Category Archives: Featured
Feds: Undercover probe breaks Providence-based drug operation
Providence police and federal officials announce charges against 13 men and women in “Operation Bloodline”, a six-month undercover probe focusing on fentanyl and other drugs. Screenshot fr...
Nov 19, 2019
Providence settles police overtime complaint for $1.5M
File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Providence has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the city’s police union over overtime payments hundre...
Nov 19, 2019
Groundbreaking for newest RI solar project
Participants surround Governor Gina Raimondo during a groundbreaking ceremony November 13, 2019 in North Smithfield for a community net metering pilot project solar array off Pound Hill Road. Photo by...
Nov 13, 2019
Massachusetts fire lieutenant dies battling house fire
The Worcester Fire Department released this photo of Lt. Jason Menard, who died battling a house fire Nov. 13, 2019 WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) – A Massachusetts fire lieutenant has died battling an e...
Nov 13, 2019
Researchers tag 50 sharks off Cape Cod this season
Photo Credit: Terry Goss BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) – Researchers have fitted 50 great white sharks found in Cape Cod waters this season with tracking and data-logging devices to study how the speci...
Nov 12, 2019
Brown University looks to enroll more veterans
Brown University President Christina Paxson. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Brown University has announced plans to double the number of veterans it enrolls by cha...
Nov 12, 2019
Many Rhode Island state pensions exceed 6 figures
The Rhode Island State House. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Some retired state workers in Rhode Island have been collecting pensions that exceed six figures while...
Nov 12, 2019
Municipalities sue over new public employee contracts law
Mayor and town managers talk with reporters in North Providence Town Hall Nov. 12, 2019 about the lawsuit they filed against state leaders over the so-called evergreen contracts law. Photo by Steve Kl...
Nov 12, 2019
Woman dies in fall down stairs at Rhode Island bar
WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) – Police have released the name of the woman who died in a fall down the stairs of a Rhode Island bar last week. Westerly police say 31-year-old Traci Kiriakou, of Wes...
Nov 11, 2019
Gov. Raimondo hosts the state’s Veterans Day ceremony
Gov. Gina Raimondo and Director of Veterans Affairs Kasim Yarn share a laugh before a “signing” ceremony for a bill maintaining benefits for LGBTQ veterans at the State House on Nov. 8, 20...
Nov 11, 2019
