Category Archives: Local News

Lt. Gov. Dan McKee (D-RI) in a May, 2019 file photo in his State House office. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News The Associated Press Rhode Island Lt. Gov. Daniel McKee is promising that the state's co...

Governor Gina Raimondo gives the daily COVID-19 update from the State Room of the RI State house on April 30, 2020 with Nicole Alexander-Scott, Dept of Health Director in the background. Pool photo by...

RI Attorney General Peter Neronha (at left) is joined by state and Providence police officials, as he details the investigation into the October scooter crash that left Jhamal Gonsalves, 24 in a coma ...

Maria Rivera takes the oath of office as the new Central Falls Mayor from Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea January 4, 2020 in an online-only ceremony due to coronavirus concerns. By Steve Klamkin WPRO...

Outgoing Central Falls Chief Daniel Barzykowski hugged each member of the police department and virtually all of the dozens of friends and families who turned out on his last day leading the departmen...

Retired Justice Francis X. Flaherty. Photo: RI Supreme Court PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A recently retired Rhode Island Supreme Court justice has tested positive for the coronavirus, prompting a change i...

Chad Brown Housing complex in Providence. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Providence Housing Authority is getting more than $1 million in federal funding to help provide h...

  CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) - Three people have been arrested in Cranston after an incident police say involved an officer being pushed, surrounded, and run over while responding to dozens of recklessl...

A man and his dog hike along the beach in North Kingstown. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The First Day Hike tradition is continuing in Rhode Island for 2021, but with severa...

LINCOLN, R.I. (AP) - An apartment building fire in Rhode Island has displaced 30 residents. Officials said the fire was reported around 1 a.m. early Friday morning at an apartment complex in Lincoln. ...