Category Archives: Local News
Report: Brown fails to fulfill $10M pledge for local schools
Central High School in Providence. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A new report says Brown University has failed to fulfill its promise of a $10 million endowment...
Sep 10, 2019
PODCAST: Speaker Mattiello says underperforming machines cost the taxpayers money
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Democratic House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello says the state lottery cost taxpayers money by not ordering the removal of 360 underperforming video slots machines from the T...
Sep 08, 2019
Mayor defiant after extortion, bribery arrest
Jasiel Correia protests his innocence outside U.S. District Court in Boston after pleading not guilty to new charges he extorted marijuana businesses. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News BOSTON (AP) R...
Sep 07, 2019
Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia facing more legal trouble
Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia, accompanied by an aide, arrives at the groundbreaking for the new B.M.C. Durfee High School. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News BOSTON (AP) – A Massachusetts mayor...
Sep 06, 2019
Bike share program put on hold amid safety concerns
Jump bikes are seen in downtown Providence. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) – The introduction of a bike share program in Pawtucket has been put on hold. Pawtucket Pol...
Sep 05, 2019
Former political candidate faces embezzlement charge
Laufton Ascencao is seen in this booking photo provided by the Rhode Island State Police PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A man who won a seat in the Rhode Island state legislature but resigned before be...
Sep 05, 2019
Students, parents request formal role in school takeover
Rhode Island Education Commissioner Anglica Infante-Green talks with reporters. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Student activist groups and parents have petitioned Rhode...
Sep 05, 2019
Kennedy Plaza to be redesigned with underground bus tunnel
Kennedy Plaza as seen from Providence City Hall. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Rhode Island officials say they will unveil plans to redesign a major plaza in downtown ...
Sep 05, 2019
Police: Man broke into Taylor Swift’s home, took off shoes
Taylor Swift attends the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for MTV) WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) – Police sa...
Sep 04, 2019
State reports new findings of mosquito-borne illnesses
US Department of Agriculture [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Rhode Island officials have confirmed a fourth finding of the potentially deadly mosquito-borne virus ...
Sep 03, 2019
