Category Archives: Local News
Rhode Island reparations report suggests programs, not cash
Mayor Jorge Elorza signed an executive order establishing the Providence Municipal Reparations Commission February 28, 2022. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News The Associated Press A new report sug...
Aug 24, 2022
Block Island resort temporarily loses licenses after fights at festival, on ferry
Block Island Ferry. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News NEW SHOREHAM, R.I. (AP) - Authorities on the Rhode Island tourist hotspot of Block Island have voted to suspend the liquor and entertainment l...
Aug 23, 2022
Biden tests positive for COVID-19, has ‘very mild symptoms’
President Joe Biden is seen in a tweet July 21, 2022 after testing positive for COVIDWASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday and is experiencing "very mild sympt...
Jul 21, 2022
Former coach criminally charged in naked ‘fat test’ case
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO NewsPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A successful Rhode Island high school basketball coach who authorities say for years asked mal...
Jul 21, 2022
Biden announces modest climate actions; pledges more to come
President Joe Biden steps off Air Force One at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport en route to Somerset, Massachusetts to deliver remarks on climate policy July 20, 2022. He is accompanied b...
Jul 20, 2022
Investigation: Governor’s chief of staff did not break law
Gov. Dan McKee spoke with reporters July 20, 2022. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News The Associated Press and WPRO News Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee's former chief of staff did not break the law when he...
Jul 20, 2022
President Biden to visit Massachusetts
President Joe Biden. Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden will travel to Massachusetts on Wednesday to promote his efforts to combat climate change. But a p...
Jul 19, 2022
Rhode Island sues 5 landlords over alleged lead hazards
RI Attorney General Peter Neronha. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island has sued five more landlords who rent properties in which children with lead poisoning liv...
Jul 18, 2022
Highway administrator tours Routes 6 & 10 project
Federal Highway Deputy Administrator Stephanie Pollack (center) shares a laugh while touring the 6/10 interchange project in Providence July 14, 2022 with (from left) Rhode Island Federal Highway Admi...
Jul 14, 2022
Contractor who cheated IRS to spend weekends behind bars
Federal court in Providence. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island drywall contractor who according to authorities played a key role in cheating the Internal Revenue ...
Jul 14, 2022
