There is rain on the way for the final day of January. Snow lovers don't click away just yet!  There is some wintry weather in the forecast Friday as well.The WBZ Weather team has issued a NEXT Weather Alert for Friday and Friday night.

ONE PERSON WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL. NINE PEO A fire at a home in Worcester, Massachusetts, Wednesday has left nine people displaced and one person hospitalized, the city's fire department said.

WORCESTER – The Museum of Worcester is celebrating 150 years, and one of their featured exhibits showcases the city's storied history of candlepin bowling. Candlepin bowling was first played in Worcester in 1880.

School bus drivers in the second largest city in Massachusetts are urged to keep students on the bus if an immigration agent is waiting for them.

Worcester's immigrants are anxious amid reports of President Trump’s administration authorizing raids of undocumented immigrants in several cities.

Many Massachusetts residents woke up to blankets of white Monday morning after several inches of snow fell across the state overnight. The National Weather Service's Boston office issued snowfall totals showing upwards of five inches across much of Massachusetts, with some areas getting more or less accumulation.

Lewis G. Evangelidis last year expressed concern about an increase in crime by people living in the country illegally.

Rain showers are expected to begin in the early afternoon, moving from west to east across the state. Most of Massachusetts, including Boston, Worcester and Western Massachusetts, can expect to see rain the rest of the day as temperatures are forecast to reach the low 40s. The Berkshires could experience a mix of rain and light snow.

The National Weather Service is reporting the following snow totals in Central Massachusetts: Ashburnham: 7 inches (as of 6 a.m.) Grafton: 6.8 inches (as of 5 a.m.) Westborough: 6.2 inches (as of 4:42 a.m.) Lunenburg: 6.1 inches (as of 7:35 a.m.) Northborough: 6 inches (as of 7:30 a.m.)

While President Donald Trump is in the midst of ramping up the federal government’s efforts to deport millions of people currently residing in the U.S. unlawfully, Republican lawmakers in Massachusetts say it’s time to change the state’s practice of ignoring immigration detainers filed by federal officials.

In 2023, GoBankingRates recognized Worcester as the biggest boomtown in Massachusetts. The website recently updated the list of 'Biggest Boomtown in Every State' and this time, another area of the Bay State has been crowned the biggest boomtown in Massachusetts.

The EcoTarium, a science and nature museum in Worcester, will be hosting its third consecutive Groundhog Day event on Sunday. During the event, Worcester Mayor Joseph Petty will read a proclamation for the day and visitors will see the three-year-old woodchuck, according to a press release from the museum.