Former cop gets 12 years in prison after sharing child porn while on probation for another child porn charge
Link to Post A former Adams police officer received 12 years in prison after it was discovered that he had accessed child porn while on …
Hidden Gem: Eggroll Lady & Fish Shack
Link to Post Visiting the Eggroll Lady for lunch or dinner is like dropping by your grandmother’s house — it’s filled with laughter, comfort food …
PCBs: Where Worcester delayed, Princeton was decisive
Link to Post Indignant at potentially exposing town residents and workers to PCBs through no fault of their own, Princeton officials wanted payback. They decided …
Worcester Sun, Dec. 21: Stearns Tavern effort is a moving lesson, Healey’s a real doll + much more
Link to Post As scratch ticket sales stagnate, Lottery leaders double down on online sales push Through the first five months of the fiscal year …
There were 20,000 recent ads to buy sex online made in downtown Boston, Attorney General Maura Healey says
Link to Post There are 9,000 searches for sex buying in Boston every day, and the average number of ads posted every month in Greater …
Worcester Herald, two of five tax saving ideas were adopted this year saving over $5,000,000
We wrote often about the Local Receipt estimate and now it has been officially changed!!! Kudos to Councilor Gaffney on Local Receipts!! Kudos to Councilor …
Webster police say bank robbery suspect tried disguising herself with drawn-on facial hair
Link to Post Police said a bank robbery suspect in Webster tried to disguise her face by drawing facial hair on herself while stealing cash …
Lydia Torres sentenced to 1 year in prison for embezzling $400K in IRS money
Link to Post A Worcester woman who pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $400,000 from the Internal Revenue Service has been sentenced to spend 12 months …
Auburn High School student arrested after allegedly bragging about punching and kicking student in cafeteria fight
Link to Post Police in Auburn have arrested a high school student who they say punched and kicked another student in the school cafeteria last …
Brookfield collecting clothes, winter gloves for elderly man who lost everything in house fire
Link to Post People in Brookfield are trying to help a neighbor in need for the holidays, an elderly man who lost everything in a …
Crash closes lane on Interstate 190 in Worcester Tuesday morning
Link to Post Massachusetts State Police were called Tuesday morning to the southbound lanes of Interstate 190 for a report of a crash. Posted by …
Recovering drug users awarded gift baskets by Worcester police
Link to Post In the gloom of a nationwide opioid epidemic, a bright spot shined in Worcester Monday: Police officers and recovering drug users sharing …
Driver’s car struck by bullet on Interstate 495 in Milford
Link to Post State police are investigating a report of a driver’s vehicle being struck by a bullet while they were traveling on Interstate 495 …
Here’s who is on the Rattlesnake Island working group
Link to Post Seven months after state officials apologized for the roll-out of a plan to start a colony of venomous timber rattlesnakes on a …
Larry the Cable Guy and Jeff Foxworthy to play DCU Center in Worcester
Link to Post Stand-up comics Larry the Cable Guy and Jeff Foxworthy will team up for a co-headlining tour that will stop in Worcester, MA. …
Smartphone app in development by WPI will tell you if you’ve had too much to drink
Link to Post Want to know if you’ve had too much to drink? A professor and students at Worcester Polytechnic Institute students are working on …
Driver to face criminal charges in Wendell hit-and-run that injured local man
Link to Post WENDELL — A driver has been identified and cited in connection with a Friday evening hit-and-run that badly injured a local man, …
Former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal helps families in Gardner celebrate the holidays
Link to Post Former NBA star and Boston Celtic Shaquille O’Neal helped bring Christmas to over 200 families at the Gardner Community Action Center this …
10 years later, death of 17-year-old Burncoat High student Travis Monroe remains unsolved
Link to Post This is part of an ongoing series from the MassLive Unsolved Case Files, a look at families of victims and the investigators who continue to …
Mariano: Flag burning is a very emotional issue
Link to Post “I hate the idea of someone desecrating our flag. When they show it on the news, I often have to look away. …