Category Archives: Local News
GOP’s Lancia announces another run for Congress
Candidate Robert Lancia is seen in an undated photo courtesy: Bob Lancia for Congress Rhode Island Facebook page PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Former Republican state Rep. Robert Lancia announced Monday tha...
Mar 23, 2021
Bryant University to discontinue Confucius Institute affiliation
Bryant University photo via Kenneth C Zirkel/Wikipedia Commons (WPRO) Bryant University in Smithfield will end its relationship with the Confucius Institute, a Chinese government-funded program...
Mar 22, 2021
GOP’s Lancia announces another run for Congress
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Former Republican state Rep. Robert Lancia announced Monday that he intends to run for Congress again in 2022. Lancia, who lost to incumbent Democratic Rep. Jim Langevin last N...
Mar 22, 2021
North Providence man is held in Providence homicide
Kenneth Hernandez, 32 is seen in photos distributed by Providence Police. He is charged in the March 20m 2021 shooting death of David Camacho, 32 on Julian Street in Providence WPRO News A 32-year old...
Mar 22, 2021
Rhode Island moves state tax filing deadline to May 17
Rhode Island Division of Taxation offices. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island is moving the deadline to file state taxes to May 17 to align with the delayed deadline...
Mar 22, 2021
Hugs, at last: Nursing homes easing rules on visitors
Golden Crest Nursing Centre in North Providence. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News The Associated Press An 88-year-old woman in Ohio broke down in tears as her son hugged her for the first time in...
Mar 22, 2021
Court could reimpose Boston marathon bomber’s death sentence
Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court said Monday it will consider reinstating the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, presentin...
Mar 22, 2021
New mass vaccination site at Hynes Convention Center opens
Hynes Convention Center in Boston. Photo courtesy Grk1011 via Wikipedia BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts' latest coronavirus mass vaccination site at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston's Back Bay held a...
Mar 18, 2021
Jha: Keep virus restrictions in place a while longer
Dean Dr. Ashish Jha, photo courtesy of the Brown School of Public Health PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Dr. Ashish Jha is recommending that states continue their COVID-19 restrictions for a few more weeks be...
Mar 18, 2021
Bryant University likely drives up cases in Smithfield
Bryant University Courtesy Kenneth C Zirkel via Wikipedia PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A recent increase in the coronavirus infection rate in Smithfield is likely due to more cases among Bryant University ...
Mar 17, 2021
