Worcester teen recovering after being hit by SUV in Worcester
A 13-year-old girl was in a coma for nearly a month and is grateful to be alive after she was struck by an SUV in July.
Paul Burton is a general assignment reporter for WBZ-TV News. Burton joined the station as a participant in the "CBS News Development Program" and came from WLNE-TV in Providence, where he worked as a general assignment reporter since the spring of 2003.
A true local reporter, Burton was born and raised in Framingham, Massachusetts, along with brother Steve Burton. He attended Northwestern University earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications and a Master's degree in Journalism. Burton received a second Master's degree as well as a Doctorate in Ministry degree from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary.
Prior to becoming a journalist, Burton led a successful career as an athlete. From 1994-1997 he was an ALL Big Ten punter at Northwestern, taking part of two Big Ten Championships, and playing in both the 1996 Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, and 1997 Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida. Burton also spent time in the NFL as a member of the Seattle Seahawks.
In addition to his career and studies, Burton is associate pastor at Tremont Temple Baptist Church. Burton also serves as director of the Ron Burton Training Village, a youth sports camp founded by his father, Ron Burton, in 1985. Through the medium of sports Burton works with children ages 11 to 18 on how to succeed in life and succeed both on and off the field.
A 13-year-old girl was in a coma for nearly a month and is grateful to be alive after she was struck by an SUV in July.
A congregation in Wakefield, Massachusetts sang, prayed and celebrated the grand reopening of their church, six years after it was destroyed by a fire caused by a lightning strike.
JJ Facey, a freshman at Framingham State University, died earlier this month shortly after his first college soccer practice.
A 16-year-old who is transgender says he was attacked during a party in the woods of Gloucester.
A New Hampshire man is fighting for his life because of a mosquito bite. He has tested positive for three mosquito-borne viruses, including EEE.
This weekend, the city granted more than 3,000 parking permits for moving trucks hoping this won't lead to any storrowing.
Dozens of nurses and staff walked out of Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer on Saturday morning for the last time after Steward Health Care could not find a buyer for the hospital.
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There was a scare on a JetBlue flight from Los Angeles to Boston Tuesday when a cellphone caught fire.
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