Category Archives: Local News

Raimondo speaks to reporters. Photo by Tessa Roy, WPRO News   PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Some Rhode Island politicians are speaking out against a Trump administration plan that would allow sch...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island's Roman Catholic bishop says while he was "aware of incidents of sexual abuse" reported to church officials while working in Pennsylvania it wasn't his job to deal...

Pool Photo/The Providence Journal/Steve Szydlowski PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A once-influential Rhode Island lawmaker is beginning nine-months of home confinement after pleading no contest to perjury ch...

Photo by Steve Klamkin, WPRO News.   By JENNIFER McDERMOTT, The Associated Press PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) – Rhode Island’s governor and Pawtucket’s mayor say it would’ve been ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo says a move by President Donald Trump's administration to prop up the declining coal industry puts people's health and the environment at risk. ...

City Hall breaking and entering suspect. Photo via Providence Police. City Hall breaking and entering suspect. Photo via Providence Police.   By WPRO News Providence Police are asking for the pub...

Patricia Morgan brings a check to the Attorney General’s office for a records request. Photo by Steve Klamkin, WPRO News. By WPRO News House Minority Leader and candidate for governor Patricia M...

photo by Doug Kerr via Flickr Rhode Island has the worst roads in the United States, according to a study published by Insurify. According to the study, 41% of rural roads are in poor condition in Rho...

Pawtucket Red Sox Chairman Larry Lucchino talks with reporters in Worcester Friday after announcing the team signed a letter of intent with the city to move there from Pawtucket in time for the 2021 s...

By Kimberly Rau "Chicago," that iconic Kander and Ebb musical about how to get away with murder and wind up famous, opens Friday at Theater by the Sea in Matunuck. And in "Chicago," directed by Bob Ri...