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PC Coach Ed Cooley to URI as they face Creighton: “Transitional Defense”
photo at Ryan Center, URI, via becker1999/Flickr by Lexi Kriss, WPRO Providence College Friars Head Coach Ed Cooley checked in with WPRO’s Dan Yorke before the team boarded a plane to Day...
Mar 13, 2017
Dambruch named acting US attorney in Rhode Island
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A lifelong prosecutor has been named the acting U.S. attorney for Rhode Island. The office on Monday announced that Stephen Dambruch is now acting U.S. attorney with the depart...
Mar 13, 2017
Newport officials OK ban on single-use plastic shopping bags
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - Newport is banning single-use plastic shopping bags. The City Council voted unanimously on Wednesday night to approve a law prohibiting businesses from making the bags available -...
Mar 09, 2017
Hummel Report – Office With A View
A plan by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management to build a $7 million natural resources and visitors center off the beaten path in Richmond/Exeter is facing opposition from more than...
Mar 09, 2017
Schilling criticizes state police probe into 38 Studios deal
photo by Ryan Welch, WelchImages.com PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling has criticized Rhode Island state police for not interviewing three key figures in thei...
Mar 08, 2017
PODCAST: Hesitant hero describes Warwick Rite-Aid attack
WARWICK, R.I. (AP) - A Massachusetts man is headed to court in connection with an apparently random stabbing at a Rhode Island pharmacy. Warwick Police say 41-year-old Jacob Gallant, of Westport, is d...
Mar 08, 2017
RI GOP Chair removes accused molester from Providence Leadership Post
by Lexi Kriss, WPRO and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE – Pastor Roy Bolden has been removed from his position as Chairman of the Providence Republican City Committee after child molestation all...
Mar 08, 2017
Rep Walsh walks back ‘file cabinets full of booze’ comment
(AP Photo/Steven Senne) PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A new Rhode Island lawmaker who says there’s an “insane amount of drinking” at the State House is walking back one of her comments. Pr...
Mar 08, 2017
Police: Train carrying ethanol derailed in Providence
photo by Anita Baffoni WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A train car carrying ethanol has derailed in Providence but officials say there were no spills. A tanker car went off of the tracks after 1 a.m...
Mar 08, 2017
UPDATE: Rep Walsh shocked by ‘insane’ boozing at Rhode Island capitol
Rep Moira Walsh – photo by Anita Baffoni, WPRO News MATT O’BRIEN, Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A new state lawmaker said she’s surprised by the “insane amount of dr...
Mar 07, 2017
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