Category Archives: Local News
Lawsuit: State police leader broke rules to advance allies
Colonel Christopher Mason is sworn in as Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police by Gov. Charlie Baker November 21, 2019 as Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito looks on. File photo courtesy of the office o...
Mar 04, 2021
Massachusetts to allow teachers to sign up for vaccinations
File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News GLOUCESTER, Mass. (AP) - Massachusetts teachers will be eligible to register for a coronavirus vaccine starting March 11, Gov. Charlie Baker said Wednesday. The R...
Mar 04, 2021
Raimondo sworn in as U.S. Commerce Secretary
Former RI Governor Gina Raimondo is sworn in as U.S. Secretary of Commerce by Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House on March 3, 2021 as Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) holds the bible. Screen shot ...
Mar 03, 2021
Police release name of 19-year-old shooting victim
File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Police on Monday released the name of a 19-year-old man shot to death in Providence over the weekend. Johnjairo Brito was shot multiple ti...
Mar 01, 2021
Lt. Gov. tours vaccination site on anniversary of 1st case
RI Lt. Gov. Dan McKee (left) and Warwick Mayor Frank Picozzi compare notes at the Warwick COVID vaccination clinic March 1, 2021 at Veterans Memorial Middle School in Warwick. Photo by Steve Klamkin W...
Mar 01, 2021
New England COVID-19 rates steady
Nurses receive final instructions just before doors open to the public at the state-run coronavirus vaccination center at the Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence on February 18, 2021. Photo by Steve Kl...
Feb 28, 2021
Rhode Island voters to weigh in on state bond questions
Children play at a daycare center in Providence on February 23, 2021. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island voters are heading to the polls on Tuesday, but instead of v...
Feb 28, 2021
Brown raises $20M to support diversity, equity and inclusion
Brown University students walked out of classes December 5, 2018 on the 50th anniversary of a walkout by black students to protest their tiny numbers in 1968. The original protest resulted in an incre...
Feb 28, 2021
Rhode Island’s coronavirus death toll passes 2,500 mark
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The number of Rhode Islanders who have died after contracting COVID-19 has passed the 2,500 mark, according to state Department of Health numbers released Friday. With six more...
Feb 26, 2021
U.S. attorney for Rhode Island announces resignation
U.S. Attorney for Rhode Island Aaron Weisman has announced his resignation. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The U.S. attorney for Rhode Island, the top federal law enforc...
Feb 26, 2021
