Category Archives: Local News

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) – A mother and daughter from Rhode Island injured when a school bus crashed in Massachusetts have sued the woman authorities say was drunk when she caused the wreck. The Newpo...

By WPRO News Senator Jack Reed is announcing a federal grant that would allow the state to rebuild the on and off ramps of the Newport Bridge. The ramps coming off the Newport bridge were created for ...

RI Attorney General Peter Kilmartin. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – The state attorney general’s office hasn’t pursued about 1,300 felony cases brought by ...

Matthew Heuser. Photo via Johnston Police. Tony Cerbo. Photo courtesy of Johnston Police. JOHNSTON, R.I. (AP) – A second person has been arrested in connection with a child molestation case in w...

James Perry, the new Head Football Coach at Brown University. Photo by Tessa Roy WPRO News By WPRO News Brown University announced Tuesday that Bryant University Head Football Coach James Perry has be...

.@RIDeptEd Commissioner Ken Wagner goes full Bobby Knight on @DYStateofMind @DanYorkeShow pic.twitter.com/zBlTgUgWMI - NewsTalk 99.7 & AM 630 WPRO (@wpro) December 4, 2018 Rhode Island Education C...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Providence officials say a poor relationship between two city lawyers led to one of the lawyers spitting on and shoving the father of the other lawyer. Stephen Dennis was...

By WPRO News and the Associated Press The faculty union at the Community College of Rhode Island has overwhelmingly cast a no confidence vote in school President Meghan Hughes. Associate professor Bar...

K-9 Ruby. Photo via Rhode Island State Police on Twitter. Colonel Ann C. Assumpico, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Director of the Department of Public Safety, announces that Stat...

K-9 Ruby. Photo via Rhode Island State Police on Twitter. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A search and rescue dog has gone missing, and police are looking for help finding the wayward K-9, called Ruby. ...