Category Archives: Local News
Providence police seize a record amount of heroin
Police display 23 kilograms of heroin, believed to be worth more than $1 million at wholesale, but much more on the street. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News WPRO News & the Associated Press Provid...
Nov 20, 2018
Zoning change for skyscraper project up for final vote
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Providence officials are scheduled to give a final vote on a zoning change to allow a proposed 46-story skyscraper. The Providence Journal reports the City Council is mee...
Nov 20, 2018
Health and Human Services Secretary stepping down
Photo by Steve Klamkin, WPRO News By Tessa Roy, WPRO News Eric Beane, Governor Gina Raimondo’s Secretary of Health and Human Services (EOHHS), will vacate his post by the end of the year. Beane,...
Nov 16, 2018
Providence teachers approve contract
Providence School. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Teachers in Providence have approved a new contract with the city. Teachers voted to approve the new contract in ...
Nov 16, 2018
Police: Man left child in car while he was in casino
LINCOLN, R.I. (AP) – Police have charged a man they say left his 4-year-old daughter locked inside his car for more than half an hour while he was inside a Rhode Island casino. Jose Funes, of Cu...
Nov 16, 2018
Hummel Report – (Another) Communication Breakdown
Six years after a Hummel Report investigation found issues with taxpayer-funded cellphones for Providence City Council members, a new review finds many of the same problems. Excess minutes, directory ...
Nov 16, 2018
Unemployment rate drops again, hits low point of 3.8 percent
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island's unemployment rate ticked down to 3.8 percent in October, reaching its lowest point in nearly 30 years. Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo said Thursday it's the lowes...
Nov 16, 2018
Repairs to cause traffic changes on I-295, Washington Bridge
https://twitter.com/Tessa_Roy/status/1063135295070265344 By WPRO News Repairs to I-295 and Washington Bridges will be ongoing this weekend, which the state Department of Transportation says will cause...
Nov 15, 2018
Indicted mayor undeterred by recall effort
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 By Steve Klamkin WPRO News Facing a poten...
Nov 15, 2018
Suzanne Carcieri, former Rhode Island first lady, dies
Don and Sue Carcieri. Photo courtesy of Sue Stenhouse. By WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Former Rhode Island first lady Suzanne Carcieri (kah-CHEER’-ee) ...
Nov 15, 2018
