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In The News
>WEATHER: Watch Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (:49). High of 78 today in Worcester
-Why this summer in New England was really wet
>TOP OF THE NEWS
+5:00: Trial nears for Steven Foley, accused of killing, burning Cynthia Webb; Here’s what we know
+5:00: Find back to school information for Worcester families
+5:00: Leaking propane tank blamed for fatal Berlin explosion
+5:00: Teen arrested for carjacking, fleeing police in 3 towns
+5:00: Irish folk singer-songwriter Niall Connolly makes Worcester debut
+5:00: WooSox beat Rochester, 4-3
+5:00: Bill Ballou's baseball column
+Noon: 2 Worcester residents charged in Shrewsbury road rage incident
+Noon: Worcester Airport will develop plan to eliminate "close calls" on runway
+Noon: Community Healthlink estimates 8 to 12 months to fully reopen detox programs in city
+Noon: Electric Haze to mark 10th anniversary with music, art and more
+Noon: Seven Things To Do: Get The Led Out, Jolly Beggars, The Outlaws ...
-Woman at Worcester Regional Airport stopped with loaded gun, T.S.A. says
-Worcester receives $4.1 million grant for lead hazard reduction
-Caribbean carnival to mark 10th anniversary in Worcester
-Protesters object to Worcester Catholic schools' restrictive new LGBTQ+ policy (:52). Article
-Worcester District 5 candidates clash over police, attacks
-WATCH: District 5 Worcester City Council candidate debate. Audio (1:38:56)
-Nicole Apostola: District 5 candidate debate
-Superintendent's Welcome Back message for Worcester Public Schools (6:10)
-Nicole Apostola: W.E.C. School Committee District E candidate forum
-This Week in Worcester (55:54): The August of the Worcester Police Department
-Manny Alvarado (33:31): Oread Castle Park community cleanup
-Huge sale at Abby's House Thrift Shop
>DINING OUT: Bakery owner opens restaurant on Lincoln Street in Worcester
-NEW! Unsolved: Worcester -- The Main South Woodsman serial killer - Part 2. Video (16:41). Audio (17:42)
-ICYMI: Pyramid sculpture vandalized outside Worcester Art Museum
-Vice Squad cracks down on drug dealing in Green Island in Worcester
-Mass. P.O.S.T. Commission releases police discipline database; 46 Worcester officers included
-After homelessness, Worcester Housing Authority program helps woman become financially stable
-Worcester convenience store sells $1 million winner
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Wachusett Area Chamber awards scholarships
-Lamoureux Ford is your headquarters for the Ford F-150 (5:49)
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Rutland K9 Storm catches first suspect
-Shrewsbury’s Maple & Main names retail manager
-Dudley special election results
-Local Boy Scouts deliver school supplies to Ukrainian kids
-Enter to win WooSox tickets, Dunkin cards and swag from North End Motor Sales
-Spencer Fire Department warns of fire risks of lithium-ion batteries
-Gardner officials seek more information about proposed horse racing facility before zoning vote
-City of Gardner receives $200,000 for fiber optic network to improve municipal I.T.
-Public safety logs from The Item
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor’s Live Music List for Thursday
>SHOWTIME: Lavender Darcangelo’s "America's Got Talent" fate is revealed
-Worcester Historical Museum looking to break "smile" record
-Listen Up: Dark and dreamlike, Nicole Sutka's latest is a feast of sounds, emotions
-Worcester Walks: Donker Farm offers forest trails, creature encounters
-Writing Lines: Poetry comes clean, comforting canines and more
-Last Call: Musician Sam Herman
-WCCA-TV's Tech Safe No. 15 (28:20): We are not SAM
-WCCA-TV's Talk of Main Street No. 15 (28:01): Former mayor Konnie Lukes, attorney Stephen Gordon and Mark Henderson of the016.com
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to John J. DiIorio, aka “John Da Barber” of Worcester
>SPORTS: Red Sox beat Astros, 7-5
-Ezekiel Elliott "ready to play" after signing with Patriots last week
-NFL preseason Week 3 schedule, TV and announcers
-Holy Cross football kicks up preparation at competitive preseason camp
-This week in Holy Cross Athletics
-Charlie Eppinger steps aside as St. John's High baseball coach after successful 17-season run
-WooSox beat Rochester, 5-2
>CARS: See the most economical EV at Bertera Nissan, the Nissan Leaf (6:01)
-Feds, Mass. A.G. reach agreement on "right to repair" law
>NATIONAL: Video shows Yevgeny Prigozhin's plane crashing in Russia (1:20)
-4 people dead in shooting at California biker bar, authorities say
-Tragic: Elementary student killed and 23 others injured as bus crashes on first day back at school
>NEW ENGLAND: 2 dead in Maine plane crash, F.A.A. says
-Fairs in Massachusetts -- Here’s what you need to know
>COLLEGES: Worcester parks for enterprising Clarkies
-3 trustees elected to the Nichols College board
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): The top travel destinations for 2024 revealed
>BUSINESS: Leominster maternity center battle part of national struggle
-Leadership Worcester Class of 2024 announced
>HEALTH: Postpartum depression pill showing positive results in trials
-Mass. doctor discusses importance of preparing to combat COVID before school starts
>FOOD: A rice shortage is sending prices soaring across the world
>SHOPPING: These children's beds are being recalled due to strangulation and death risks
>HOMES: New properties for sale in and around Worcester
>TV/STREAMING: How subtitles are taking over TV
>MOVIES: When is "Barbie" coming to streaming? Preorder the movie on Prime Video now
>CELEBRITY: Kevin Hart tears muscles while racing former Patriots player
>ANIMALS: Rescue dog with wild zoomies becomes calmest big brother (3:18)
>HISTORY: Today in History for August 24th (1:25)
>GOOD NEWS (brought to you by Bertera Nissan): Woman who received kidney from stranger on mission to help others (1:56)
-Meanwhile, Mass. man to get new passport in time for his Italy wedding after dog ate document (:53)
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In The News
>WEATHER: Mark Rosenthal's 7-day forecast (1:12). High of 37 today in Worcester
>TOP OF THE NEWS
-Driver hospitalized after car crashes into Dollar Tree store in Worcester (:20). Article
-Worcester apartment project on Shrewsbury Street faces parking concerns
-A year after scathing report on use of force, sex acts, Worcester police have new policies
-Worcester Public Medical Director Dr. Michael Hirsh retires
-TODAY! Guns to Gardens gun buyback
-Related: Radio Worcester (12:45): Dr. Michael Hirsch on Worcester’s “Guns to Gardens” program
-TODAY! The final Village Marketplace of 2025
-Worcester police officers honored at City Hall promotion ceremony
-Proposed development would bring 270 units, supermarket and a half-dozen other businesses to abandoned Shrewsbury factory site
-Dark Downeast Podcast (35:45): The murder of John E. Volungis Jr.
-Worcester Guardian week in review: Legacy businesses, tax rate debate, winter prep
-Radio Worcester Roundtable (49:36): Worcester snowstorm response, police oversight & affordability
-Radio Worcester's The Rundown (27:03): Tax rates, infrastructure challenges and a major coaching milestone
>DINING OUT: Table Hoppin': Bonchon, from owners of Gong cha, sees crowds, lines
-ICYMI: Couple arrested after 5-hour standoff in Worcester (1:37). Article
-Related: Worcester officers treated for hypothermia after standoff
-Water restored as crews continue work on Shore Drive in Worcester
-Winter homeless shelter to open at former Quality Inn near Lincoln Plaza
-Worcester woman wins Lucky for Life, takes lump sum of $390,000
-See the rest of the day's Worcester news
>HOLDEN (brought to you by Lamoureux Ford): Wachusett Echo: Phone-free school by 2026? The newest phone policy controversy
-Merry Christmas from Lamoureux Ford! (:47)
-Chief Tim Sherblom sworn in as head of Central Mass. Chiefs of Police Association
>THE BURBS (brought to you by North End Motor Sales): Pedestrian struck and killed on Providence Road in Northbridge
-Police determine threat at Sterling school not legitimate
-West Boylston town administrator, hired after flag controversy, headed to Rutland
-TODAY! Santa visits Paxton Fire Department
-Apple store opens in Millbury
-Disabled veteran tax exemption available in Shrewsbury
-Kindled Planning hopes to "spark" more for customers
-The Item's calendar of events
>BARS & BANDS: The Mayor's Live Music List for Saturday
>SHOWTIME: Things to Do: Assabet Valley Mastersingers, High Command and more ...
-"Sister's Christmas Catechism" coming to Worcester
-"Night Lights" named best holiday garden display in nation
-Anxious Taylor Swift was scared to continue Eras Tour after Vienna terror threat
>OPINION: Tom Marino: Extremist views of Worcester’s self-proclaimed moderates
-WCCA-TV's Soapbox No. 1399 (24:41): John Stanford, Executive Director, Incubate
-Unity Radio's The Susanity Life (59:28)
>OBITUARIES: Tribute to Professor Emerita at UMass Medical School
>SPORTS: What’s impressed Josh McDaniels the most about Drake Maye this season
-Jayson Tatum looks spry in latest workout videos amid injury recovery
-Holy Cross baseball, men's lacrosse announce schedules
-A banner day: St. Paul honors championship history of former high schools
>CARS: List of the most stolen cars in 2025 revealed
>NATIONAL: Terrifying gas explosion caught on doorbell cam (:49). Article
-The 10 richest states in America
-Tragic: 8 high school athletes injured during training run after car veers onto sidewalk in suspected D.U.I. crash
>NEW ENGLAND: Brian Walshe trial recap (21:57): After closing statements, the jury deliberates
-Driver shaken after alleged road rage shooting on I-495 (1:47)
>COLLEGES: WPI professor named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
-Assumption named peacebuilder and conflict-resolution expert Alice Nderitu Civic Friendship Fellow
-Late-night breakfast at Clark, in photos
>TRAVEL (brought to you by Fuller RV & Rental): Where to go in Charlevoix, a French-Canadian snow globe
>BUSINESS: Lawmakers mull action on "dynamic" A.I.-powered pricing in wake of "shocking" Instacart report
-Open AI, Microsoft face lawsuit over ChatGPT’s alleged role in Conn. murder-suicide
-Radio Worcester (7:03): Holiday spending budgeting and scam-proofing advice
-Former Worcester City Councilor candidate founds organization to address systemic oppressions
>HOMES: Foreclosures are soaring in the U.S.: study
>SHOPPING: Shoppers say ’tis the season for inflation, poll finds
>HEALTH: Tips to protect your sleep during the holidays (4:56)
-Under 7 hours of sleep shortens your life — 5 tricks to snooze faster
>TV/STREAMING: How to stream Taylor Swift docuseries, "The End of an Era," on Disney+
>MOVIES: New movies on streaming: "Die My Love," "Christy," and more
>CELEBRITY: Jason Bateman makes eyebrow-raising remark about sister Justine
-Judi Dench believes Harvey Weinstein has "done his time" for sexual assault, says she forgives him
>ANIMALS: Bear cub runs across frozen Hubbardston pond (:37)
>HISTORY: Then & Now: 187 Washington St., Worcester
>GOOD NEWS: Steve Hartman’s 10 most memorable stories over the years (29:41)
-Meanwhile, escaped horse visits New York's J.F.K. Airport
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