Category Archives: Local News
Governor says some Providence schools may close or merge
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo talks with reporters at Central Falls High School. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo says some Provide...
Oct 08, 2019
Authorities: 3 children, 2 adults found dead with gunshot wounds at condo complex outside Boston
ABINGTON, Mass. (AP) – Authorities say two adults and three children have been found dead in a Massachusetts home. Plymouth District Attorney Timothy Cruz says the bodies were found in th...
Oct 07, 2019
City board to decide if a lounge can reopen after murder
Nara Lounge, a Federal Hill hookah bar. Providence Police said a man was stabbed to death inside the club late on the night of Wednesday October 2, 2019. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R...
Oct 07, 2019
Stronger police presence sought after double shooting
Two women were shot, and one died on Detroit Ave. in Providence September 29, the scene of a vigil Sunday night. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Members of a Provid...
Oct 07, 2019
Police: 15-year-old girl stabs 68-year-old woman to death
The Bristol County District Attorney says Ana Vazquez, 68 was stabbed in her Johnson St. apartment in Fall River Sunday and later died. A 15-year old girl faces a murder charge. Photo by Steve Klamkin...
Oct 07, 2019
PODCAST- RI Soccer Association: Ban high school sports in Burrillville for a year
(Burrillville) The Rhode Island Soccer Association is calling on the Rhode Island Interscholastic League to ban all sports in Burrillville for a year in the aftermath of a race related incident at a g...
Oct 07, 2019
Report: Rhode Island economic growth outpaced US growth
Providence skyline. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A Rhode Island public policy research group says the state’s economy grew faster than the nation’s e...
Oct 07, 2019
CVS stops sale of heartburn drugs with suspect contaminant
CVS storefront. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By The Associated Press CVS has halted sales of popular heartburn treatment Zantac and the store generic version after warnings by U.S. health reg...
Sep 30, 2019
Woman killed in a weekend double shooting in Providence
A candle, a flower and a teddy bear form a memorial to Berta Maria Perreira-Roldan, 19 of Revere, Massachusetts. She was gunned down early Sunday on Detroit Ave. Another woman was seriously wounded. P...
Sep 30, 2019
USS Constitution announces fall public tour hours
USS Constitution sits moored pier side at Boston Navy Shipyard in Boston, Mass. in January, 2018. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joshua Hammond BOSTON (AP) - The start of f...
Sep 29, 2019
