Category Archives: Featured
2,500 US flights canceled due to storms, virus
Travelers at ticket counters at Green Airport in Warwick. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island - Wintry weather combined with the pandemic to frustrate air travelers whose return ...
Jan 02, 2022
Betty White, TV’s Golden Girl, dies at 99
Actress Betty White, who died December 31, 2021 at the age of 99. Photo courtesy of Getty ImagesLOS ANGELES (AP) - Actor Betty White, whose saucy, up-for-anything charm made her a television mainstay ...
Dec 31, 2021
Aged giraffe dies at zoo in Providence
Sukari, the Masai giraffe that was euthanized at age 28 at the Roger Williams Park Zoo. Submitted photoWPRO NewsAnother giraffe has died at the zoo in Providence, the second death of a giraffe there t...
Dec 30, 2021
Suspect in Providence laundromat killing pleads not guilty
The Laundromax at 1321 Broad Street in Providence where police said Johan Quinones, 22 shot and killed Melvin Ricardo Perez Reyes, 38 on October 12, 2021. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, ...
Dec 23, 2021
Interior Department reaffirms status of tribe’s reservation
Gay Head Cliffs, Aquinnah, Massachusetts. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News BOSTON (AP) - A Massachusetts tribe's long-disputed reservation was reaffirmed by the Biden administration on Wednesday.The d...
Dec 23, 2021
Lifespan to require visitors to show proof of vaccination
Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island's largest hospital system says that in response to a rising number of COVID-19 cases in the state it will require all visitors to ...
Dec 22, 2021
Adoptive mother sentenced in so-called ‘house of horrors’ case
Michele Rothgeb in Providence Superior Court at her sentencing December 22, 2021. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO NewsA former Warwick foster mother is sentenced to the maximum ...
Dec 22, 2021
Gov: Rhode Island’s COVID-19 death toll reaches 3,000
Gov. Dan McKee is flanked by Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos and Health Department Covid Response Executive Director Tom McCarthy December 21, 2021 as he announced plans to step up testing and vaccinations agai...
Dec 21, 2021
URI to require students, employees to get COVID-19 boosters
Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) - The University of Rhode Island is joining a growing number of colleges in the state requiring students to get a COVID-19 booster shot for ...
Dec 21, 2021
Rhode Island man pleads guilty to pandemic relief fraud
U.S. District Courthouse in Providence. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island man has pleaded guilty to his role in a conspiracy to file fraudulent applications ...
Dec 21, 2021
