Category Archives: Featured
Bill Clinton in Rhode Island for fundraiser
EAST GREENWICH, R.I. (AP) - Former President Bill Clinton spent the morning in Rhode Island to raise money for his wife’s presidential campaign. The fundraiser for Hillary Clinton was held Monda...
Dec 07, 2015
Eight arrested in Burrillville pipeline protest
Police arrest protesters at the Spectra gas transmission facility in Burrillville Saturday. Photo courtesy Steve Ahlquist – RI Future By WPRO News Police arrested eight protesters Saturda...
Dec 06, 2015
Officials: Not enough Providence firefighters were on duty this weekend
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Providence officials say the city didn’t have enough firefighters on duty Saturday or Sunday and those who didn’t report to work could be prosecuted. The city’...
Dec 06, 2015
The Hummel Report — Time To Go
Exactly one year ago, our four-month Hummel Report investigation showed a Pawtucket Police major spending work days on the golf course or at home – with built-in overtime that he approved, wheth...
Dec 03, 2015
Rep. Cicilline to propose reviving assault weapons ban
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -Congressman David Cicilline is proposing reviving the nation’s ban on assault weapons. The 1st district Democrat made the announcement o...
Dec 03, 2015
UPDATED: 14 dead, more than a dozen wounded in California shooting
AMANDA LEE MYERS, Associated Press JUSTIN PRITCHARD, Associated Press SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) - The husband-and-wife attackers who slaughtered 14 people at an employee banquet fired as many...
Dec 02, 2015
Ratings agency cuts Providence’s credit outlook
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Wall Street ratings agency is lowering its outlook on Rhode Island’s capital city. Moody’s Investor Service cut Providence’s credit rating to negative after...
Dec 02, 2015
Hummel: “No-show” Pawtucket police major retires
by Jim Hummel and WPRO News Facing a possible demotion, controversial Pawtucket Police Major Bruce Moreau has stepped down from the department after a 30 year career. A four-month investigation by the...
Dec 02, 2015
RI Trucking Association claims governor withholding toll information
WPRO News The president of the Rhode Island Trucking Association released a public records request Monday that has been filed with Peter Alviti, the Director of the Rhode Island Department of Transpor...
Nov 30, 2015
Black Lives Matter protesters target dancing cop’s new gig
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - More than two dozen protesters attended a scheduled appearance of a retired Providence police officer known as the “Dancing Cop,” but the ex-officer himself di...
Nov 30, 2015
