass. Girl Scouts name a new C.E.O.
-Turbotax banned from advertising popular tax filing product as free
>SHOPPING: One-third of Gen-Z shoppers admit they shoplift at self-checkout kiosks
>HOMES: $7 million "fixer-upper" in Western Mass. with indoor pool is secluded sanctuary
>HEALTH: Blue Cross Blue Shield delays change in colonoscopy coverage
-This is how much exercise you need for better brain health: study
>FOOD: Wendy's launches breakfast burrito
>TV/STREAMING: Netflix adds record 13.1 million subscribers
>MOVIES: "Mission: Impossible 7" comes to Paramount+
>CELEBRITY: Sarah, Duchess of York, diagnosed with a malignant skin cancer
>ANIMALS: Blind forever puppy melts in his new dad’s arms (3:36)
>HISTORY: Today in History for January 26th (1:48)
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Family receives letter written in 1943, delivered after 80 years
-Meanwhile, in Alabama, wild video shows jail escapee nabbed hiding in trash can (:45)
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:38). High of 32 today in Worcester
+1:00: Monster winter storm set to move across country. Boston meteorologists discuss latest forecast (12:38)
+4:00: How much did it snow in Central Mass.? See town-by-town totals
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+4:00: Vehicle buried in Shrewsbury Police Department lobby (:16). Article
+4:00: Declared winter parking ban in Worcester lifted
+1:00: West Brookfield woman, 73, dies after struck in Ware Walmart parking lot
+1:00: Worcesteria: Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday is a day of service
-City education advocate to address MLK Day Breakfast at Assumption
-Passing torch of MLK's legacy: Youth Breakfast held at Worcester State
-Related: When Martin Luther King Jr. preached in Worcester
-Related: MLK Jr. honored in Worcester, through the years (16 photos)
-A meal fit for royalty is coming to Worcester’s Mechanics Hall this month
-Worcester horror film festival moves to DCU Center for 2026
-Worcester foundation launches $125,000 grant program for community health
-UMass Medical School tapped by Department of Defense to test a better way of treating postpartum depression
-The community engine fueling Worcester County’s philanthropy
-Worcester city offices closed Monday, trash and recycling delayed
-Holiday reminders: What's open, closed on MLK Day
-Man steals $2,600 worth of goods from Shrewsbury store after posing as another person
>DINING OUT: Boston's first-ever Michelin star delivered to 311 Omakase (1:12)
-ICYMI: UMass Medical School Professor: New variant of the flu virus is driving surge of cases
-Worcester veterans services director out amid dispute over academic credentials
-Worcester man pleads guilty after nightclub gun report, foot chase through Worcester Common
-Professor reflects on service work with Ukrainian refugee students
-UMass Medical School student Jaein Jung launches Lantern Project to help refugee teens
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Wachusett Echo: Rhubarb Pie Club Spotlight
-Lamoureux Ford welcomes Jeff Tripp from Sunnyside Motors (1:44)
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Leominster project aims to prevent reprise of disastrous 2023 flood
-Sanitary line issue, topping off ceremony talked about by D.P.H.S. Building Committee
-Sterling Rail Trail entrance features new signage
-Sutton business pretties up porches with sustainable, locally made decor
-Introducing Grafton High's new gymnastic co-op
-Shrewsbury draft calendar keeps schools open on religious holidays
-Swim school to occupy former party store in White City
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Monday
>SHOWTIME: Former Grafton resident pens first book
-Worcester Chamber Music Society presents "Shadow & Light" February 1st in Worcester
-100 FM The Pike (15:12): Virginia Madsen on her new movie filmed In Western Mass.
>OPINION: Robin Darling: What my laundry pile taught me about being a good mom
-This Week in Worcester Podcast (2:44:01)
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (26:06): Defamation lawsuit sparks debate over press freedom in Worcester
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (48:53): Lawsuit against This Week in Worcester spurs press freedom debate
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to doctor from Shrwewsbury
>SPORTS: Patriots top Texans, 28-16, to reach AFC title game
-Patriots defense proves it’s elite with masterclass vs. Texans
-Patriots’ win over Texans a big "program victory" for Mike Vrabel
-Drake Maye embraces wife in snowy scene at Patriots game
-Left-hander Ranger Suárez and Boston Red Sox agree to $130 million, 5-year contract
-Holy Cross' Abby Hornung named to Goalie of the Year Watch List
-Railers lose to Maine, 4-3
>NATIONAL: Iran protests death toll reaches over 3,000, rights group says
-High-speed trains collide after one derails in southern Spain, killing at least 21
-Tragic: Beloved pastry chef, 71, killed in freak accident with bread-mixing machine
>NEW ENGLAND: Driver suffers traumatic injuries in fiery Cape Cod crash (:27)
-Skiers rescued from deep snow in White Mountains
>COLLEGES: Assumption Fall Dean’s List
-Clark Career Exploration Week to feature sustainability panels, pop-up
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): American Airlines to offer new AAdvantage Rewards, free wifi in centennial year
>BUSINESS: Central Mass. business by the numbers
-Here's how A.I. data centers affect the electrical grid
-You’re probably using this every day at the office, and it’s teeming with bacteria
>SHOPPING: Best portable chargers to keep your devices powered anywhere
>HOMES: Here's a winter checklist to save money and keep your house warm (1:56)
>HEALTH: Discussing the new A.I. health app
-New F.D.A. warning: possible seizure risk after flu vaccine in young kids (2:22)
>FOOD: Viral supermarket chicken hack sparks debate
>TV/STREAMING: One of the world's best climbers attempts to scale Taipei 101 live on Netflix (1:01)
>MOVIES: Trailer for Nate Bargatze movie, "The Breadwinner" (2:39)
>CELEBRITY: Melissa Leo gripes winning an Oscar was terrible for her career
-Timothy Busfield’s attorneys say an investigation undermines state’s child sex abuse charges
>ANIMALS: Dumped mama and 7 babies rescued from abandoned house (1:54)
>HISTORY: 107 years ago: The Great Molasses Flood, Boston's strangest disaster
>GOOD NEWS: 9-year-old boy honored fire department after saving family from fire
-Meanwhile, in St. Louis, multiple mystery monkeys on the move
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