Category Archives: Local News
Baker stands by schools that reopened Monday
Governor Charlie Baker in Salem greets students, parents and teachers after the holiday break January 3, 2022. Photo courtesy Office of the Massachusetts GovernorSALEM, Mass. (AP) - Gov. Charlie Baker...
Jan 03, 2022
Rhode Island’s new legislative session set to begin
The Rhode Island State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO NewsPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Lawmakers plan to spend $119 million of Rhode Island's federal pandemic relief money when they return to the State...
Jan 03, 2022
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
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
Hamilton at PPAC is a Must-See: Catch it if you can
By Kimberly RauAlmost seven years after its 2015 Broadway opening, Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony award-winning hip hop-based musical, remains ridiculously popular. Even with a video recording of...
Dec 06, 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
Low-income Providence residents begin getting monthly income
Mayor Jorge Elorza at Amos House in Providence July 13, 2021 at the initial announcement of a pilot program to provide low-income families with $500 a month. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENC...
Dec 01, 2021
2 unrelated fatal shootings by police being investigated
WARWICK, R.I. (AP) - Two unrelated fatal shootings by police just hours apart in Massachusetts and Rhode Island are under investigation. The first occurred around 6 p.m. Monday in Fall River, Massachu...
Nov 23, 2021
