Category Archives: Featured
State workers could get $3,000 bonus for COVID vaccinations
The Rhode Island State House. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - State government workers in Rhode Island could soon be receiving a bonus for getting vaccinated against COVI...
Nov 18, 2021
Suspect in Federal Hill standoff ordered held
Police negotiated over an hour with an armed suspect, barricaded in a Federal Hill barber shop who later surrendered peacefully. Photo courtesy Rick Simone By WPRO NewsA man who held police at bay Thu...
Nov 12, 2021
State revenues now expected to be $274M more than projected
RI State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island revenues are now projected to be $274 million higher for the current fiscal year than what was estimated just six ...
Nov 11, 2021
Ex-high school coach under investigation for body fat checks
NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) - A former high school basketball coach in Rhode Island is under investigation for allegedly asking male student-athletes for years to take off their clothes while alone in ...
Nov 11, 2021
Staffing shortage prompts homes for mentally ill to close
The Rhode Island State House. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Two privately run group homes for the severely mentally ill in Rhode Island are closing at least temporarily...
Nov 11, 2021
Man sentenced to life in prison for stabbing woman to death
The Fall River Justice Center courthouse. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) - A Massachusetts man was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison in the fatal stabbi...
Nov 10, 2021
Cold War veterans now eligible for property tax exemption
Rep. Camille Vella-Wilkinson, file photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News WARWICK, R.I. (AP) - Military veterans from Rhode Island who served during the Cold War are now eligible for a property tax exemptio...
Nov 10, 2021
Pawtucket man gets 8 years in prison on gun, drug charges
Providence Superior Court. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island man has been sentenced to eight years in prison on gun and drug charges, prosecutors said Wednes...
Nov 10, 2021
Restaurant denied permit to expand shellfish farm
Restaurateur and oyster farmer Perry Raso demonstrates his farming operation in waters near his Matunuck Oyster Bar in an August, 2014 file photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Coa...
Nov 10, 2021
Health department looks into vaccine mandate compliance
The Rhode Island Department of health headquarters in Providence. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Two dozen home care agencies, walk-in clinics, treatment and urgent care...
Nov 09, 2021
