Category Archives: Local News

WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A man has been sentenced to two consecutive life terms plus 10 years in the killing of three young people in a plot to steal money and ...

Steve Donovan stands outside a Dunkin Donuts during day 3 of his Dunkathon. Photo by Steve Donovan WPRO News Lite Rock 105 host Steve Donovan has pledged to visit every Dunkin Donuts location in Rhode...

WPRO News and the Associated Press WARWICK, R.I. (AP) – Police say a 64-year-old Warwick man has been seriously injured after being struck by a car. Police said John Lacki of Warwick was walking...

WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Two Rhode Island men have been sentenced to prison for fraudulently obtaining federal tax refunds using the stolen personal information...

WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A Massachusetts man has been ordered to serve 10 years in prison on charges that he killed his girlfriend when he crashed his car while...

WPRO News and the Associated Press PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (AP) – The Portsmouth Town Council will appeal a federal court judge’s dismissal of its challenge to tolls on the Sakonnet River Bridge....

WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – The FBI is offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the prosecution of the person who kidnapped a man from his driveway in ...

WPRO News and the Associated Press WEST WARWICK, R.I. (AP) – The source of a thunderous boom that was heard in West Warwick and elsewhere in Rhode Island remains a mystery. WJAR-TV reports the b...

By Sam Wroblewski 630WPRO.com The inaugural committee for Governor-elect Gina Raimondo has announced plans for January 6, 2015, when the incoming governor and other General Officers take their oaths o...

WPRO News and the Associated Press WARREN, R.I. (AP) – A 72-year-old man who failed to return from a trip to the Warren transfer station was found dead there hours after the facility had closed....