Category Archives: Local News

By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com Gas prices continue to drop in the Ocean State with prices dipping below three dollars a gallon. According to a report by AAA, the average price for regular unleaded gaso...

Image found on Wikimedia Commons WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island wants to open a slave trade museum and a national center for rec...

File photo WPRO News and the Associated Press WARWICK, R.I. (AP) – Police have released the name of the Massachusetts man who died while working on a road construction project in Rhode Island. W...

WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – The state medical examiner’s office has ruled that the death of an 80-year-old man who struck his head at a Providence long-term ...

File photo: Shayanna Jenkins and Janice Bassil. Pool photo by George Rizer / The Boston Globe By Steve Klamkin WPRO News Cleaning maids for Aaron Hernandez and his fiance, Shayanna Jenkins told a gran...

The House Committee on Health, Education, and Welfare conducts a hearing on Rhode Island's preparedness to combat Ebola. Photo by Andrew Augustus, WPRO News. Andrew Augustus, WPRO News Weeks after a s...

  WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A statewide grand jury has concluded that an officer-involved shooting that injured a man in Warwick in August was justified. At...

    By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority says a new barrier will be installed on the Claiborne Pell Bridge in Newport to prevent head-on collisions fr...

File photo WPRO News and the Associated Press CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. (AP) – Central Falls has consolidated two jobs at its School Department to save $55,000. The Providence Journal reports that the...

Image from Wikimedia Commons WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Lawmakers are meeting to review the state’s plans for dealing with Ebola. Rep. Joseph McNamara has c...