Category Archives: Featured

Cianci family challenges fiancĂ©e’s claim to estate
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Lawyers for the family of former Providence Mayor and WPRO personality Buddy Cianci are challenging his fiance’s claim to a portion of his estate. WPRI-TV reports that Ci...
Cumulus Media Oct 02, 2016

Court ruling may make cellphone GPS use illegal in Rhode Island
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A court ruling in Rhode Island might make it illegal for drivers to use their cellphone’s GPS. The Providence Journal reports that the Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal recen...
Cumulus Media Oct 01, 2016

Hotel evacuation pinned to currency scam, not a drug lab
Two suspects in a “black money scam” are seen in the parking lot of the Hilton Garden Inn in this frame taken from the hotel video surveillance and released by Providence Police. By Steve ...
Cumulus Media Sep 30, 2016

Ex-Hasbro CEO testifies in trial of sport institute founder Doyle
Wakefield, RI, Sept 21, 2016 – Dan Doyle listens to a witness’s testimony. His trial got underway today at Washington County Superior Court in Wakefield. Doyle was indicted back in 2013 on...
Cumulus Media Sep 30, 2016

Man rescued at sea says suspicions compound grief over mom
Nathan Carman arrives in a small boat at the US Coast Guard station in Boston, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016. Carman spent a week at sea in a life raft before being rescued by a passing freighter. (AP Photo...
Cumulus Media Sep 29, 2016

UPDATE: 3 dead after head-on crash on I-195 in Westport
photo courtesy Matt Allen, WPRO WPRO News WESTPORT – Massachusetts State Police say 3 are dead after a head-on collision on Route 195 eastbound between Exits 10 and 11 in Westport on Wednesday m...
Cumulus Media Sep 28, 2016

Vermont man lost at sea was suspect in grandfather’s killing
Nathan Carman arrives in a small boat at the US Coast Guard station in Boston, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016. Carman spent a week at sea in a life raft before being rescued by a passing freighter. (AP Photo...
Cumulus Media Sep 28, 2016

Rhode Island pension fund to significantly reduce hedge funds
General Treasurer Seth Magaziner. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO News Saying “the expected performance of most of our hedge funds is not what we’d want it to be,...
Cumulus Media Sep 28, 2016

Suspected drug lab prompts evacuation of Providence hotel
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Local police and federal authorities are investigating after a suspected drug lab triggered the evacuation of a hotel along Providence’s waterfront. Lt. Roger Aspinal say...
Cumulus Media Sep 28, 2016

Police: Cranston teens found with guns on school property
Wikimedia commons image. CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) - Police in Cranston have arrested three teenage high school students after they were found with two handguns and a stun gun on school property. The...
Cumulus Media Sep 28, 2016





