Worcester
Worcester State shooting suspect arrested in New York
Crime Kevin Rodriguez, 18, allegedly shot and killed 19-year-old Southbridge resident Randy Melendez Jr. and injured another 21-year-old man during a shooting on Saturday. An 18-year-old suspect who allegedly killed a man and injured another during a shooting at Worcester State University last weekend was arrested in New York Thursday morning, according to the Worcester […]
Victim killed in Worcester State shooting identified as 19-year-old Southbridge man
Local News Authorities are still searching for 18-year-old Kevin Rodriguez, who is wanted on charges connected with the shooting. Randy Melendez, 19, was killed in a shooting at Worcester State University on Saturday. GoFundMe Authorities identified a 19-year-old Southbridge man as the person killed in a shooting at Worcester State University over the weekend as […]
‘Armed and dangerous’ suspect wanted for Worcester State fatal shooting
Local News Two men were shot at Worcester State University early Saturday morning. A 19-year-old man died of his injuries. Authorities are searching for an 18-year-old man in connection with a shooting at Worcester State University over the weekend that left one man dead and another injured, according to the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office. […]
Worcester State University issues shelter-in-place alert after shooting incident
Local News The school will be closed Saturday. All events on and off campus have been canceled, according to the university’s website. Worcester State University issued a shelter-in-place alert at 2:49 a.m. Saturday morning after a double-shooting, according to officials. “Immediately proceed to a secure location on the interior of the building. Please do not […]
Fever’s Aliyah Boston, former Worcester Academy star, unanimous choice for WNBA Rookie of the Year
Sports News The Indiana Fever forward and first-overall pick moved to New England when she was 12 and attended Worcester Academy. Indiana Fever’s Aliyah Boston capped off her stellar rookie season with an unanimous Rookie of the Year nod. Darron Cummings/AP Photo, File WNBA officially approves Tom Brady’s ownership stake in the Aces Jones, Stewart […]
‘It really stems from who he is as a person’: WooSox’ Ryan Fitzgerald embraced the Worcester community — and the city repaid him
Red Sox ‘”He makes everybody who comes in contact with him better.” Ryan Fitzgerald has touched the lives of many fans while playing for Worcester. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff The clubhouse located underneath Polar Park’s home dugout is a large, vibrant room adorned with several wooden lockers, most of which look like near-replicas of one another. […]
Worcester student arrested at school had loaded gun, heroin, crack cocaine in his bag, police say
Crime “We do not believe the student in question was planning to harm our students or staff,” said a Worcester Alternative School spokesperson. A teen boy was arrested at a Worcester school after he carried a loaded handgun and multiple bags of drugs onto campus Monday morning, according to a press release from the Worcester […]
‘This is what we are facing’: Worcester city councilor says her home was vandalized
Politics Etel Haxhiaj said someone threw a baseball at her home, and that her political lawn signs were vandalized. Political lawn signs in the yard of Worcester District 5 City Councilor Etel Haxhiaj were allegedly vandalized Friday evening. Etel Haxhiaj A progressive Worcester city councilor says her home was vandalized Friday evening when a baseball […]