Category Archives: Local News
Owners of shuttered Foxy Lady buy toys for employees’ children
Photo by Tessa Roy WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The owners of a well-known New England strip club that was shut down following a prostitution investigation have hosted a Christmas toy driv...
Dec 24, 2018
Officials approve land sale deal for proposed skyscraper
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A Rhode Island commission has approved a $3.1 million sale of property in Providence to a developer who wants to build a 46-story luxury apartment tower there. The I-195 ...
Dec 20, 2018
PODCAST: Foxy Lady files appeal, dancer speaks out
Photo by Tessa Roy, WPRO News By WPRO News The Foxy Lady is appealing a decision by the Providence Board of Licenses to revoke all licenses for the landmark strip club. The club is effectively shut do...
Dec 20, 2018
Board of Licenses shuts down Foxy Lady
photo by Tessa Roy WPRO News By Tessa Roy, WPRO News An iconic Providence strip club has been effectively shut down by the city’s Board of Licences. Three Foxy Lady employees were arrested on pr...
Dec 19, 2018
Mayor in Massachusetts given 5 days to quit or face recall
Mayor Jasiel Correia is greeted by supporters as he tells Fall River residents he will not resign in the face of federal wire and tax fraud charges. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News FALL RIVER, M...
Dec 19, 2018
RIC, ‘Hamilton’ creator announce new performing arts scholarship
Photo via CNN. By WPRO News Rhode Island College has announced a new scholarship named for a high-profile figure. Rising junior and senior performing arts students from under served communities can no...
Dec 18, 2018
Coalition of states to work to curb transportation emissions
Rhode Island DOT Photo BOSTON (AP) – A coalition of nine states and the District of Columbia have announced an agreement to work to impose regional limits on carbon emissions from transportation...
Dec 18, 2018
Police: 13 victims identified in nude photo-sharing case
Flint Audio-Video owners Daniel Anton and Gary Gagne. Photos via State Police. MIDDLETOWN, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island State police say they have identified 13 victims in a nude image-sharing case involv...
Dec 17, 2018
Warwick Police Chief McCartney to retire
Photo by Steve Klamkin, WPRO News By WPRO News After a decades-long career in law enforcement, Warwick Police Chief Stephen McCartney announced his retirement on Friday. "I have full confidence that t...
Dec 14, 2018
Two bodies pulled from Providence River
By WPRO News Providence Police said they responded to a call about a dead body in the water near the Hurricane barrier around noon Friday, but soon found another. Police said a nearby worker told them...
Dec 14, 2018
