Category Archives: Local News
Morgan says she would hire Block to identify abuses
Patricia Morgan, a Republican candidate for governor says she would hire Ken Block to root out waste, fraud and abuse. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO News Republican candidate ...
Sep 04, 2018
Report: Harvard did not consider Warren as Native American
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) talks with reporters in Fall River. File Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Harvard University's decision to hire Elizabeth Warren as a law profes...
Sep 04, 2018
Rhode Island politicians prepare for Sept. 12 primary
Governor Raimondo talks with reporters. Photo by Anita Baffoni WPRO News by Jennifer McDermott, The Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island's governor and lieutenant governor are each tr...
Sep 04, 2018
Parts of Narragansett, South Kingstown under boil water advisory
By WPRO News The Rhode Island Department of Health said Friday afternoon that 38,000 customers across five public water systems serving parts of Narragansett and South Kingstown are under a boil water...
Aug 31, 2018
University criticized over removal of transgender study
Brown University Maddock Alumni Center. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Brown University in Rhode Island has received heavy criticism over its decision to remove news ab...
Aug 31, 2018
Democrats square off in primary debate
By Tessa Roy, WPRO News Two Democrats vying for the governor’s seat were present for WPRO’s Democratic primary debate, but their barbs were largely aimed at the one candidate who was not t...
Aug 29, 2018
AG finds police justified in shooting a Tiverton man
Investigators outside a Pelletier Lane home off Stafford Pond in Tiverton on April 5, 2018, where an officer shot an armed man while responding to a domestic call. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO New...
Aug 29, 2018
Altercation leads to stabbing in Providence
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Police in Providence are investigating a late night stabbing that landed a man in the hospital. A witness told police that two men and woman were involved in an altercati...
Aug 29, 2018
RI bars guns from all schools
Gov. Gina Raimondo and Education Commissioner Ken Wagner announce a policy barring all guns from all Rhode Island schools. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO News Rhode Island take...
Aug 29, 2018
Schools close, dismiss early, during excessive heat
BOSTON (AP) - Some school districts in New England either canceled classes or sent children home early Tuesday as excessive heat baked the region and disrupted the start of the new school year. The he...
Aug 29, 2018
