Worcester News

The family of a 76-year-old man with Alzheimer's disease who was injured in a July 7, 2011, confrontation with Holden police has filed a negligence suit against the town.

Police today charged a Leicester woman with motor vehicle homicide in connection with the April 12 death of an 83-year-old pedestrian on Main Street.

Police were investigating an apparent shooting in the West Boylston Drive area Tuesday night that left at least two people injured.

John Henry's Millbury printing press could come in handy now that the owner of The Boston Globe has hired Colliers International to put the Globe's Dorchester complex on the block.

Authorities say a Georgia man will be returned to Massachusetts to face a murder charge in a 40-year-old slaying.

Dacy Ann Soroka , 30, of Worcester, was arrested at 4:39 a.m. on April 13, and charged with OUI liquor, marked lanes violation, and DPW rules and regulations violation.

While preparing the earth for planting, turning the soil and picking weeds, the five students grow in their faith.

Two young girls were sent to area hospitals when a retaining wall behind 51 Pine St. collapsed Saturday evening, according to Deputy Fire Chief Thomas Dateo and acting Police Capt.

The father of Jeremiah Oliver said he would rather his son's body be never be found, and keep hope that he was alive, than to have him found discarded by the side of a highway.

Now in its third year, New England's schools--from major universities to liberal arts colleges--have been assessed in a GoLocal super-ranking that combines the nation's top educational rankings with grassroots student-oriented assessments.

From the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester ; and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, and the Ralph H. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, SC .

"A Lot On Our Plate: Chronic Health Threats in Massachusetts" was the Institute's fifth Family Impact Seminar, which attracts legislators and officials from various state and private agencies.

Massachusetts politics and media changed this past week when Michael Graham announced he was taking his talk radio show to Atlanta, Georgia.

It is said there are two certainties in life: death and taxes. At Worcester City Hall, there is another certainty: Jo Hart, Worcester.

Metropolitan Methodios of Boston proceeds into St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Cathedral today, lighting candles of worshippers, for a celebration of the Easter Agape Service.

Evidently, even being obliquely mentioned on "The Howard Stern Show" has a certain cache, or so I learned on April 14, when I suddenly starting receiving notes from friends and acquaintances that the caustic radio host had mentioned my column.

One of two men accused of committing a string of bank and store robberies is scheduled to appear in federal court Friday for a hearing.

Thieves have been ransacking and stealing cars along the Route 20 corridor over the past week, according to Andrea Warpula of the Millbury Police Department.

Filmmakers Nubar and Abby Alexanian will present their documentary "Scars Of Silence" at the Worcester Public Library at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 23. The screening will be part of a commemoration program observing the 99th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, which began April 24, 1915.

Firefighters at the scene of a two-alarm fire at a three-decker on Merrick Street in Worcester.