Helena Leads, Flock Rules Shift, Trial Updates | Providence News

Providence News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 19, 2026 · 1m

Helena Foulkes holds a strong lead over Governor Dan McKee in the latest Salve Regina poll as the primary nears, while McKee pauses new license plate reader installations amid policy review. In Plymouth, the Lindsay Clancy trial dives deeper into harrowing child abuse details with new witness testimony. Worcester seeks a woman linked to an off-duty officer’s death, and a rabid raccoon attack forces a runner’s hospitalization and area warnings in South Kingstown. Meanwhile, Federal Hill’s Arch and La Pigna get a fresh look, and Cranston police release bodycam footage from a recent gun scare at…