Category Archives: Featured
Blizzard Warning in effect for RI, parts of Mass
Image taken from Accuweather. By Kim Kalunian, WPRO News The National Weather Service has put Rhode Island and parts of Massachusetts under a blizzard warning from Monday night through late Tuesday ev...
Jan 25, 2015
NFL says they are investigating the Patriots football controversy
By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com The NFL has released a statement saying they are investigating the case involving the under-inflated footballs from the AFC Championship game. According to a press releas...
Jan 23, 2015
Study: One in five RI children live in poverty
Elizabeth Burke Bryant, Executive Director of Rhode Island Kids Count. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO News More than one in five children in Rhode Island are part of fam...
Jan 22, 2015
Belichick, Brady deny any knowledge of ball tampering
Coach Bill Belichick addresses reporters in the wake of Deflate Gate. Photo by Andrew Augustus WPRO News WPRO News In their first press conference since the "deflate gate" controversy came to light, N...
Jan 22, 2015
State faces $34.5 million budget shortfall
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A public policy group says Rhode Island’s new governor faces a $34.5 million shortfall for the current fiscal year instead of a s...
Jan 22, 2015
The Hummel Report: Holding Pattern
Rhode Island's 911 system was created in 1988 to give people a way to get help quickly and easily in an emergency. But the agency has seen continual decreases in manpower over the past decade, resulti...
Jan 22, 2015
CVS President to be a guest at the State of the Union
Larry Merlo.Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com CVS President Larry Merlo will be a guest of First Lady Michelle Obama for Tuesday night's State of the Union address in reco...
Jan 20, 2015
Ex-detective to head security at revamped Providence club
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A retired Providence detective will head security at a new Providence club that replaces another business shut by police over prostitut...
Jan 20, 2015
RI education chief gives green light for standardized test
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – State Education Commissioner Deborah A. Gist has told school superintendents they may establish policies requiring students to particip...
Jan 20, 2015
Cranston man plans to attend his 29th Super Bowl
Patriots fan Aram Garabedian provided this picture of one his trips to the Super Bowl. By Steve Klamkin WPRO News When the New England Patriots take on the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl 49 on ...
Jan 19, 2015
