Category Archives: Local News

Stock photo WPRO Newsroom and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A correctional officer involved in a three-car accident in North Kingstown on Thanksgiving has died. The Providence Jou...

By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com Several owners of the Boston Red Sox are looking to purchase the Pawtucket Red Sox, according to The Boston Globe. The sale price is not known, nor are the members of the...

Stock photo WPRO Newsroom and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – An elderly man and a firefighter have been taken to a hospital after a morning fire in Providence. The fire started aro...

WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Volunteers conducting the most extensive survey of Rhode Island’s homeless population to date say they encountered nearly 700 peo...

WPRO News and the Associated Press CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) – The Cranston City Council has ratified labor contracts costing about $470,000 over three years for school bus drivers and mechanics and f...

WPRO News While many Rhode Islanders were out in the early morning hours to take of advantage of Black Friday deals, others gathered in front of the State House to collect winter coats to donate to th...

WPRO Newsroom Black Friday is in full swing in Rhode Island as shoppers flock to stores to cash in on the latest deals. Kyle Marquee was out before midnight to try and get a deal on a TV, but found th...

  Protesters gather on I-95. Photo courtesy of Naomi Garber By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com "I just think it was ridiculous and idiotic and I condemn it in the strongest ways possible," said NAACP ...

Photo submitted by Daniel Bowler. WPRO Newsroom Protesters demonstrating against the Ferguson grand jury decision Tuesday night spilled out onto I-95 and Route 195 in Providence late Tuesday night. Th...

Mayor-elect Jorge Elorza talks with (from left) Family Service of Rhode Island CEO Margaret Holland McDuff and Dr. Susan Erstling. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News Mayor-elect Jorge Elorza talks with ...