Category Archives: Local News
Cultural, humanities nonprofits to share $1M in funding
Singer Anglique Kidjo in performance at The Vets Auditorium in Providence February 22, 2020. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Cultural and humanities nonprofits in Rhode Island...
Jul 12, 2021
Georgia man pleads guilty in counterfeit check scheme
U.S. District Courthouse in Providence. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Georgia man has pleaded guilty to his role in a scheme that recruited homeless people to cash co...
Jul 07, 2021
Rhode Island researchers tag second white shark in season
A female juvenile great white shark is tagged by workers with the Atlantic Shark Institute and released in Rhode Island waters. Photo: Atlantic Shark Institute WAKEFIELD, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island rese...
Jul 07, 2021
States get access to final portion of federal school relief
Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts and Rhode Island gained access to an additional $750 million in federal education relief Wednesday after the U.S. Education Department appr...
Jul 07, 2021
Fire chief accused of domestic violence pleads not guilty
Kent County courthouse in Warwick. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News WARWICK, R.I. (AP) - The Seekonk fire chief was arrested after police were called to his home on a report that he was assaultin...
Jul 07, 2021
Pandemic unemployment fraud grows another $9M
Director Matt Weldon of the RI Department of Labor and Training. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - There have now been almost $54 million in fraudulent unemployment claims in Rh...
Jul 07, 2021
Defendants involved in Massachusetts standoff in court
A man in military gear who broadcast on YouTube during an hours-long armed standoff with Massachusetts State Police following a traffic stop July 3 in Wakefield, Massachusetts identified himself as Ja...
Jul 06, 2021
Rhode Island launches incentive program to benefit charities
RI Foundation President & CEO Neil Steinberg (at right) and RI Commerce Secretary Stefan Pryor discuss details of the COVID-19 Vaccination Incentive Fund announced by Gov. Dan McKee July 6, 2021. ...
Jul 06, 2021
Police: 14-year-old girl shot in foot during fireworks show
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Police are investigating after a 14-year-old girl was shot in the foot while watching fireworks in Providence. Police in a tweet Monday said a large group of people was watchin...
Jul 06, 2021
UPDATE: 19-year-old man shot, killed on Providence street
File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News WPRO News and The Associated Press A 19-year-old man was shot by someone inside a vehicle as he walked along a Providence street and then run over by the same veh...
Jul 06, 2021
