Category Archives: Local News
Rhode Island requests new federal review of truck toll suit
A tractor trailer truck rolls beneath a toll gantry on the first day that Rhode Island began collecting tolls on large trucks, June 11, 2018. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) ...
Jan 04, 2020
Rhode Island congressmen urge Trump to avoid war with Iran
Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) talks with reporters in his Cranston office Friday, Jan. 3, 2019 about the U.S. airstrike in Iraq that killed top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO...
Jan 04, 2020
Couple held without bail in New Year’s Day Pawtucket homicide
Shaylyn Moran, 18 and Jack Doherty, 23 were arraigned separately in the New Year’s Day shooting death of Cheryl Smith, 54 in Pawtucket. Pool photos by Ernest Brown – The Woonsocket Call By...
Jan 02, 2020
Police: Shooter lied about his past on gun application
Police block the scene of a deadly shooting in Westerly. Photo by Paul Zangari WPRO News WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) – Police say the man who opened fire in a Rhode Island affordable housing complex lie...
Jan 02, 2020
DA: Victim of crash in Rehoboth may have had medical issue
REHOBOTH, Mass. (AP) – Authorities say the man who died in a head-on crash on U.S. Route 44 in Massachusetts last week may have suffered some sort of heart-related medical issue just prior to th...
Dec 30, 2019
Police: Red flag law likely helped prevent tragedies
File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Police in Rhode Island say a new red flag law has likely helped to prevent tragedies. A newspaper analysis published Sunday s...
Dec 30, 2019
Several juveniles arrested after fights at Providence mall
A frame from a Facebook video post by Darren Sen of the Friday night fight at the Providence Place Mall PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Police say eight juveniles were arrested after several fights brok...
Dec 30, 2019
Update: Guns found in carry-on luggage at RI, MA airports
Passengers approach the TSA checkpoint at TF Green Airport. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News WARWICK, R.I. (AP) – Federal authorities say a Florida man was arrested at Rhode Island’...
Dec 30, 2019
Flu now blamed for 4 deaths in Connecticut this season
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – The flu is now being blamed for four deaths in Connecticut. The latest weekly influenza report from the Department of Public Health, which covers Dec. 15-21, indicates the...
Dec 27, 2019
Patrick short on signatures to make Michigan primary ballot
Former Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News LANSING, Mich. (AP) – Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has failed to collect enough valid voter signatures to make M...
Dec 27, 2019
