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Worcester murder case: Suspect, 16 at time of killing, to be tried as adult
WORCESTER — A teenager who was 16 when he allegedly shot and killed another teen on Millbury Street in 2022 will be tried as an adult. Isaiah Disla, now 17, was indicted in February by a Worcester County grand jury. He is charged with murder. A pretrial conference was...
Rangers find body of missing man in forest near Massachusetts border
On March 19, a Massachusetts Department of Public Works plow driver noticed a car at the Berlin Pass trailhead in Williamstown that had been parked at that location for eight days, 700 feet from the New York border near Taconic Ridge State Forest. Over the next three days, 18 New...
Worcester Housing Authority looking to relocate Lakeside residents
WORCESTER, Mass. – The Worcester Housing Authority is waiting to learn whether it will receive state funding to start the redevelopment of one of its oldest properties. It's also planning on where they'll relocate residents during construction. The 202-unit Lakeside Apartments complex was built in 1949. The proposed changes...
Mass. State Lottery winner: Man wins $1 million from $5 scratch ticket
A Massachusetts man won a $1 million prize from a lottery ticket he’d bought for $5 in his hometown. The prize was from the lottery’s “Waves of Cash” scratch ticket game, which was released on Aug. 1, 2023. There’s just one $1 million prize left to be claimed in the game as of April 25.
Expect 'a huge emergence' of mosquitoes this May. What to know
Mosquitoes are universally understood to be the major downside of spring and summer. Like ticks, there's no such thing as a good mosquito season — more often divided into categories of "bad" and "very bad." According to Sam Telford, professor of infectious diseases and global health at Cummings School...
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