Category Archives: Featured
Jury begins deliberations in Aaron Hernandez trial
WPRO News The fate of accused killer Aaron Hernandez now rests with the jury after the prosecution and defense made their closing arguments Tuesday. Both sides spent a total of three hours making thei...
Apr 07, 2015
Police arrest 22 men in prostitution sting operation
WPRO News Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza along with members of the city police force announced the arrest of twenty-two "johns" as a part of an ongoing prostitution sting, Operation Backpage. The opera...
Apr 03, 2015
Woman found dead in car outside RI elementary school
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Providence police have identified a woman who died after being shot inside a car that crashed into a fence outside a city elementary sc...
Apr 02, 2015
Raimondo says she will try to read Ken Block report
By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com After saying she was too busy, Governor Gina Raimondo says she will read former candidate for Governor Ken Block's report on fire district expenditures in Rhode Island. O...
Mar 30, 2015
Sword attack in Pawtucket leaves 3 injured
WPRO News and the Associated Press PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) – Police in Pawtucket say a dispute at a nightclub led to an attack in which three people were stabbed with a sword. Two victims had non-l...
Mar 30, 2015
Warwick Motel 6 under review after continuous crime
Warwick police respond to a firearm incident at the Jefferson Boulevard Motel 6 in 2014 By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com Warwick Police are reviewing the Motel 6 on Jefferson Boulevard after multiple inc...
Mar 24, 2015
Friars head to the Big Dance
Members of the Providence College Men's Basketball Team get on the bus to head to Columbus, Ohio for their first game in the NCAA Tournament. Photo by Andrew Augustus, WPRO News Andrew Augustus, WPRO ...
Mar 18, 2015
Mattiello suggests “agenda” in fire services report
WPRO Newsroom House Speaker Nick Mattiello says he suspects the author of a report detailing overspending in the fire services in Rhode Island has an agenda. “I suspect the report is one-sided&#...
Mar 13, 2015
Gov. Raimondo unveils $8.63 billion state budget plan
Gov. Gina Raimondo is greeted by lawmakers as she enters the House chamber to deliver her first budget. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News WPRO News and The Associated Press Gov. Gina Raimondo is...
Mar 12, 2015
ATF officials investigating cause of Kinsley Ave fire
Photo by Andrew Augustus WPRO News WPRO News Officials from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms have joined Providence Public Safety in their investigation into what caused the fire in the va...
Mar 12, 2015
