Category Archives: Local News

Video slot machines at Twin River’s Tiverton casino. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – The Rhode Island Lottery has ordered the removal of 360 underperforming v...

The Rhode Island Superior & Supreme Court building in Providence. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A Rhode Island town has asked a judge to quickly decide whethe...

Joel Loarca, 17 (second from right) is charged in the Sept. 5, 2018 killing of William Parsons, 15 outside Providence Career and Technical Academy. Pool photo by Kris Craig / The Providence Journal By...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – The final suspect sought in connection with what authorities described as a scheme that defrauded several banks in Rhode Island and Massachusetts out of about $1 million ...

Dr. Mark T. Esper is sworn in as the 27th defense secretary during a ceremony at the White House, July 23, 2019. White House photo NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) – Defense Secretary Mark Esper has met with ...

File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A Rhode Island law requiring home inspectors to be licensed will finally be enforced, two decades after it was enacted. WPRI-TV repo...

The Wyatt Detention Center in Central Falls. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. (AP) – A man being held for the U.S. Marshals Service at the quasi-public detention center ...

Townspeople tour the newly built $68.4 million Barrington Middle School. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO News A ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday marked the opening of a new middle...

By Kimberly Rau Theatre by the Sea closes its 2019 season with the musical version of the 1977 film hit "Saturday Night Fever," and, despite some pretty big misses in this interpretation, it's certain...

Governor Gina Raimondo (D-RI) File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News WPRO News and The Associated Press The state ethics commission has decided to open a formal investigation into Democratic Gov. Gina ...