Category Archives: Local News
Rhode Island getting almost $22M in public housing funds
Photo by Mark Moz via Flickr PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Two dozen public housing authorities across Rhode Island are getting a total of nearly $22 million in federal grants to fix up their properti...
Feb 14, 2020
Legislation advances to raise Rhode Island’s minimum wage
Rhode Island State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Rhode Island appears poised to raise the state’s minimum wage. The state House of Representatives passed ...
Feb 14, 2020
Governor and attorney general call for new gun control laws
Gun control advocates rally at the State House February 13, 2020 as the General Assembly debates a ban on ghost guns and the governor introduces new gun control bills. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News...
Feb 13, 2020
A Favorite Classic Returns with PPAC’s Fiddler
By Kimberly Rau The Providence Performing Arts Center is hosting the non-equity national tour of Fiddler on the Roof, which boasts new staging and choreography, this week. For a show that premiered in...
Feb 13, 2020
Tobin reacts to controversy over priest’s abortion comments
Roman Catholic Bishop of Providence Thomas Tobin, in a video posted July 1, 2019 to accompany the diocese’s list of priests and deacons credibly accused of sexually abusing children. Listen to &...
Feb 13, 2020
Newport Jazz Festival announces first wave of artists
Norah Jones, who will headline the 2020 Newport Jazz Festival is seen here at the festival in 2016. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO News The Newport Jazz Festival today announce...
Feb 11, 2020
Mayor cheers the capital city his annual address
Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza delviers his “State of the City” address to the City Council on February 10, 2020. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO News Saying "integri...
Feb 10, 2020
NOAA extends protective area for rare whales
Right whale is seen skim feeding with the NOAA ship Delaware II in the background. Photo courtesy NOAA NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) – The federal government is extending a protective zone designed to k...
Feb 10, 2020
Prosecutors: man accidentally run over by family member
Fall River skyline. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) – A Massachusetts man has been killed after he was accidentally run over by a car driven by a family member. Pros...
Feb 10, 2020
Cumberland teacher charged with sexual assault on child
KILLINGLY, Conn. (AP) - A Rhode Island teacher has been charged with sexually assaulting a child in Connecticut. Connecticut State Police say 29-year-old Nicholas Oliveira, of Lincoln, turned himself ...
Feb 10, 2020
