Category Archives: Featured
Massachusetts activates National Guard to support hospitals
Gov. Charlie Baker announces activation of the Massachusetts National Guard and other steps to help overstressed hospitals deal with a surge in COVID cases December 21, 2021. Photo: Mass. GovernorR...
Dec 21, 2021
Duck poaching investigation leads to charges against 5
In a photo posted to the RI Department of Environmental Management Facebook page, ducks seized from alleged poachers are displayed on the bed of a truck. JAMESTOWN, R.I. (AP) - Five people are facing ...
Dec 21, 2021
Crow, Warren, Booker test positive for breakthrough COVID-19
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tours a COVID vaccination site in New Bedford March 31, 2021. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News WASHINGTON (AP) - Two senators and a third lawmaker say they have test...
Dec 20, 2021
Driver involved in fatal crash arraigned on DUI charge
Kent County Courthouse. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO NewsPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A former driver for Rhode Island's nonemergency medical transport service who was involved in a crash that caused the de...
Dec 08, 2021
RI has 1st human case of Jamestown Canyon virus since 2013
Photo courtesy U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island public health officials on Monday confirmed the state's first human case of the Jamestown Canyon vir...
Dec 06, 2021
Leaders release plan to spend $113M of pandemic relief money
Gov. Dan McKee announces an agreement with legislative leaders December 6, 2021 to begin the process of talking about spending 10% of the $1.1 billion in federal American Rescue Plan funds that have g...
Dec 06, 2021
DNA inside conch shell leads to suspect in 2001 homicide
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) - DNA recovered from the interior of a conch shell thought to have been used as a weapon in the 2001 killing of a Massachusetts woman has led to the indictment on a murder char...
Dec 03, 2021
Rhode Island union agrees to contract with vaccine bonuses
The Rhode Island State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO NewsPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The largest state employees' union in Rhode Island has approved a new four-year contract that includes $3,000 COVI...
Dec 03, 2021
North Carolina man gets 8 years in prison on gun charges
Federal courthouse in Providence. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A North Carolina man who according to authorities had a dozen guns in his vehicle he was not legally allowed ...
Dec 02, 2021
Energy secretary to visit offshore wind hub in Providence
U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer GranholmBy JENNIFER McDERMOTT The Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm is visiting a new offshore wind manufacturing hub i...
Dec 02, 2021
