Category Archives: Featured
‘Catching some hell’: Hurricane Michael slams into Florida
Hurricane Michael strengthened into a Category 4 storm as it moved toward the Florida Panhandle, where it could blow ashore as the strongest storm to hit the United States this year. Image via CNN By ...
Oct 10, 2018
NEW: Trillo details physical encounter with fellow lawmaker
Independent candidate for governor Joe Trillo is interviewed outside the WPRO studios on October 10, 2018. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News Following revelations that he was involved with an al...
Oct 10, 2018
3rd defendant pleads guilty in illegal pot growing scheme
File PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A third defendant involved in a large-scale illegal marijuana growing operation inside a converted mill building in Rhode Island has pleaded guilty. Federal prosecut...
Oct 10, 2018
PODCAST: Trillo charged with assaulting teenaged Mattiello in the 1970s
Former State Rep Joeseph Trillo announces his independent run for governor with WPRO’s Matt Allen WPRO News Independent candidate for governor Joseph Trillo was charged with the ‘inadverte...
Oct 10, 2018
Both sides in bus drivers’ strike express optimism
Nick Williams (left), Business Agent for Teamsters Local 251 and Frank McMahon, spokesman for First Student talk with reporters after a mediation session in the strike by bus drivers. Photos by Steve ...
Oct 09, 2018
Raimondo maintains lead over Fung in latest poll
Former Rep. Joe Trillo (I), Governor Gina Raimondo (D), and Cranston Mayor Allan Fung (R) at the 2018 WPRI Gubernatorial Debate. Photo by Matt Allen. By Tessa Roy, WPRO News A new poll from the Provid...
Oct 09, 2018
Kavanaugh is confirmed: Senate Oks Supreme Court nominee
FILE – In this Sept. 4, 2018 photo, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, listens to Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J. speak during a Senate Judiciary Committee nominations hearing on Capitol Hill in Wa...
Oct 06, 2018
State Police clear State House lawn of protests after fights break out
Oct 06, 2018
Report: DCYF strained by caseload, needs large improvements
DCYF Director Trista Piccola who oversees the state Training School talks with reporters. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Federal officials have released a scathing repo...
Oct 05, 2018
RIPTA unveils “art buses”
Photo courtesy of RIPTA By Tessa Roy, WPRO News Commutes via Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) just got a little more exciting. On Friday, RIPTA unveiled the first of its new “art bu...
Oct 05, 2018
