A Worcester man who serves as the director of the St. John’s Food for the Poor program was arrested after police say he tried ...

The number of violent crimes and property crimes reported in Worcester last year was the lowest in five years, according to the Worcester Police Department. The department on Feb. 5 released ...

Students of Worcester Technical High School all groaned in unison after Mayor Joseph Petty announced that Cornelia, the city’s resident groundhog, saw her shadow at the EcoTarium museum on Monday.

Oxen pulling sleighs with weaponry, cannons firing and “patriots” sharing stories from serving in the Revolutionary War were all at the Old Sturbridge Village this weekend in celebration of the 250th ...

Public schools in Worcester will be closed Friday due to dangerous arctic cold hitting Massachusetts. The school district cited “hazardous wind conditions” in an announcement Thursday evening.

Chick-fil-A is set to open its second restaurant in Worcester after the city’s license commission granted it a business license on Thursday. The new restaurant is located on 99 Stafford St. and will ...

Worcester resident Angela Stockdale is already dreading the possibility of heavy snow this weekend, and her city’s past performance in snow cleanup isn’t helping. The National Weather Service on ...

A growing number of Worcester residents are expressing discontent over a proposed tax exemption for an office-to-housing conversion project on Main Street. The Washington D.C.-based Menkiti Group ...

Jose Colon had spent just 17 days in Massachusetts when he shot and killed State Police Trooper George Hanna on the night of Feb. 26, 1983, after being pulled over in Auburn on the way to a liquor ...

Worcester residents are concerned about a proposed 19-story skyscraper that would have 225 apartments — nearly double the number previously reported. Residents appeared before the Zoning Board of ...

A development company up for consideration for a major new Worcester development was fined $5,000 due to past violations by one of its subcontractors involved in an apartment project in Worcester. The ...

A development company that owns several properties in downtown Worcester wants to redevelop offices on Main Street into 48 new market-rate apartments. The Washington D.C.-based Menkiti Group is ...