Category Archives: Local News
Officials: Skyscraper project changes could be illegal
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Providence leaders are concerned about a legislator’s plan to limit the city’s power over a project to build what would be the tallest building in the state. ...
Oct 03, 2018
School bus drivers’ strike continues with no end in sight
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A strike by Providence school bus drivers that’s affecting 9,000 students has continued for a fifth day, with no end in sight. Drivers picketed Wednesday near the y...
Oct 03, 2018
Dept of Justice gives $800,000 to Rhode Island for school safety
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Department of Justice will be giving more than $800,000 in grants to several Rhode Island communities for school safety. The department made the announcement Tuesday, sayin...
Oct 03, 2018
New statistics released about free college tuition program
WARWICK, R.I. (AP) – About 40 percent of students who received free college tuition in the first year of a new program in Rhode Island have earned the scholarship for a second year. Democratic G...
Oct 02, 2018
Traffic study may increase costs for 6/10 interchange project
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The design team working on a Rhode Island highway interchange project says a traffic study commissioned by the state will slow the overhaul and increase costs. The Providence J...
Oct 02, 2018
2 stabbed in Providence on Monday morning
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Providence police are investigating two early morning stabbings. WJAR-TV reports that one person was stabbed near Arch Street and Elmwood Avenue at about 12:30 a.m. Monda...
Oct 01, 2018
Mayor, senator join call for Flake to reject Kavanaugh
Sen. Jeff Flake, minutes after he announced he will support Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, was confronted at the US Capitol Friday morning by two women who say they are sexual assault survivor...
Oct 01, 2018
Deaths inside Woonsocket home called a murder-suicide
Wikimedia commons image. WOONSOCKET, R.I. (AP) - Police are now calling the deaths of a man and woman found shot inside a Rhode Island home a murder-suicide. Woonsocket police have scheduled a Monday ...
Oct 01, 2018
Providence nightclub Ultra shut down after shooting
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island nightclub has been shut down by the city of Providence as police investigate a weekend shooting inside the facility. The city's Board of Licenses at an emergency...
Oct 01, 2018
Funeral held for pilot who went missing in Vietnam War
Wikimedia Commons photo. CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island U.S. Air Force pilot who was shot down over Vietnam more than half a century ago has finally been laid to rest. The Providence Journal rep...
Sep 29, 2018
