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Health officials in Worcester are exploring the possibility of issuing new mask guidance amid an uptick of COVID-19 across the state. The city has yet to follow other Massachusetts communities in reissuing mask advisories or orders, but officials say the move is not out of the question if cases continue to rise. Worcester’s medical director, Dr. Michael Hirsh, told...

Health officials in Worcester, Massachusetts, are considering making changes to their mask rules amid rising coronavirus cases statewide.

Torrential downpours in Worcester Saturday evening left multiple streets flooded out.

Damaris Nazario was one of millions of parents who woke up to a tax credit direct deposited in her bank account Thursday. It’s for her two-year-old son Elliot, as part of the new Expanded Child Tax Credit. “In my case, I’m not working, and I know for a lot of families it means a lot, too, because they’re not...

A group of striking nurses from a Massachusetts hospital traveled to the headquarters of the hospital’s Dallas-based owner ahead of the scheduled resumption of negotiations later this week, officials said. A group of 17 nurses from St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, including 10 from the bargaining committee, have scheduled a news conference on Wednesday and will present a petition signed…

Johanna Gardell, 38, is facing several charges in connection to the incident.

A wild police pursuit Tuesday morning ended at a McDonalds in Worcester, Massachusetts, when the suspect attempted to order some food at the drive-through. Worcester police officers responded around 8:45 a.m. to the area of Lake Avenue for a reported stolen company pick-up truck. A man told them that a woman he didn’t know had climbed into his vehicle...

Worcester police are stepping up patrols at the city’s parks and swimming areas after a 17-year-old lifeguard was stabbed and beaten shortly after a group of young men was asked to stop smoking and drinking at a park. “We will not tolerate those who would use violence to take away the peace of our public spaces,” Chief Steven Sargent...

Both men were held pending dangerousness hearings on Thursday.

A teenage lifeguard was doing his job at a pond in Worcester, Massachusetts, when he was stabbed on the Fourth of July. Worcester police responded to Bell Pond around 6:30 p.m. Sunday for a report of several males attacking a lifeguard on duty, police said in a statement. The suspects were gone, but responding officers found a 17-year-old had been…

In tonight’s Daily Debrief, a 17-year-old lifeguard is stabbed on the job at a popular swimming area in Worcester. Plus, the search is on in Merrimac for a suspect accused in an armed home invasion. And, the Pops head to Tanglewood for their Fourth of July performance.

A 17-year-old lifeguard was attacked and stabbed by several men in Worcester. Brian Burnell has the latest details.

In today’s Daily Debrief, a 17-year-old lifeguard working on the 4th of July was stabbed in Worcester. At least one person is dead after four separate shootings in Boston. Rescue crews demolish the rest of the collapsed condo in Florida, and the Duchess of Cambridge is in isolation after exposure to COVID. Plus gymnast and Bostonian Aly Raisman needs help...

A 17-year-old lifeguard was hospitalized following the incident at Bell Pond.

In the wake of a series of recent drownings in Massachusetts, Gov. Charlie Baker filed legislation Thursday that would increase fines for swimming outside of designated waterfronts in the state. The bill would boost the maximum fine to $500 for entering or swimming in any waters on Department of Conservation and Recreation property not designated for swimming. The legislation is…

In one of the longest strikes in Massachusetts history at 115 days, nurses at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester offered a counter proposal for hospital officials late Tuesday night. The counter proposal was delivered to federal mediators around 11 p.m. Tuesday in response to an offer from Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare earlier this week. The Massachusetts Nurse’s Association was unsatisfied with…

In one of the longest strikes in Massachusetts history at 115 days, nurses at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester offered a counter proposal for hospital officials late Tuesday night.

A child believed to be about 10 years old was taken to a hospital Tuesday after falling into a pool in Worcester, Massachusetts, according to police. The Worcester Police Department says it responded to a medical call around 2:45 p.m. after a child fell into the water at a Greenbush Avenue home. The child was conscious and alert, but was…

Camps said they keep the kids in pretty small groups, so their counselors can keep a close eye on them to make sure they’re drinking enough water and not showing any signs of dehydration.

How are kids at summer camp staying cool amid the heat wave hitting Massachusetts?