Today's Top Stories: Shots fired outside courthouse — again; Sakonnet River Bridge demolition starts; Contractor apologizes for UHIP failures

[View email with images]( [The Providence Journal]( Crews dismantling section of old Sakonnet River Bridge Updated at Thu, 12 Apr 2018 17:59:15 -0400 After 62 years of towering over the Sakonnet River, the bridge that bears its name began a final, slow descent to the water Thursday morning. [READ MORE]( Shots fired outside Providence courthouse For the second time in a matter of months, police officers descended on downtown Providence Thursday after someone fired shots shortly before noon outside the Garrahy Judicial Complex. [READ MORE]( Cape Cod police officer killed in Barnstable shooting Yarmouth, Mass., K-9 officer Sean Gannon, considered a rising star in the tight-knit Mid-Cape police department was killed Thursday while helping to serve a warrant in Barnstable. [READ MORE]( UHIP failures put $100 million in R.I. Medicaid reimbursements at risk Deloitte, the contractor that installed the social services technology, vows to 'make things right' and apologizes to the state for the problem-plagued computer system that went live in September 2016. [READ MORE]( Attleboro mayor gags police chief after pot comments Attleboro Mayor Paul Heroux reportedly imposed a gag order on Police Chief Kyle Heagney after the chief told The Providence Journal last week that when it comes to marijuana, Heroux and the majority of the city council “have looked at the dollar signs involved and don’t care if they are selling their souls to the devil.” [READ MORE]( CharterCare hopes to buy, reopen Memorial Hospital CharterCare Health Partners hopes to buy and reopen Memorial Hospital, officials announced Thursday. But the immediate reaction from Care New England, which closed the hospital last year, cast doubt on CharterCare’s aspirations. [READ MORE]( Right of 'Dreamers' to get R.I. driver's licenses gets House OK A bill to preserve the right of “Dreamers” to get Rhode Island driver’s licenses, regardless of what ultimately happens at the national level, won House of Representatives approval on Thursday without any debate. [READ MORE]( In new TV series, former Central Falls police officer tackles cold cases Derrick Levasseur looks into the 1988 murder of 7-year-old Michelle Norris on 'Breaking Homicide,' which debuts on Sunday. [READ MORE]( Bruins 5, Leafs 1: Boston power play is dominant in Game One The Bruins broke a 1-1 tie with two goals late in the second period, then added two more in the third to take a 5-1 victory over the Maple Leafs on Thursday night at TD Garden in Game 1 of their best-of-seven first-round playoff series. [READ MORE]( Journal Opinion: Another look at UHIP fiasco The audit is a reminder of how state officials chose to launch the new system despite warnings from federal officials that it was not ready, and did so with no understanding of the problems in store, writes the Editorial Board in The Journal's Opinion Section. [READ MORE]( [providencejournal.com]( Connect with Us! [Facebook]( [Twitter]( Connect with Us! [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [WWW.PROVIDENCEJOURNAL.COM]( You are receiving this communication as a member of the The Providence Journal. The Providence Journal values your online privacy. For more information, view our [privacy policy]( now. Please do not reply to this message. [Manage Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe]( The Providence Journal 75 Fountain St Providence, RI 02902 © 2018 The Providence Journal. All rights reserved.