Category Archives: Local News

By Tessa Roy, WPRO News A staffer for Governor Gina Raimondo is facing sexual assault charges after being stabbed in the neck last week. Providence Police said 54-year-old Daniel Brown is changed with...

By WPRO News Rapper Macklemore is set to headline Recovery Fest, a music festival aimed at raising awareness around addiction and recovery. Other musical acts including Fitz and the Tantrums, PVRIS, a...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Providence officials say they have issues with the proposed location for what would be the tallest building in Rhode Island. Democratic Mayor Jorge Elorza says he’s...

photo via cliffwalk.com NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - Officials have shut down a children's lemonade stand at Newport's famed Cliff Walk, citing a local ordinance aimed at keeping the trail commercial free. Th...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - State health officials say that all public housing authorities in Rhode Island have implemented smoke-free policies. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development requir...

Deepwater Wind President Jeff Grybowski at the kickoff of the company’s $1 billion 50-turbine project off the Rhode Island coast. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News   PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) &#...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A worker for the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families says his bosses misused part of a $2 million federal grant and retaliated against him for speakin...

Lincoln State Police barracks. Photo by Tessa Roy, WPRO News.   By WPRO News and the Associated Press A 29-year-old man has been killed in a motorcycle crash in Pawtucket. Rhode Island Police say...

By WPRO News and the Associated Press Police have arrested an Uber driver accused of sexually assaulting a student at Brown University. The Providence Journal reports 29-year-old Carlos Carrillo, of P...

Video via CNN   BOSTON (AP) – A sightseeing vehicle has collided with a car in downtown Boston. The accident occurred Thursday near the intersection of State and Congress streets, close to ...