🌱 Shot Fired At Club Fantasies + PVDonuts' Friendsgiving Donut

Good morning, Providence! It's Wednesday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on today in Providence.

First, today's weather:

Breezy with plenty of sunshine. High: 44 Low: 29.

Here are the top stories today in Providence:

1. Police are investigating after a gunshot was reported inside a Providence nightclub. Shortly before 10 p.m., shots were fired inside Club Fantasies at 28 Sims Avenue. According to police, upon a sweep of the club and investigation, they found at least one shell casing in the bathroom and are currently reviewing security footage. (GoLocalProv)
2. United States Postal Inspection Service Inspectors caught a Providence man who was trafficking cocaine. The Postal Inspectors were able to track several parcels that they believed to be containing narcotics mailed to the suspect. Jesus Martinez, 49, has been sentenced to 10 years in a federal prison for being in possession of 500 grams or more of cocaine with the intent to distribute. (WLNE-TV (ABC6))
3. 76 percent of Providence police officers have been vaccinated against COVID, as opposed to their counterparts at the Fire Department, which had a 97 percent vaccination rate as of early Oct. (WPRI.com)
4. Feast your eyes on this year's PVDonuts' Friendsgiving Donut. (Rhode Island Monthly)
5. The North Providence Library will be hosting “Read with Pickle Dog” on Dec. 2 and a “Sueded Faux Journal Making” class on Dec. 3. (Valley Breeze)

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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.