@timwhiteri.bsky.social
Investigative reporter for the CBS affiliate in Providence, R.I. | Co-author of the organized crime book “The Last Good Heist.” | Adjunct professor of media law at Roger Williams University
@elisherman.bsky.socialReposted by @timwhiteri.bsky.socialNEW: Rhode Island has agreed to remove another defendant from its lawsuit against companies that worked on the westbound Washington Bridge before it failed in 2023 www.wpri.com/target-12/rh...
@timwhiteri.bsky.socialBREAKING: An airport contract worker was arrested trying to bring a firearm into a secure area at TF Green.
A spokesperson says the TSA "identified" the gun and denied the person access. w/ @Eli_Sherman
@timwhiteri.bsky.socialJUST IN: In a blow to the hospitality industry in RI, the US Conference of Mayors has decided not to host its annual meeting in Providence.
The event was to be hosted at the RI Convention Center and was expected to draw hundreds to the region in June.
@timwhiteri.bsky.socialNEW: Anthony “Spucky” Spagnolo, a longtime NE mobster who was in the room for a notorious 1989 mob induction ceremony secretly recorded by the FBI, has died.
Spagnolo was part of a crew that attempted to wrest control from Providence in the 80s.
@timwhiteri.bsky.socialNEW: Two more people have been arrested in connection with a nuisance case in the affluent Alpine Estates neighborhood in Cranston.
@timwhiteri.bsky.socialThe U.S. Department of Justice has sent a letter to Secretary of State Gregg Amore demanding that his office preserve election records, including those from the 2024 election, as a key deadline looms.
@tednesi.bsky.socialReposted by @timwhiteri.bsky.socialTONIGHT: @wpri12.bsky.social will have full coverage of the RI primary results as soon as the polls close
At 8p we will kick off our streaming special on our 12+ TV app, YouTube, our website and everywhere else
Then at 9:30p we will go on the air on WPRI 12
Tune in! www.wpri.com/news/electio...
@timwhiteri.bsky.socialNEW: The RI Ethics Commission dismissed a complaint against Sen. Pres. Val Lawson.
The complaint accused Lawson, also a teacher's union president, of voting on legislation benefiting labor.
w/ @tednesi.bsky.social
