Category Archives: Featured
PODCASTS: Trillo fights to keep huge campaign sign up
photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News NARRAGANSETT, R.I. (AP) - An independent candidate for governor of Rhode Island is fighting to keep up a giant campaign sign a town wants taken down. Narragansett offi...
Jul 23, 2018
CCRI plans events to talk about the school and free tuition
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Recruiters from the Community College of Rhode Island are traveling the state to answer questions about the school and its free tuition program. The Rhode Island Promise progra...
Jul 23, 2018
2 arrested after several people hospitalized in Cranston brawl
CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) - Police say they have arrested two individuals in connection to a brawl at the Blow Hookah Lounge in Cranston. Several people have been hospitalized from injuries sustained in or ...
Jul 23, 2018
Governor says hacker tried to access government servers
Governor Gina Raimondo speaks with reporters. Photo by Tessa Roy, WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Rhode Island’s governor says a hacker tried to gain access to state government se...
Jul 20, 2018
Trump was taped talking of paying for Playboy model’s story
Michael Cohen takes a phone call as he sits outside near the Loews Regency hotel on Park Ave on April 13, 2018 in New York City. Photo via CNN By ERIC TUCKER and JENNIFER PELTZ, The Associated ...
Jul 20, 2018
Attorney General’s office expands to Cranston
About a million fingerprints are stored at the Attorney General’s Customer Service center in Cranston. Photo by Tessa Roy, WPRO News. By Tessa Roy, WPRO News Attorney General Peter Kilmar...
Jul 20, 2018
T.F. Green police officials at odds over staffing levels
WARWICK, R.I. (AP) - The union representing police officers at Rhode Island's T.F. Green Airport says there isn't enough staff to man the increasingly popular airport - contradicting the police chief ...
Jul 19, 2018
18 cats taken from Newport home; Remains of 26 in freezer
Stock Image via Flickr. NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - Eighteen cats have been found in a home in Newport, which also contained the remains of 26 dead cats. The Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelt...
Jul 19, 2018
Providence City Council committee votes against proposed 600-foot tower
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Providence City Council's ordinances committee has voted against a proposal to build what would be the tallest skyscraper in Rhode Island. The Providence Journal reports th...
Jul 19, 2018
Rhode Island law aims to prevent suicides at public colleges
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Rhode Island is the latest state to require public colleges to do more to prevent suicides. The governor recently signed a measure into law that requires public colleges ...
Jul 18, 2018
