LOCAL NEWS
Douglas Couple Charged With Child Endagerment
A husband and wife from Douglas were charged with reckless endangerment of a child. Their 16 year old son was removed from the home on 20 Arch Street by the state Department of Children and Families, after police found the teenager was living in squalor. George and Kimberly Campbell were arraigned in Uxbridge District Court…
Read MoreKillingly Man Arrested For Operating Crack House
On January 18th at around 7:30PM, members of the Connecticut State Police Troop D Quality of Life Task Force executed a narcotics related search and seizure warrant at 17B Saint James Row in Killingly, CT. The search warrant was obtained after an investigation revealed that 24 year old Tyler Ayotte-Pierce was selling crack cocaine from…
Read MoreNew Receiver For Southbridge School Department
Jeff Wulfson, Acting Commissioner of Southbridge Public Schools has announced that he has appointed a new receiver for the troubled school district. Dr. Jeffrey Villar will join Southbridge on February 12th, taking over for Jessica Huizenga, who resigned in July. The Telegram & Gazette reports his salary will begin at $198,000 per year. Dr. Villar previously…
Read MoreGood Luck, Ted Avlas!
The Lake 940 would like to send congratulations to Ted Avlas, who is retiring as the Assistant to the Superintendent for Business for Webster’s School Department on February 28th. On March 1st, Monique Pierangeli will become the district’s new business manager. You may remember Ted Avlas as serving many years on the Webster School Committee,…
Read More3 Worcester Men Arrested On Cocaine Trafficking Charges
Three Worcester men are in federal custody on charges accusing them of trafficking cocaine. Deibby Garcia, his brother Japhet and letter carrier Erick Cruz were arrested on Tuesday after a long investigation by authorities. The men were allegedly involved in a trafficking operation that involved cocaine being mailed to Worcester from Puerto Rico. All three…
Read More3 Alarm Fire Destroys Rochdale Home
At 7:45 pm on Wednesday, a first alarm was sounded for a reported structure fire on Foster Court in the Rochdale section of Leicester. Shortly after arrival, firefighters quickly requested a second, then third alarm be called. Crews from Leicester and Charlton encountered heavy fire inside the building. The fire was brought under control and companies…
Read MoreMass. Unemployment Rate Nearly Unchanged In December
The Massachusetts unemployment rate for December was 3.5 percent. That’s a tenth-of-a-percent lower than the November number. The national jobless rate for last month is 4.1 percent. The Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development says the biggest private sector job gains in the Commonwealth in 2017 were in construction; professional, scientific and business Services;…
Read More10 Cars Burn At Worcester’s UMass Medical School Garage
As many as 10 vehicles caught fire inside of the garage at UMass Medical School in Worcester on Wednesday afternoon. The garage, located on South Road is also shared with visitors and employees of UMass Medical Center. Worcester Fire officials said the fire was especially difficult to fight because the fire trucks are too large…
Read MorePatriots Confirm Tom Brady Has Right Hand Injury
It will be the Patriots and the Jaguars at Gillette Stadium this Sunday, but will Tom Brady be on the field? The team announced Brady was meeting with the team’s medical staff and will be included in the team’s injury report. According to the team on Twitter, Tom is “limited with a right hand injury.” Listen…
Read MoreWebster Man Killed In Paxton Accident
A 26 year old Webster man was killed after his vehicle was involved in a head-on collision with a trash truck on Route 56 in Paxton. The road was closed for several hours while police reconstructed the accident and cleared the scene. The Telegram & Gazette reports Andrew Guay was killed when his car struck…
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