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The plan to reduce the number of minor-league baseball teams and what it means to Worcester and New England

Joseph Michael Sparks, an instructor at Meigs Middle School, was arrested late Wednesday and charged with soliciting/engaging in lewd behavior with a student and failing to report child abuse.

Sparks, 48, of Niceville, was taken into custody at just before 10 p.m. and booked into the Okaloosa County Jail at 2:48 a.m. Thursday, jail records show. He is being held on no bond pending a hearing.

In this week's installment, columnist Sarah Connell Sanders joins Victor Infante in the studio to share her tips on how to make a podcast that's actually good, then Victor and Bill Shaner discuss the Boston Music Awards and what local charities are in need of this season. All this, and music by Evil Felipe!

This is communication on the scanner among dispatch and emergency crews in the field, recorded from both the Hudson Police and Hudson Fire departments, from 1:53 p.m. to 2:24 p.m. on Dec. 12, 2019 while police responded to the report of a shooting at 7 Howe St. in Hudson. The recording may not be comprehensive.

The latest “Belmont Buzz” features Belmont Woman’s Club co-presidents Wendy Murphy and Maria Papadopoulos talking about the club’s centennial anniversary and the club’s role in maintaining the historic home on Pleasant Street in Belmont known as the William Flagg Homer House.

Why did this man bring an AR-15 rifle to a presidential debate?

The NFL is vowing to thoroughly investigated a cheating scandal that's only being labeled a "cheating" scandal nationally because of the Patriots' checkered past. The filming incident that took place during Sunday's Browns-Bengals game is not a Spygate sequel. Here's why.