Category Archives: Local News
Raimondo maintains lead over Fung in latest poll
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 Tessa Roy, WPRO News A new poll from the Provid...
Oct 09, 2018
State Police clear State House lawn of protests after fights break out
Oct 06, 2018
Report: DCYF strained by caseload, needs large improvements
DCYF Director Trista Piccola who oversees the state Training School talks with reporters. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Federal officials have released a scathing repo...
Oct 05, 2018
RIPTA unveils “art buses”
Photo courtesy of RIPTA By Tessa Roy, WPRO News Commutes via Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) just got a little more exciting. On Friday, RIPTA unveiled the first of its new “art bu...
Oct 05, 2018
Senators: Utility “woefully” unprepared for gas explosions
Multiple suspected gas explosions have set structures on fire across dozens of blocks and forced evacuations in Lawrence, Andover and North Andover, Massachusetts State Police said Thursday. Photo via...
Oct 05, 2018
Abandoned Rhode Island industrial building burns down
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) – An empty mill in Rhode Island has gone up in flames. Firefighters responded to the old Roberts Chemical building in Pawtucket just after midnight Friday. Part of the build...
Oct 05, 2018
Gun task force calls for magazine limits, age increases
photo by Joe King via Flickr Creative Commons PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island task force formed to study the state's gun laws has released a series of recommendations, including a ban on high-c...
Oct 05, 2018
Newport students stage walkout over deteriorating high school conditions
Aerial view of Rogers High School, Newport, via Wikimedia Commons NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - More than 100 students at a Rhode Island high school staged a walkout to protest deteriorated conditions at the s...
Oct 04, 2018
Thousands of gallons of gas spill in Rhode Island
Oct 04, 2018
Warwick man awarded for lifesaving actions in Rite Aid attack
Mayor Joe Solomon gives Connor Devine the Carnegie Medal. Photo by Tessa Roy, WPRO News By Tessa Roy, WPRO News Connor Devine, 21, said he didn’t think twice when he stepped in to help save a wo...
Oct 03, 2018
