Category Archives: Local News
RI House committee approves nearly $12.8B state budget
The Rhode Island State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island lawmakers have approved a nearly $12.8 billion state budget plan for the current fiscal year that is...
Dec 10, 2020
Rhode Island’s attorney general to quarantine for 2 weeks
RI Attorney General Peter Neronha. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island's top prosecutor will quarantine for two weeks after a member of his household tested posi...
Dec 08, 2020
Gresh’s Grades Week 12 – 12/6/20
Well, THAT, was surely something to see Sunday afternoon in Los Angeles. The first half of the New England Patriots win over the L.A. Rams was reminiscent of the formula the 2001 Patriots employed to ...
Dec 07, 2020
Black Lives Matter group urges COVID action at ACI
Members of Black Lives Matter Rhode Island talk with reporters outside the maximum security prison in Rhode Island December 7, 2020, concerned about curbing the spread of the coronavirus behind prison...
Dec 07, 2020
CDC: Rhode Island leads nation in virus cases per capita
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island has reported more coronavirus cases per capita in the past week than any other state, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. R...
Dec 07, 2020
Judge upholds RI order closing gyms during COVID pause
Providence Superior Court. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By WPRO News A Superior Court judge Friday ordered the closure of of gyms that remained open despite orders from the governor that they...
Dec 04, 2020
Rhode Island new case, positivity averages still on the rise
Latest coronavirus figures issued December 4, 2020 by the RI Department of Health show 408 people hospitalized, 13 new deaths and the positivity rate at 9.2%. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island's co...
Dec 04, 2020
1 dead, 1 wounded in daylight shooting in Providence
Police pore over a car in which two men were shot, one fatally in the Olneyville section of Providence on December, 4, 2020. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO News Providence Poli...
Dec 04, 2020
Vaccine doses headed to state; Gov not joining Biden cabinet
Gov. Gina Raimondo, during her weekly COVID-19 news briefing, said “I am not going to be” President-Elect Joe Biden’s health and human services secretary. Pool photo by David DelPoio...
Dec 03, 2020
Champlin Foundation awards $18M to Rhode Island nonprofits
South Side Providence residents line up for food August 20, 2020 at the Rukiya Center, one of the nonprofit recipients that will share in $18 million in grants from the Champlin Foundation. File photo...
Dec 03, 2020
