Category Archives: Local News
States step up funding for Planned Parenthood clinics
Planned Parenthood offices in Providence. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Several states have begun picking up the tab for family planning services at clinics run by...
Feb 21, 2020
Fire officials: 7-year-old boy home alone starts couch fire
Providence fire engines. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Fire officials say a fire that displaced 16 people from their Rhode Island apartments was started by...
Feb 21, 2020
Rhode Island begins to collect $29M from old traffic fines
Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A new collection agency is seeking to collect a total of $29 million in unpaid traffic tickets in Rhode Island. The Boston Globe reports the...
Feb 21, 2020
Rhode Island man gets prison for neglect of mother
Superior Courthouse in Providence. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A Rhode Island man who repeatedly allowed his mother with dementia to wander away from their home has ...
Feb 21, 2020
Rhode Island marks 17 years since 100 killed in club fire
The site of the Station Nightclub Memorial in West Warwick on the 17th anniversary of the fire that killed 100 people and left 200 others injured. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News WEST WARWICK, R.I. (...
Feb 20, 2020
Meeting to be held on Rhode Island airport’s master plan
TF Green Airport. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News WARWICK, R.I. (AP) – A public meeting has been scheduled to gather input on the master plan for Rhode Island’s main airport. The Rhode Is...
Feb 17, 2020
Hummel Report: The Cost of Recycling
A dramatic shift in the worldwide recycling market has forced the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation to crack down on “contaminated” loads arriving in Johnston. That has resulted i...
Feb 17, 2020
RI man wounded, another arrested after casino stabbing
MASHANTUCKET, Conn. (AP) – A Massachusetts man has been charged with misdemeanors in connection with the stabbing of a Rhode Island man at a Connecticut casino. Mashantucket Pequot Tribal police...
Feb 17, 2020
Rhode Island organizations receive affordable housing grants
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Three Rhode Island-based organizations have been awarded grants to provide affordable housing and strengthen communities. U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, a Rhode Island Democrat, re...
Feb 17, 2020
Rhode Island government still uses typewriters, microfiche
Rhode Island Department of Administration. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Some areas of Rhode Island state government still rely on machine relics like electric typewri...
Feb 14, 2020
