With concerts and hockey games on hold for the immediate future, city officials in Worcester are turning to the DCU Center as a potential home for overflow patients.

City officials in Worcester are coming up with a backup plan in case the hospital system is overwhelmed with coronavirus patients, with beds being set up at the DCU Center.

The city of Worcester, Massachusetts, is planning for a surge in coronavirus cases and plans to use the DCU Center for patients if necessary, should area hospitals become full.

The second-largest city in Massachusetts is preparing for more coronavirus cases.

More than twenty residents were displaced and one firefighter was sent to the hospital after a two-alarm fire ripped through a Worcester home early Thursday morning. The fire at 51 Harlem Street has been extinguished, according to officials. “Fortunately all the smoke detectors were working, and the occupants were able to all get out because of the smoke detectors,” district…

A Worcester fire displaced 20 residents and sent one firefighter to the hospital.

Firefighters battled a three-alarm fire in Worcester Tuesday morning.

The trial of a Massachusetts man charged with kidnapping his friend’s 7-year-old daughter and throwing her off a bridge and into a lake has been postponed until October. Joshua Hubert, 37, of Worcester has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder, kidnapping a child under 16 and strangulation or suffocation. Hubert attended a cookout with the girl’s family on Aug. 26…

Amidst the smattering of school closings across the country, Worcester Public Schools is looking to get ahead of the possible threat of the novel coronavirus.

For Andres Cedillo, it’s hard to imagine how disruptive it would be if his son’s school in Worcester was shuttered by a viral outbreak. Like thousands of parents across Massachusetts, Cedillo is weighing how the spread of a new coronavirus that originated in China and has since moved to the United States and 75 other countries might affect his...

Parents and educators will need to come up with backup plans in case of widespread closures due to coronavirus.

A legendary local group of roast beef spots is in expansion mode, with two new locations potentially coming to the Greater Boston area — including a return to a town it left a couple of years ago. According to a source, Kelly’s Roast Beef has some plans in the works to expand through the Northeast, with a post from the franchising.com site...

Flames tore through a home Monday evening in Worcester, Massachusetts, but several occupants and the family dog made it out safely. “It just feels like a dream,” said Jenna Prokopowich, who lives at the home, but wasn’t there at the time. “I don’t really feel like I’m here right now.” Jayce Bonet, who also lives at the home, had...

A fire destroyed a building in Worcester, leaving multiple people without a home.

On a JetBlue flight Thursday from Florida to Worcester, Massachusetts, Michele and Steven Burt’s French Bulldog, Darcy, had trouble breathing.

This week’s Restaurant Recap features a new location for a beloved Lower Mills taco spot and one for the beer-loving Yard House. (Thanks to 110 Grill in South Bay Plaza for hosting us this week.)

At least seven residents have been displaced after a fire burned through a multi-family home in Worcester, Massachusetts. Firefighters responded to the home on Beacon Street overnight Sunday where they found heavy fire on the third floor that extended into the attic. Firefighters were able to knock out the fire around 4 a.m. on Sunday. One firefighter was taken to…

A 38-year-old Massachusetts woman is facing serious felony charges after she allegedly took photos or video of three partially nude boys inside a K-6 elementary school in Worcester last week. Erin Scally of Holden was confirmed by students to be a behavioral therapist who works in the Special Education department at the Norrback Avenue School. Prosecutors allege that last Tuesday,…

A Holden woman is accused of recording images with young boys in the bathroom of a Worcester elementary school.

Four men were charged with trafficking drugs this month after they were arrested with five types of drugs, over $10,000 and a loaded gun, prosecutors said Wednesday.