Category Archives: Local News
Rhode Island man gets life sentence in fatal stabbing
The Washington county Courthouse in Wakefield. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO NewsWESTERLY, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island man has been sentenced to life in prison in the stabbing death of his ex-girlfr...
Mar 08, 2022
Convicted mayor’s aide avoids prison but gets hefty fine
Former Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia and his then chief of staff, Genoveva Andrade in a November, 15, 2018 photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News BOSTON (AP) - The former chief of staff to a Massachusetts...
Mar 08, 2022
Friars tote first top seed as Big East hits big 4-0 at MSG
Members of the Providence College men’s basketball team stay loose during a recent game at the Dunkin Donuts Center February 23, 2022. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News NEW YORK (AP) - For the pa...
Mar 08, 2022
Military prepares to leave Rhode Island hospitals
Signs posted in the windows at Rhode Island Hospital thank members of the U.S. military medical team that spent nearly seven weeks augmenting overwhelmed staff at Rhode Island and Hasbro Children̵...
Mar 04, 2022
Providence considers borrowing up to $515M for pension fund
Providence City Hall. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO NewsThe Associated Press Providence residents will soon decide whether they want the city to borrow up to $515 million for its pension system, which i...
Mar 04, 2022
RI to receive $45 million in Purdue Pharma, Sackler settlement
By GEOFF MULVIHILL and JOHN SEEWER, The Associated Press and WPROOxyContin maker Purdue Pharma reached a settlement Thursday over its role in the opioid crisis that includes virtually all U.S. states ...
Mar 03, 2022
Convicted ex-mayor’s prison sentence reporting date delayed
Former Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) - Over the objections of prosecutors, a federal judge on Thursday pushed back the prison reporting ...
Mar 03, 2022
Nurses at Providence hospital vote to unionize by 2-1 margin
Roger Williams Medical Center. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO NewsPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Nurses voted to unionize by about a 2-1 margin at Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence, union organizers s...
Mar 03, 2022
Rhode Island to pull pension investments from Russian assets
A Ukrainian police officer stands in front of a damaged residential block hit by an early morning missile strike on February 25, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Russia began a large-scale attack on Ukraine, wi...
Mar 03, 2022
Armed man holds police at bay
Police cruisers surround a home on Naomi St. in Bristol where an armed man held police at bay for more than an hour March 2, 2022. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO NewsA tense si...
Mar 02, 2022
