Sarah Doiron

Rhode Island

Digital Content Producer at WPRI-TV (Providence, RI)

Digital Content Producer at @wpri12, @QUJournalism graduate. Native Rhode Islander who can tell a good story. Thoughts and opinions are my own.

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Lawmakers urge Butler Hospital to settle contract dispute with union

14 hours ago | wpri.com | Sarah Doiron

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) - State lawmakers are urging Butler Hospital to resolve its contract dispute with the New England Health Care Employees Union (SEIU 1199NE) and prevent hundreds of staff members from walking off the job. SEIU 1199NE, which represents more than 800 frontline staffers at Butler Hospital, is slated to go on strike Thursday morning.
Man exposed himself to undercover detectives at Dartmouth park

16 hours ago | wpri.com | Sarah Doiron

DARTMOUTH, Mass. (WPRI) - A Dartmouth man was arrested after he exposed himself to undercover detectives at Harry Reynold's Park over the weekend, according to police. Joao Ladino, 67, has been charged with open and gross lewdness, as well as lewd, wanton and lascivious conduct.
2 men seriously injured in Voluntown car crash

1 day ago | yahoo.com | Sarah Doiron

VOLUNTOWN, Conn. (WPRI) — Two men were seriously injured in a crash just over the Rhode Island state line in Voluntown Tuesday morning, according to Connecticut State Police. Troopers were called to Route 165 near Bennett Road just before 5 a.m. to investigate reports of a two-car crash. Police said it appears a man was driving a Land Rover Discovery down Beach Pond Road when he suddenly crossed over the center line and crashed into an oncoming Chevrolet Silverado.
Thieves steal rent check from Warwick restaurant

1 day ago | wpri.com | Sarah Doiron

WARWICK, R.I. (WPRI) - An investigation is underway after three men stole from a Warwick restaurant Monday. El Tapatio Mexican Restaurant shared surveillance footage of the trio sitting at the bar in a social media post Tuesday afternoon. In the surveillance footage, one of the men could be seen swiping an envelope off of the nearby hostess stand and sliding it into the front pocket of his sweatshirt.
Thieves steal rent check from Warwick restaurant

1 day ago | yahoo.com | Sarah Doiron

WARWICK, R.I. (WPRI) — An investigation is underway after three men stole from a Warwick restaurant Monday. El Tapatio Mexican Restaurant shared surveillance footage of the trio sitting at the bar in a social media post Tuesday afternoon. In the surveillance footage, one of the men could be seen swiping an envelope off of the nearby hostess stand and sliding it into the front pocket of his sweatshirt.
RI House rejects McKee's proposed cabinet raises

1 day ago | wpri.com | Sarah Doiron |Kayla Fish

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) - The R.I. House overwhelmingly rejected Gov. Dan McKee's plan to give significant pay bumps to nearly a dozen of his cabinet directors, 12 News has learned. The proposed salary increases first came to light in a R.I. Department of Administration notice posted online back in March. McKee is seeking approximately $82,000 worth of salary increases for 11 of his cabinet directors, including R.I Department of Transportation Director Peter Alviti.
RI House rejects McKee’s proposed cabinet raises

1 day ago | yahoo.com | Sarah Doiron

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The R.I. House overwhelmingly rejected Gov. Dan McKee’s plan to give significant pay bumps to nearly a dozen of his cabinet directors, 12 News has learned. The proposed salary increases first came to light in a R.I. Department of Administration notice posted online back in March. McKee is seeking approximately $82,000 worth of salary increases for 11 of his cabinet directors, including R.I Department of Transportation Director Peter Alviti.
Man convicted of trying to opening plane door, stab attendant

1 day ago | wpri.com | Sarah Doiron

BOSTON (WPRI) - The Massachusetts man accused of tampering with an emergency door on a cross-country flight before attempting to stab an attendant pleaded guilty Tuesday, according to United States Attorney Leah Foley. Francisco Severo Torres, 34, of Leominster, has been convicted of interference and attempted interference with flight crew members and attendants using a dangerous weapon.
My son got a 'raw deal'

1 day ago | wpri.com | Sarah Doiron |Kim Kalunian

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) - Beverley Scott will never forget the morning of June 11, 2017. Scott was at her home in New York when she received a call from a doctor at Rhode Island Hospital. It was then that she learned her son Matthew Muirhead had been shot and was barely clinging to life. "The doctor asked if I could get there in an hour and a half," Scott recalled. "I said, 'Get there in an hour and a half? I live in New York.'""He said, 'That's all we have,'" she continued.
Child seriously injured by falling tree branch at Franklin Park Zoo

1 day ago | wpri.com | Sarah Doiron

BOSTON (WPRI) - A school-aged child visiting Franklin Park Zoo Tuesday afternoon was seriously injured by a falling tree branch, according to Massachusetts State Police. The child was rushed to Boston Children's Hospital for treatment. Police said an adult accompanying the child was also brought to the hospital with unspecified injuries. The incident remains under investigation at this time and their current conditions are unknown.