At the age of 15 he joined the staff of the Worcester Evening News and Times as a trainee reporter with the first 12 months spent in the readers’ room as a copy boy before moving into editorial.

Miss Sheppard told the Worcester News: "This is our fourth year and they have proved very popular. "Being a farm we have our own animals and they don't like loud fireworks, and as a family-run ...

One woman is dead and a man is wounded after a shooting at a home in Worcester, Massachusetts early Thursday morning.

WORCESTER ― Sitting in an office at the social-service provider Friendly House in Worcester, a man sat quietly in front of a ...

Some strong opinions have been revealed as Worcester News readers debate if fireworks should be banned from public sale.

However, they should be left alone to disappear in a few months or trapped and released in a sheltered spot. Read more: ...

Here are four takeaways from Election Day in Central Massachusetts. Massachusetts and Worcester have long been safely ...

The Worcester County Sheriff’s Office has reported one of their deputies was involved in a head-on collision Friday.

A woman was fatally shot Thursday in an apparent instance of domestic violence, a spokesperson for the Worcester Police Department said.

The book was added to Worcester Public Library’s collection in 1899. Then in 1973, it was checked out and never returned.

WORCESTER — Police say shots were fired in the area of Franklin Street near City Hall around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. There were ...

The Worcester County Sheriff's Office arrested four shoplifting suspects following a theft investigation and pursuit through ...