Category Archives: Local News
AG reviewing who is getting COVID vaccines in Rhode Island
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island's attorney general is reviewing whether the state's largest hospital operators are pr...
Jan 21, 2021
Kennedy Plaza bus plan spurs discrimination complaint
A RIPTA bus alongside Burnside Park in downtown Providence. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Opponents of a proposal to break up the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority's bus...
Jan 20, 2021
Gov. signs order to alleviate substitute teacher shortage
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Gov. Gina Raimondo has signed an executive order allowing retired teachers to return to the classroom while continuing to collect their full pension, a move meant to help allev...
Jan 20, 2021
1st Amendment group asks Raimondo to stop avoiding reporters
Gov. Gina Raimondo in a September, 2019 file photo. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News WESTBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - A First Amendment rights organization with the backing of journalists' organizations is a...
Jan 20, 2021
Sen. Reed to back waiver for Defense nominee
Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III at the time of his retirement from the Army in 2016. Photo courtesy U.S. Department of Defense By WPRO News Senator Jack Reed signals a move clearing the way for President-ele...
Jan 20, 2021
Fenway Park to serve as vaccination site
Fenway Park in Boston. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts on Tuesday named Fenway Park as the site of its next mass COVID-19 vaccination site. Starting Feb. 1, the ballp...
Jan 20, 2021
Newport St. Patrick’s Day parade may be delayed until fall
Newport’s famed Thames Street. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Organizers of the Newport St. Patrick's Day parade are looking at postponing this year's event until ...
Jan 19, 2021
McKee promises seamless transition during virus fight
RI Lt. Gov. Dan McKee talks with reporters January 14, 2021 at Chelo’s Bar & Grill in Warwick about issues surrounding his transition, should Gov. Gina Raimondo be confirmed as President-ele...
Jan 14, 2021
Lawsuit filed on behalf of man injured in moped crash
Body camera footage issued by Providence Police show officers tending to Jhamal Gonsalves after a crash involving his scooter and a police cruiser October 18, 2020 off Elmwood Ave. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (A...
Jan 14, 2021
Providence reports spike in gun violence
Crime scene tape marks the block on Lenox Ave. in the Elmwood neighborhood where Providence police investigate the apparent killing of a man outside his home December 11, 2020. Photo by Steve Klamkin ...
Jan 13, 2021
