Category Archives: Local News
RI Governor proposes student food initiative
Gov. Gina Raimondo proposes “No Student Hungry”, to ensure all students have access to adequate food, at a meeting of the Rhode Island Ministers’ Alliance in Cranston. Photo by Steve...
Jan 21, 2019
Storm brings snow, flooding to Southern New England
Snowy weather. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News by WPRO News A major winter storm has dropped a variety of weather on Southern New England from flooding rains on sections of areas Southeast of Pr...
Jan 20, 2019
Ruggerio introduces mobile sports betting bill
Democratic Senate President Dominick Ruggerio and Democratic House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello, placed ceremonial first bets with John Taylor, chairman of Twin River Worldwide Holdings. Photo by...
Jan 16, 2019
Four DCYF workers sidelined after death of girl, 9
Director Trista Piccola announces one person at the Rhode Island DCYF has been placed on administrative leave and three others on restricted responsibilities, following the death of a nine-year old gi...
Jan 16, 2019
Boy praised for actions during fire at children’s hospital
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A young boy is being praised for helping to alert firefighters to a fire at Hasbro Children’s Hospital. Hospital spokesman David Levesque says the elementary-school...
Jan 16, 2019
SNAP benefits to be issued early during shutdown
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The director of the Rhode Island Department of Human Services says state residents who receive federal food stamp benefits are set to receive their February benefits by Sunday ...
Jan 16, 2019
Education a focal point of Raimondo’s State of the State
Governor Gina Raimondo delivers the 2019 State of the State address. Photo by Tessa Roy, WPRO News. By Tessa Roy, WPRO News In her first State of the State address of her second term, Governor Gina Ra...
Jan 16, 2019
Authorities release details in death of 9-year-old girl
Michele Rothgeb in a photo provided by Warwick Police WARWICK, R.I. (AP) – Prosecutors say police discovered squalid conditions at a Rhode Island home where a 9-year-old girl with cerebral palsy...
Jan 15, 2019
Man surrenders in 2nd homicide of 2019 in Providence
Police at the scene of an apparent stabbing death at 198 River Ave. in Providence after a man walked into police headquarters to say he stabbed his girlfriend. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Stev...
Jan 15, 2019
Preview: State of the State
Rhode Island Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo delivers her State of the State address to lawmakers and guests in the House Chamber at the Statehouse, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo...
Jan 14, 2019
