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Beyond the Forecast: Don’t be like Dorothy during a tornado
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — In our latest Beyond the Forecast special on WPRI.com, 12 News Meteorologists Tony Petrarca and Catie McNeil talked local tornadoes. In the video above, Tony and Catie explain what to do if a tornado hits.
Police say armed robbery in East Providence involved Facebook Marketplace meetup
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — East Providence police said the armed robbery and shooting on Tuesday morning occurred during a Facebook Marketplace meetup. Officials said a seller of an expensive jewelry piece on Facebook Marketplace arranged to meet a buyer behind a bank near James Street. When both parties...
Summer camp teaches Hamden students about public safety
HAMDEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Students in Hamden are getting a unique opportunity to learn how to save lives and protect their community. It’s not the fire academy, it’s actually a weeklong summer camp about public safety. While Thursday was all about firefighting, previous days have looked more like the police academy. “I also learned how […]
RIDOH and DEM recommend avoiding contact with Little Beach at Slack Reservoir in Smithfield
SMITHFIELD, R.I. (WLNE) — The Rhode Island Department of Health and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management are advising people to avoid contact with Little Beach at Slack Reservoir in Smithfield due to blue-green algae. According to RIDOH, blue-green algae can produce toxins that can harm humans and...
Providence FD responds to fire on Atwells Avenue
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — The Providence Fire Department said they were called to a fire last night on Atwells Avenue. According to officials, the fire originated in a bedroom light fixture. The third-floor tenant reported smelling a strange odor throughout the day and thought it could be the air...
Providence: 38 new firefighters to be sworn in
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — The Providence Fire Department will hold a graduation for its 54th Training Academy on July 19. The ceremony will take place at 9 a.m. at Bishop McVinney Auditorium at 9 a.m. with a total of 38 men and women being sworn into the department. Chief...
Self-Storage OK’d For Ex-Factory
City Plan commissioners approved a plan to convert up to 65,000 square feet of industrial space on Lenox Street into self-storage units — after deciding that that controversially quiet use fit better at a former factory in the Heights than at a former factory in Newhallville. They took that...
Crash involving 2 motorcycles in Salisbury leaves 1 injured
SALISBURY, Conn. (WTNH) — Officials with the Connecticut State Police say at least one person was injured when two motorcycles collided on Route 44 Thursday. Police said the collision happened around 11:40 a.m. At least one patient was transported to a hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries. Route 44 was shut down from State […]
$8.8M In Repairs Readied For Floyd Little
A new indoor track, roof, locker rooms, and scoreboard are all one step closer to coming to the Floyd Little Athletic Center — as alders endorsed accepting nearly $8.8 million in state funds to make those planned improvements a reality. Alders voted unanimously in support of that state-money-receipt plan...
Johnston’s Stop & Shop chopped
On Tuesday evening, around 6 p.m., the long row of registers at Stop & Shop in Johnston was empty. There were clearly more employees than customers in the store. When asked about the Johnston grocery store’s recently announced closure (slated to close by the end of the year), employees have been instructed to hand out tiny white slips of paper that assure the customer: “WE WELCOME YOUR COMMENTS.”
Family of four displaced in East Providence fire
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Two children and two adults are displaced following a fire in East Providence yesterday. Fire officials responded to a home on Miles Street for a report of a fire. According to officials, the cause of the fire was due to discarded smoking materials outside...
Sound Schoolers Test The Waters
The traffic from the Q Bridge rumbled overhead, oblivious to the scene below at the mouth of the Quinnipiac and Mill rivers, as two students on a small Sound School boat lowered a piece of scientific equipment into the water, at surface and at depth. The reason: to continue a...
21 guns stolen from Salem store by teens who jacked cars and trafficked guns: Prosecutors
HARTFORD, Conn. — Two 18-year-olds from Waterbury were indicted by a federal grand jury in New Haven last month for stealing 21 guns, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut. The indictment also includes allegations of gun trafficking and armed carjackings. Tyssan “Tigger”...
Connecticut weather drops to 80s as heat wave passes
As the third heat wave of the summer comes to an end Thursday, the oppressive humidity and scorching temperatures in Connecticut will be replaced by a more seasonable brand of summer warmth. A cold front crosses through Connecticut early in the morning and will clear the coast by late afternoon....
Thousands without power in Connecticut as storms roll through
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Thunderstorms Wednesday afternoon have knocked out power to thousands of people in Connecticut. Outages are mostly clustered in the western part of the state. As of about 11:30 p.m., there were more than 5,500 United Illuminating customers without power, according to the utility company. Eversource reported about 2,800 outages. The […]
Millions of gallons of wastewater dumped into the Connecticut River
(WFSB) - Millions of gallons of wastewater have been dumped into the Connecticut River. It’s happened before, thanks to our neighbors in Massachusetts. “The water is definitely up a little higher. Catfish do like stinky stuff so it could be helping them bite,” said Jasin Crowley of Enfield, who reeled in a four-pound catfish while fishing in the river.
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