Category Archives: Local News
Providence taps behavioral health groups to improve policing
Mayor Jorge Elorza announces a behavioral health initiative July 22, 2021 outside the Branch Ave. fire station in Providence. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Providence is wor...
Jul 22, 2021
Citizens Financial Group: Q2 Earnings Snapshot
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) Citizens Financial Group Inc. (CFG) on Tuesday reported second-quarter net income of $648 million. On a per-share basis, the Providence, Rhode Island-based company said it had ne...
Jul 20, 2021
Viola Davis memoir ‘Finding Me’ scheduled for next April
Viola Davis arrives at the 4th Annual Woman Making History Brunch at the Skirball Cultural Center on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP) NEW YORK (AP) - Oscar wi...
Jul 20, 2021
ACLU calls on Cranston police to end traffic stop quota
Cranston Police Chief Colonel Michael Winquist. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) - A civil liberties organization on Monday called on a Rhode Island city to halt what it says is an...
Jul 19, 2021
Shooter sentenced to prison for rampage that injured 2
Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn talks with reporters December 29, 2019. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) - A man who went on a shooting rampage in New Bedfor...
Jul 19, 2021
Rhode Island man plans 19-mile charity swim
The waterfront at Jamestown. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News JAMESTOWN, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island man is planning a 19-mile swim from Block Island to Jamestown later this month to raise money for a ...
Jul 19, 2021
Police: Pedestrian struck, killed by vehicle in Providence
File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A 46-year-old man struck by a vehicle in Providence while crossing the street has died. Providence police said Monday Phetsamone Ratsabout...
Jul 19, 2021
McKee veto: Auto body legislation would hurt consumers
Gov. Dan McKee. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee has vetoed legislation regarding auto body insurance claims that he said would ultimately burden co...
Jul 17, 2021
1st of 8 men charged in gang rape of minor gets 12 years
Providence Superior Court. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for his involvement in the 2019 gang rape of an inc...
Jul 17, 2021
Rhode Island to close 6 school COVID-19 testing sites
Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island is shutting down six state-run COVID-19 testing sites that since September have exclusively served school and child care students ...
Jul 16, 2021
