Worcester News

The apartment building on Upton Street in Grafton where a baby died earlier this month.

One of the most "critically endangered" structures on Preservation Worcester's Most Endangered Structures will soon become extinct.

High-tech comedy duo AudioBody and mind-reader Eric Dittelman will perform for a First Night Worcester fundraiser at 8 p.m. April 26. Tickets are $15 and $7.50 for children 12 and younger.

A City Council subcommittee is calling for a one-year postponement in National Grid's "smart grid" pilot program.

Police respond to the area of 13 West Boylston Drive, where two people were shot Tuesday night.

A Leicester woman was released on $2,500 cash bail after being arraigned today on charges stemming from an April 12 hit-and-run accident on Main Street that claimed the life of an 83-year-old man.

Firefighters battled a three-alarm fire in a multifamily apartment building Thursday that left 15 people and their pets without permanent shelter.

Correspondence to Jane E. Freedman, MD, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, AS7-1051, 368 Plantation St, Worcester, MA 01605-4319.

Guest blog post by Matt Erskine, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Development Generally, when people think about economic growth, they think in terms of big ideas: workforce development, increasing exports, foreign-direct investment.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Fisher's ballot access lawsuit against his own party will go to trial June 18, according to a Wednesday ruling.

Residents of the quiet South Row Road neighborhood are reeling after authorities allege a 47-year-old woman attacked her boyfriend with an ax early Wednesday morning, leaving him in critical condition.

On Saturday, April 26, 2014, St. Mary's Parish in Shrewsbury will offer parishioners and those in the town an opportunity to celebrate community while having fun and making a difference.

One dispatcher helped calm a hysterical grandmother whose 3-year-old grandchild wasn't breathing, and the other provided over-the-phone instructions for the Heimlich maneuver to help save the life of a 12-year-old boy who was choking.

It's that time of year again when state's Unclaimed Property Division auctions off lots of items on eBay .

A driver escaped serious injury Wednesday morning after their minivan ended up in a tree.

In the months that followed the November 2012 reopening of a convenience store at 1130 Pleasant St. under a new owner, few people came in.

A 47-year-old Lunenburg woman was arrested early Wednesday morning for allegedly attacking her boyfriend with an ax.

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.