Category Archives: Featured
WPRO STATEMENT ON BUDDY CIANCI
UPDATE: Buddy is out of the hospital and enjoying the post-unveiling party at Roma on Federal Hill. During his portrait unveiling tonight at Providence City Hall, the room was very warm and Buddy Cian...
Nov 19, 2015
Langevin breaks with Obama & Cicilline, votes yes on slowing Syrian refugees
Congressman Jim Langevin. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News WPRO News and the Associated Press Congressman Jim Langevin (D) broke with his democratic colleague David Cicilline and Preside...
Nov 19, 2015
Raimondo says Syrian refugees non-issue at this time, safety and security of RI’ers top priority
European refugees Photo by Dragan Tatic.jpg WPRO News Governor Gina Raimondo said Wednesday morning that the outcry against allowing Syrian refugees into Rhode Island is a non-issue at this time, and ...
Nov 18, 2015
Ex-boyfriend arrested in death of pregnant Cranston woman
CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) - Cranston police have arrested the former boyfriend of a pregnant woman found dead in her burning apartment last week. Police chief Col. Michael Winquist says 29-year-old Born Smi...
Nov 18, 2015
Shark Bar owner pleads not guilty to bribing ex-Speaker Fox
Gordon Fox stands outside federal court. Photo by Andrew Augustus WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A restaurant owner accused of bribing former House Speaker Gordon Fox has pleaded not guilty. Raymon...
Nov 18, 2015
LISTEN: Matt Allen interviews Paris Bataclan Theatre survivor
Ginnie Watson Ginnie Watson, a former RI resident, was at the Eagles of Death Metal concert at the Bataclan Theatre last Friday night when it was stormed by machine gun toting terrorists. She tells he...
Nov 17, 2015
Rhode Island students score low on PARCC exam
by Jennifer McDermott, Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Only about 36 percent of Rhode Island students in grades 3 to 10 who took a new standardized test met expectations in English and a quar...
Nov 17, 2015
Fall River elects its youngest-ever mayor
Mayor-elect Jasiel Correia arrives at Fall River Government Center hours after his electoral win. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO News His young age didn’t prove to be a p...
Nov 04, 2015
State asks Providence to create deficit reduction plan
WPRO News and the Associated Press Rhode Island’s auditor general is asking Providence to come up with a plan to eliminate its cumulative deficit. WPRI-TV reports Auditor General Dennis Hoyle wr...
Oct 26, 2015
The Rhode Island Spotlight — Making a Statement
Every year more than 4 million people in 20 countries participate in a Relay for Life event – helping in the fight against cancer. While those events are typically held over a 24-hour period, th...
Oct 22, 2015
