🌱 Josue Calderon's Family Speaks Out + IPMAs Coming To PPAC

Happy Friday, Providence! Let's get you all caught up to start today off on an informed note.

First, today's weather:

Rain; breezy in the morning. High: 65 Low: 44.

Here are the top stories in Providence today:

1. The family of a Providence man who was found brutally stabbed in North Carolina during a Brian Laundrie manhunt has spoken out for the first time. Josue Calderon was one of the nine bodies discovered during the nationwide manhunts, where he was found brutally stabbed in an overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway along the Appalachian Trail. Calderon's death is being investigated as a homicide and remains active and ongoing. (WLNE-TV (ABC6))
2. The International Portuguese Music Awards will be moving to the Providence Performing Arts Center for their 10th anniversary show on April 23. The IPMAs have been recognizing outstanding achievement in the music industry by artists of Portuguese descent since 2013. The full details and line-up for the show will be revealed on Nov. 20 at a launch party to be held at the Rhode Island Convention Center Rotunda Room. (Fall River Herald News)
3. A dead dog was found in box under an overpass on Cadillac Drive in Providence, near where Gov. Dan McKee and the state's congressional delegation held a press conference on infrastructure Wednesday. (WJAR)
4. The North Providence Union Free Library has announced their upcoming programs for adults and children, including a local author series storytime, rock painting, and a middle school book club. (Valley Breeze)
5. The Rhode Island Board of Education voted to extend Angélica Infante-Green's contract as Education Commissioner for three years. (WLNE-TV (ABC6))

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About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander. She works as a freelance copywriter for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and as an assistant producer for a live-lit storytelling show in Chicago. She holds a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies from The University of Rhode Island. In her free time, you can find her traveling, hiking, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.