Category Archives: Local News
Warren DNA analysis points to Native American heritage
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) talks with reporters in Fall River. File Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News BOSTON (AP) - Responding to years of derision by President Donald Trump and other critics, Sen...
Oct 15, 2018
Candidates for Rhode Island governor prepare for 2nd debate
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. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island's gubernatori...
Oct 15, 2018
The Hummel Report – Second Chance?
A former state senator who spent two years in federal prison on bank fraud charges has been working on behalf of the state judiciary over the past year as a bail commissioner, with a fee often paid in...
Oct 15, 2018
Fall River Mayor Correia facing federal fraud charges
Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News BOSTON (AP) - A Massachusetts mayor who was first elected at age 23 was charged Thursday with using investments in a company he formed as his "own personal ATM" to enj...
Oct 11, 2018
ACLU takes legal action in bus drivers’ strike
Lawyers and parents of disabled children announce legal action against Providence Schools in the third week of a strike by school bus drivers. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. ...
Oct 10, 2018
Jury: Pawtucket police officers justified in shooting man
Police investigate after an officer-involved shooting in Pawtucket. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News. PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) – A grand jury has found that police officers were justified in fatally...
Oct 10, 2018
NEW: Trillo details physical encounter with fellow lawmaker
Independent candidate for governor Joe Trillo is interviewed outside the WPRO studios on October 10, 2018. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News Following revelations that he was involved with an al...
Oct 10, 2018
3rd defendant pleads guilty in illegal pot growing scheme
File PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A third defendant involved in a large-scale illegal marijuana growing operation inside a converted mill building in Rhode Island has pleaded guilty. Federal prosecut...
Oct 10, 2018
PODCAST: Trillo charged with assaulting teenaged Mattiello in the 1970s
Former State Rep Joeseph Trillo announces his independent run for governor with WPRO’s Matt Allen WPRO News Independent candidate for governor Joseph Trillo was charged with the ‘inadverte...
Oct 10, 2018
Both sides in bus drivers’ strike express optimism
Nick Williams (left), Business Agent for Teamsters Local 251 and Frank McMahon, spokesman for First Student talk with reporters after a mediation session in the strike by bus drivers. Photos by Steve ...
Oct 09, 2018
