Worcester police killed a second aggressive fox Sunday after attacks injured a woman and a 6-year-old girl this week. The incidents, on Jones and Granite streets, are among several fox encounters that have residents on alert; police euthanized an earlier fox for rabies testing after Sun…

Worcester Public Schools has proposed new student assignment zones that could shift which schools many city children attend, according to Worcester Patch. The announcement comes as federal and city officials, including US Sen. Ed Markey and US Rep. Jim McGovern, marked groundbreaking on…

Indian Lake was closed to swimmers after cyanobacteria levels exceeded state health thresholds, city officials confirmed this week. The closure comes as Worcester also grapples with a third mosquito sample testing positive for West Nile virus this season, prompting renewed warnings from…

A Worcester man was sentenced and ordered deported this week after being convicted in a federal visa fraud scheme built around a staged armed robbery. Mitul Patel, 40, of Worcester, was sentenced Wednesday by a U.S. District Court judge in Boston, according to Worcester Patch and intern…