Category Archives: Local News
COVID-19 variant from Brazil found in Massachusetts
BOSTON (AP) - A variant of the coronavirus first identified in Brazil has been found in Massachusetts for the first time, state public health officials said Tuesday. The person with the variant is des...
Mar 16, 2021
Police: Man dies after apparently being hit by own vehicle
WARWICK, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island man who died at the hospital after being found injured and unresponsive in a parking lot last weekend was apparently struck by his own vehicle, police said Tuesday....
Mar 16, 2021
Rabbit on island tests positive for contagious infection
Cottontail rabbit. Photo courtesy National Park Service PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A cottontail rabbit trapped by authorities tested positive for a contagious bacterial infection that can sicken humans a...
Mar 16, 2021
Rhode Island expands eligibility for coronavirus vaccines
Gov. Dan McKee is joined at his coronavirus briefing March 12, 2021 at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium by (from left) RI Commerce Secretary Stefan Pryor and Director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott and CO...
Mar 12, 2021
Hunt for vaccine slots often leads through scheduling maze
Public Health Nurse Leslie Moniz fills a syringe with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at Bristol Community College run by the City of Fall River on February 10, 2021. Photo by Steve Klamkin W...
Mar 12, 2021
Governor unveils details of proposed $11.2B state budget
Gov. Dan McKee wears the ceremonial gorget, or military style throat covering during his ceremonial swearing-in ceremony March 7, 2021 on the South steps of the State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPR...
Mar 12, 2021
Rift between Gov. Baker, teacher unions deepens on vaccines
Governor Charlie Baker, in a visit March 3, 2021 to West Parish School in Gloucester announced teachers and other school personnel would be able to schedule vaccinations. Photo courtesy Office of the ...
Mar 11, 2021
Providence pledges crackdown on ATVs, dirt bikes
Dirt bikes and ATVs take part in the “Justice for Jhamal” Gonsalves rally October 20, 2020 after the Providence rider was critically wounded in an encounter with police. Photo by Steve Kla...
Mar 11, 2021
Judge dismisses tuition refund claims brought by students
Johnson & Wales University John J. Bowen Center for Science and Innovation. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A federal judge has dismissed most of the claims in lawsui...
Mar 11, 2021
Rhode Island man sent to prison for meeting minor in Canada
Federal courthouse in Providence. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island man who traveled to Canada to have sex with a 13-year-old girl he met online has been sentenced...
Mar 11, 2021
