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A fire that was caused by a candle Thursday in Dudley, Massachusetts, left a woman hospitalized and a dog dead. The fire ripped through a two-story, multi-family home on Schoefield Avenue, near the corner of Brandon Road, around 5:45 p.m. There were reports of people being trapped inside the building. When fire crews arrived, the front of the home was…

A 26-year-old man was shot after multiple people forced their way into his first floor apartment in Dudley, Massachusetts overnight, according to authorities.

A 26-year-old man was shot after multiple people forced their way into his first floor apartment in Dudley, Massachusetts overnight, according to authorities. A woman and two children were inside the apartment, located at 12 Green Street, when it was broken into around midnight, according to Dudley Police Chief Steve Wojnar. There was a confrontation between the man and the…

Police and college safety officers in Dudley, Massachusetts broke up a large off-campus party near Nichols College Saturday night, prompting worries about the spread of COVID-19.  Dudley Police Chief Steven Wojnar said there were “between 50 and 100 kids” at the party, the Worcester Telegram & Gazette reported Wednesday. Police discovered the gathering when they accompanied the fire department as…

A teen was taken to the hospital following a single-car rollover crash Friday night in Dudley, Massachusetts. Police say the SUV was headed southbound on Schofield Avenue, when he struck an embankment at the intersection of New Boston Road, causing the car to roll over. The driver, a 17-year-old from Thompson, Conn., was the only person in the car. Police…

A motorcyclist has been hospitalized with serious injuries in Worcester, following a crash in Dudley, Massachusetts Saturday night.  First responders arrived on Charlton Road near the intersection of Tomahawk Drive. Police say a 33-year-old male was traveling east on Charlton Road on a Kawasaki motorcycle and may have been accompanied by other motorcyclists at the time of the incident. ...

A stolen car and several other vehicle break-ins were reported in Dudley early Saturday morning, police say. These break-ins all occurred in the area of Corbin Road and Dudley-Oxford Road and are suspected to have occurred between midnight and 5 a.m. Saturday, according to Dudley Police Chief Steve Wojnar. The stolen car, a red 2010 Nissan Maxima with Massachusetts plates,…

Massachusetts, and the driver believes it was started by a vaping product. The fire broke out at Kwik Stop. “The smoke immediately went up into flames and I heard a pop and it was engulfed in flames within seconds,” said Tracy Jette, who lives across the street. “A lot of flames, so they’re hot,” said another witness, a man...

A Dudley man says his vaping product may have started a fire that destroyed his family’s car.

A Massachusetts couple is facing a number of charges after a woman told police she was held against her will Tuesday night inside of her vehicle in Dudley. The victim, who has not been identified, went to the Webster Police Department at about 8 p.m. and told authorities that she had been parked outside the Dollar General Store in Dudley…

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Police in Massachusetts are searching for two men who robbed a gas station at gunpoint Tuesday night. Dudley police said officers responded to the robbery at 10:50 p.m. at the Patriot Gas convenience store on West Main Street. There, they learned two men entered the store with one of them brandishing a silver handgun.

A man is being held in Connecticut after allegedly kidnapping and assaulting a 12-year-old girl in Webster, Mass.

An arrest has been made in connection with the alleged kidnapping and sexual assault in May of a 12-year-old girl in Webster, Massachusetts, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Connecticut. Joshua Besaw, 35, of Thompson, Connecticut, was arrested Wednesday on a federal criminal complaint charging him with offenses related to the May 31 kidnapping and sexual assault of a...

A person died Tuesday after a fire in Dudley, Massachusetts.

Firefighters responded to calls of a blaze at a Dudley, Massachusetts home.

One person has died following a fire in Dudley, Massachusetts, on Tuesday morning, and the deceased is believed to have been involved with starting the fires, according to fire officials. Firefighters responded to reports of multiple fires at a property at 48 Dudley Oxford Road around 7 a.m. Tuesday. The fires were located in a vehicle, a shed and a house.

A Webster, Massachusetts woman was arrested Thursday for allegedly hitting three parked vehicles while driving under the influence then leaving the scene. At approximately 2 a.m., Dudley police responded to a call of a hit-and-run crash that damaged three cars near 25 Oxford Avenue. A vehicle believed to have been involved in the crash was stopped just under a mile...

On the Nichols College football field, each player is fighting for a starting spot. Two freshmen in that battle are also fighting the memories from six months ago. “The whole feeling is indescribable,” said Tyler Goodman, a freshman on the team. “It’s all your emotions just going into a big clump and it just messes with your head.” Goodman and...

Six months after the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, some survivors have started to attend Nichols College in Dudley, Massachusetts.