Category Archives: Local News
Rhode Island officials react to Kavanaugh nomination
By WPRO News Rhode Island’s Democratic leaders in Washington, as well as some here at home, reacted unfavorably to President Donald Trump choosing federal appeals Judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill t...
Jul 10, 2018
Local Beauty Queen Turns In Crown After #MeToo Joke
Maude Gorman via Instagram Years of studying, practicing, rehearsing and… pain for 24-year old Maude Gorman. The Hingham, Massachusetts native spent years trying to win her title of Miss Plymout...
Jul 10, 2018
Roger Williams University president dies at 75
Donald Farish. Photo courtesy Roger Williams University BRISTOL, R.I. (AP) – Roger Williams University says President Donald Farish has died at the age of 75. The university says Farish died Thu...
Jul 07, 2018
Flint Audio-Video owners arrested in nude photo probe
Flint Audio-Video owners Daniel Anton and Gary Gagne. Photos via State Police. By Tessa Roy, WPRO News Following four previous arrests in the case, State Police say the owners of Flint Audio-Vi...
Jul 06, 2018
Rhode Island bans electronic cigarettes and vaping at work
Wikimedia Commons PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Electronic cigarettes and vaping are now banned at Rhode Island workplaces. A new law, recently signed by Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo, took eff...
Jul 06, 2018
Raimondo clears her desk of pending legislation
WPRO file photo PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Gov. Gina Raimondo has signed bills that bar minors from using tanning facilities, eradicate substandard airbags, and protect animals. The Democrat...
Jul 06, 2018
“Mamma Mia” brings 70s Nostalgia to Matunuck
The cast of MAMMA MIA! now playing at Theatre By The Sea thru July 21, 2018. Photos by Steven Richard Photography. By Kimberly Rau Theatre by the Sea’s second show this summer is the Abba-fueled...
Jul 06, 2018
Rhode Island Democrats rescind backing for Trump supporter
(State Representative Moira Walsh. AP Photo/Steven Senne) By Tessa Roy, WPRO News and the Associated Press The state Democratic Party has pulled its controversial endorsements of state H...
Jul 05, 2018
Marchers suffer heat exhaustion at Bristol July Fourth celebration
Wikimedia Commons photo. BRISTOL, R.I. (AP) - Marchers at the nation's oldest continuous Fourth of July celebration have been treated for heat exhaustion. The temperature reached 90 degrees in Bristol...
Jul 04, 2018
Chafee endorses Raimondo’s Democratic opponent Brown for governor
By MICHELLE R. SMITH Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee endorsed the Democratic challenger in the governor's race over incumbent Democrat Gina Raimondo on...
Jun 28, 2018
