Category Archives: Local News
Lasers pointed at 6 aircraft overnight around Boston
BOSTON (AP) - Authorities say lasers were pointed at several aircraft in the Boston area overnight, including several commercial flights and a MedFlight that had just taken off from a Boston hospital....
Dec 14, 2016
2 cats shot to death in Woonsocket, pellet gun suspected
WOONSOCKET, R.I. (AP) - Two cats have been found shot to death in Woonsocket, and authorities suspect a pellet gun. The (Woonsocket) Call reports that the two cats, Oreo and Petu, were found dead a fe...
Dec 14, 2016
Women and Infants Hospital nurses, staff vote to issue strike threat
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The union that represents nurses and other staff at the Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island may announce plans to strike if an agreement isn’t reached with hospita...
Dec 14, 2016
Clay Pell seeks intelligence report on Russian interference
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - An elector from Rhode Island who once worked for the Obama administration’s National Security Council is taking a leadership role in calling on federal intelligence agenc...
Dec 13, 2016
Ex-boarding school priest charged with abusing boy in 1973
BOSTON (AP) - A former Episcopal priest who worked at several elite boarding schools has been charged with sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy in 1973 in Boston. The Boston Globe reports that Howard...
Dec 13, 2016
Providence Police awaiting approval on body cameras contract
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Providence Police have agreed to a contract to provide more than 200 officers with body cameras and are awaiting approval from the city council. Providence Public Safety Commis...
Dec 13, 2016
UPDATE: 195 Land developer gets $20 million in state subsidies
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Developers of a proposed technology innovation building in Providence have been awarded more than $20 million in state incentives. The I-195 Redevelopment District Commission o...
Dec 13, 2016
Officials: Missing Coventry hiker died of heart disease
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Officials in Rhode Island say a heart disease caused the death of a Coventry woman whose body was found several days after she didn’t return home from a walk in the wilde...
Dec 09, 2016
“Gentleman’s Guide” at PPAC is a thrill
By Kimberly Harper It's too bad that "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder" is only running through the weekend at PPAC, because if you miss it, you'll be sorry - it's like nothing you've ever seen ...
Dec 08, 2016
Lastarza found guilty of beating a man to death with a 2×4
by Anita Baffoni, WPRO News A jury found 50-year-old Daniel Lastarza guilty of second degree murder in the beating death of Johnathan Stack behind a bar on Atwells Avenue in 2014. After seven hours of...
Dec 08, 2016
