Local crime, high school sports, county politics, events tonight, and business closings — the daily Aquidneck Island report from HERE Newport.
From the HERE City National Desk
BETHANY, Okla. — Southern Nazarene University announced Thursday the death of Crimson Storm safety Tyler Ulrich, a week after he left an away game on a stretcher, and scrubbed this weekend trip to Southwestern Oklahoma State. Ulrich was 21. He went down Saturday in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, while Southern Nazarene fell…
From the HERE City National Desk
LOS ANGELES — Milwaukee finished off Los Angeles, the two-time reigning World Series champs, on Thursday night, taking National League Championship Series Game 4 by a 6-4 score at Dodger Stadium and completing a four-game sweep that sends the franchise back to the Fall Classic for the first time since…
From the HERE City National Desk
DENVER — Wil Lutz drilled a 53-yard kick in overtime Thursday night, and the Denver Broncos escaped with a 17-14 result against Seattle at Mile High Stadium after JaQuan McMillian picked off Sam Darnold on the first sudden-death drive. Seattle opened overtime and faced third-and-7 from its own 28. Darnold…
Business
Newport, R.I. — A long-stalled Cliff Walk reconstruction project moved ahead this week after Rhode Island coastal regulators signed off on the city repair plan Tuesday. Mayor Charlie Holder, who also chairs the City Council, said the Coastal Resources Management Council action is not the final permit but is a…
From the HERE City National Desk
BANGKOK — The International Monetary Fund says the world economy has held up better than expected against war, an energy shock and trade fights, but it is warning finance ministers gathered in Bangkok this week that the cushions behind that resilience are wearing thin. In its latest World Economic Outlook,…
Crime
NEWPORT, R.I. — Fresh court papers tied to a revived 1985 homicide now spotlight an earlier Newport sexual assault conviction against the same defendant. William Morton, now 61, was charged Oct. 6 with murder in the death of Hillary Hellewell, a 22-year-old found May 19, 1985, along an Anthony Street…
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