Category Archives: Local News
Monster nor’easter shuts down travel from Pittsburgh through New York City
Car accidents started ramping up across Pennsylvania as snow accumulated on roads from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia. AccuWeather Global Weather Center - December 17, 2020 - All of the necessary ingredie...
Dec 17, 2020
JEFF BRITT TRIAL – Complete Coverage
In this November 1, 2019 file photo, political consultant Jeff Britt leaves Superior court in Warwick after pleading not guilty to money laundering and violating campaign contribution law. Photo by St...
Dec 17, 2020
Nor’easter set to blast the eastern US with heavy snow
Combination of heavy snow and gusty winds can create near-blizzard conditions just inland of the coast where all or mostly snow falls from the storm. Northern New Jersey and the lower Hudson Valley of...
Dec 16, 2020
Governor warns of COVID-19 testing site closures ahead of storm
The Rhode Island State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island's governor is warning about impacts to the state's coronavirus testing as the region braces for a ma...
Dec 16, 2020
Rhode Island health director tests positive for COVID-19
RI Department of Health Director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott encourages getting a flu shot September 29, 2020. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News The Associated Press The director of the Rhode Islan...
Dec 13, 2020
Providence man killed, 18th homicide of 2020
Crime scene tape marks the block on Lenox Ave. in the Elmwood neighborhood where Providence police investigate the apparent killing of a man outside his home December 11, 2020. Photo by Steve Klamkin ...
Dec 11, 2020
Rhode Island’s coronavirus death toll surpasses 1,500
People line up for coronavirus tests at the RI Convention Center December 7, 2020. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The number of Rhode Islanders who have died after contractin...
Dec 11, 2020
Head of state agency tests positive for the coronavirus
RI Director of Administration Brett Smiley, Women & Infants Hospital President and Chief Operating Officer Shannon Sullivan and Dr. Laura Forman, Chief of emergency medicine at Kent Hospital show ...
Dec 11, 2020
Rhode Island’s virus-control restrictions extended a week
RI Dept. of Health Infectious Disease specialist, Dr Philip Chan, talking about how RI will handle vaccines during the December 10, 2020 coronavirus update with Governor Gina Raimondo. Pool photo by K...
Dec 10, 2020
RIC, CCRI request tuition increases as enrollment drops
The Community College of Rhode Island Knight campus in Warwick. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island College and the Community College of Rhode Island have propos...
Dec 10, 2020
