Worcester Police Investigate Shooting - 19-Year-Old Seriously Wounded

GoLocalWorcester News Team

Early on Tuesday morning at approximately 1:40 AM Worcester police officers responded to the area of 6 Freeland Street after receiving a ShotSpotter activation. 

Major Worcester Area Non-Profit Venue Announces Closure for Fall and Winter and Staff Cuts

GoLocalWorcester News Team

One of New England’s premier educational venues is closing for both the fall and winter due to the coronavirus. Worcester's EcoTarium, which...

MA Schools Ranked #1 in America

GoLocalWorcester News Team

A new study ranks Massachusetts schools as the best in the country. In contrast, Rhode Island schools score as the worst in New England and...

Death of the PawSox: A Betrayal of Trust

Robert McMahon, Guest MINDSETTER™

If you have watched any hospital show on television over the years, you probably have viewed a scene where, despite frantic efforts by the doctors...

Civil Rights Icon and Congressman John Lewis Dies at Age 80

GoLocalWorcester News Team

Civil rights icon John Lewis has died of cancer at the age of 80. The Congressman's death was announced by Speaker of the House Nancy...

McGovern Statement on the Passing of Congressman John Lewis

GoLocalWorcester News Team

U.S. Congressman Jim McGovern, Chairman of the House Rules Committee, issued this statement on the passing of civil rights hero John Lewis:

Tom Finneran: Fake News, Real Phonies

Tom Finneran, GoLocalWorcester MINDSETTER™

Certain sportswriters tell us that Adam Silver, Commissioner of the NBA, is miles ahead of his fellow commissioners in his degree of wokeness. Don&rsquo...

Tom Finneran: Solitude, Attitude, Gratitude

Tom Finneran, GoLocalWorcester MINDSETTER™

We enter month four of the Covid-19 global pandemic, anxious for encouraging news. We are saddened by what has been lost---the lives of loved ones,...

Feds Indict Man for Using Stolen Identity in Attempt to Secure Loan from Worcester Credit Union

GoLocalWorcester News Team

A Virginia man, currently on federal supervised release for a previous conviction, was indicted this week in federal court in Worcester with making a false...

Tom Finneran: Will America Rise

Tom Finneran, GoLocalWorcester MINDSETTER™

One thinks of Winston Churchill’s warning about “failing to rise to the level of events”. Churchill clearly saw the existential threat...

BREAKING: Atlanta Police Release Body Cam Footage of Shooting VIDEO

GoLocalWorcester News Team

The death of a Black man at the hands of police sparked protests, violence and arson Saturday night in Atlanta. On Sunday morning Atlanta...

Worcester K9 Assists with Arrest After Convenience Store Incident

GoLocalWorcester News Team

On Saturday morning at approximately 2:15 AM Worcester police were dispatched to a convenience store on Main Street for a report of a person with a...

Tom Finneran: The Sound of Breaking Glass

Tom Finneran, GoLocalWorcester MINDSETTER™

Worcester Police Make Arrest for Crack Cocaine on King Street

GoLocalWorcester News Team

This week members of the Worcester Police Neighborhood Response Team were on patrol in the King Street area in response to complaints from area residents....

Toddler Falls From Window, Worcester Police Are Investigating

GoLocalWorcester News Team

Worcester Police are reporting that on Wednesday at approximately 9:53 PM officers were called to a residence on Illinois Street after a child fell from a...

VIDEO: President Obama Leads Discussion on Reforming Policing

GoLocalWorcester News Team

President Barack Obama joined local and national leaders in the police reform movement, to discuss the tragic events of recent weeks, the history of police...

Minnesota AG Ellison to Charge Additional 3 Officers in Floyd’s Death, According to Reports

GoLocalWorcester News Team

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison plans to elevate charges against the former Minneapolis police officer who knelt on George Floyd’s neck while adding...

Tom Finneran: This Is So Wrong, Part Two and Three

Tom Finneran, GoLocalWorcester MINDSETTER™

Events intervened as they so often do. Those events require comment. First, the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek...

BREAKING: Minneapolis Police Officer Tied to Floyd’s Death Arrested, No Word on Other Fired Officers

GoLocalWorcester News Team

Minnesota Department of Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington said he has been notified that the officer identified as Derek Chauvin in the death of George...

VIDEO: Governor Baker Pays Tribute to the Fallen on Memorial Day

GoLocalWorcester News Team

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker recognized Memorial Day in a virtual ceremony.