Category Archives: Local News
Sailing Hall of Fame will leave Maryland for Newport
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - The National Sailing Hall of Fame will officially leave Maryland for Rhode Island, barring any last-minute discoveries. The Capital reports the board of directors voted 17-9 Tues...
Oct 18, 2018
Police investigating narcotics case at Knightsville Pub in Cranston
photo via Google Maps CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) - Police in Rhode Island say they are investigating narcotics at a pub in Cranston. According to Cranston Police Col. Michael Winquist, investigators were sea...
Oct 17, 2018
Man pleads guilty to sending white powder to Trump sons
Video via CNN BOSTON (AP) – A Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to sending threatening letters filled with white powder to President Donald Trump’s sons, a Democratic senator and a Repu...
Oct 17, 2018
Providence City Council president called on to apologize over confrontation
By The Associated Press and WPRO News Some Providence city councilors are calling for Council President David Salvatore to apologize to two female colleagues after they say he yelled at them for postp...
Oct 17, 2018
Gubernatorial candidates lay out vision for Rhode Island
Former Rep. Joe Trillo (I), Governor Gina Raimondo (D), and Cranston Mayor Allan Fung (R) at the 2018 WPRI Gubernatorial Debate. Photo by Matt Allen. By JENNIFER McDERMOTT, The Associated Press PROVID...
Oct 16, 2018
ACLU: Judge sides with Rep Morgan regarding Google money request
By WPRO News and The Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – The American Civil Liberties Union says a judge has ordered the attorney general to waive thousands of dollars in fees for documents...
Oct 15, 2018
Gresh’s Grades: Patriots v. Kansas City – 10/14/2018
By Andy Gresh, WPRO What a football game!! If you like offense, this one was for you. Even though the 4th quarter didn’t go as expected, the poise this team played with was impressive. There was...
Oct 15, 2018
Police: Woman leads police on chase through 2 states
FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) – A Rhode Island woman police say led officers on an early morning pursuit through several towns in two states has been held on $5,000 bail. Irene Bublik, of Warren, plead...
Oct 15, 2018
Sears files for Chapter 11 amid plunging sales, massive debt
Photo via CNN By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO NEW YORK (AP) - Sears filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday, with plans to shutter 142 unprofitable stores in the hopes that it can stay in busines...
Oct 15, 2018
PODCAST- Sister of victim wants Trillo to apologize for using Fung crash in gov’s race
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The sister of a man killed in a 1989 car crash involving GOP gubernatorial candidate Allan Fung tells WPRO’s Tara Granahan that indepen...
Oct 15, 2018
