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>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:43). High of 48 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Manhunt continues for Worcester double shooting suspect (2:11)
-Related: Worcester Police Department press conference (5:43)
-Related: Suspects in murders of mom, daughter in Worcester have lengthy criminal histories
-Opinions clash in Worcester over potential for state’s first safe injection site
-Worcester female business owner celebrates International Women's Day
-Trial begins in crash that killed daughter of Worcester murder victim
-Lorraine Laurie, "The Mayor of Green Island," dies at 73
-10 Nichols students charged with assault and battery in campus fight
-Worcester man accused of armed robbery of Northborough Amazing Intimate Essential Store
-TODAY! The Village Marketplace on Saturday
-Worcester St. Patrick's Day Parade 2024: Your guide to the green
-St. Patrick's Parade on Park Avenue in Worcester on Sunday
-Residents shiver in their own homes as they struggle to stay warm during Mass. winters
-Proposal would create statewide Ebony Alert for missing Black women and girls
-Celebrate Women's History Month with these local events
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (49:10): Worcester votes for pilot safe injection site
>DINING OUT: These Worcester County burgers among best in Mass.
-ICYMI: Ex-Worcester principal accused of sex abuse invited to read at elementary school
-Small house fire on James Street in Worcester under investigation
-Worcester remembers firefighters, civilians who died in fire-related incidents
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Wachusett students excel at science fair
-Holden Dems to elect delegates on Saturday
-At Lamoureux Ford, our customers tell our story the best (1:56)
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Auburn collision center to expand to Spencer with merger
-Leominster drug dealer sentenced to 6 years in prison
-Millbury Z.B.A. postpones 40B review
-Shaw School design in Millbury recognized
-Go for a run in Sterling April 6th
-Cronin announces re-election bid for senate
-Boylston election papers available
-Lancaster papers available for those seeking office
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Saturday
>SHOWTIME: Five Things To Do: GA-20, Don White, "Daniel Tiger" and more ...
-100FM The Pike (5:04): The Pike Breakdown Lane for March 8th
-Worcester State gallery opens exhibition of junk paintings and assemblage sculptures
-16 Clark artists featured in ArtsWorcester College Show
-WCCA-TV's Rosen's Roundtable No. 528 (28:16): Road Safety/Baseball
-WCCA-TV's Close to Home No. 561 (26:24): Richard Anger, Part 1
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Worcester business founder who gave back to the community in many ways
>SPORTS: Projecting the salaries of Patriots’ core pending free agents
-Boston Bruins trade for Pat Maroon, Andrew Peeke
-Holy Cross men's ice hockey team beats Canisius, 4-3
-Related: Highlights (1:52). Postgame interview (1:36)
-Get to know Holy Cross football's 2024 recruiting class
-Railers beat Trois-Rivières, 4-3
>CARS: Bertera Nissan is your first choice (:11)
>NATIONAL: Helicopter crash kills 2 National Guardsmen, Border Patrol agent
-Tragic: Mother kills 4-year-old twins before father's custody visit
>NEW ENGLAND: Driver pleads guilty in crash that killed Treat Williams
-Massachusetts named best state for women in 2024 ranking
>COLLEGES: Anna Maria AMC Love Stories: Jeff “Gabby” and Melissa Paulhus
-Assumption professors featured on NPR's "The Academic Minute" podcast
-Holy Cross hosts acclaimed poet Reginald Dwayne Betts
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Hotels charge 10 times normal for solar eclipse on April 8th
>BUSINESS: Consigli, Fletcher, McCall inducted into W.B.J. Hall of Fame
-15 things you no longer have to pay for (so you better not be)
>SHOPPING: More than 63,000 infant swings recalled due to suffocation risk
>HOMES: 10 most expensive homes sold in Worcester County, February 25th - March 2nd
>HEALTH: C.D.C. recommends another COVID booster for all over 65; not all agree
-City of Worcester (42:55): Stay Connected With Your Health - March
>FOOD: Oscar Mayer hot dogs and sausages get plant-based meat versions
>TV/STREAMING: New shows and movies to watch this weekend
>MOVIES: New movies on demand — "Argylle," "The End We Start From," and more
>CELEBRITY: M.F.A. "pardons" Newton's B.J. Novak for high school prank
>ANIMALS: Hyper dog becomes so calm when his human brother arrives (:59)
>HISTORY: Discount retailer Building #19 wore its messy reputation with pride
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Mass. couple matched by first computer dating program 60 years ago
-Meanwhile, in Wisconsin, tank malfunction drenches brewery employee with beer
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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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