Category Archives: Local News

File photo   WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – The state education department has delayed the release of the annual science test results because of concerns with th...

File photo WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A children’s advocacy agency has found that 16 percent of kindergarten students in the state were absent at least 18 d...

File photo WPRO News and the Associated Press TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) – A Massachusetts woman wanted in connection with a gunpoint kidnapping last week has been apprehended in Baltimore. The Bristol...

Supporters gather for URI’s ‘vote yes on 4’ campaign By Sam Wroblewski, reporting by Andrew Augustus WPRO News Representatives from University of Rhode Island were joined by state, a...

File photo   WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – The getaway driver for a Barrington bank robbery has been sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison. U.S. Dis...

File photo WPRO News and the Associated Press PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) – Police have charged a Pawtucket man of threatening a woman and her son with a machete because he was impatient at how much ti...

File photo WPRO News and the Associated Press WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) – A Westerly woman remains in critical condition after being struck by a car. Police say 35-year-old Susan Viveiros is being tre...

Brown students protest the Ray Kelly. Photo by Steve Klamin WPRO News WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Brown University’s president says the Ivy League school may...

File photo WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Rhode Island State Police say they’ve arrested and charged nine men with possession and transfer of child pornography....

File photo WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Health and environmental officials are warning residents that toxic blue-green algae blooms have formed in several water bod...