Category Archives: Local News
Historic housing project undergoes $42 million rehabilitation
Prospect Heights residents peer into a tent, where officials mark a $42m rehab of the Pawtucket housing development. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News WPRO News A public housing complex in Pawtucket is...
May 15, 2018
800-pound animal escapes from zoo enclosure; 2 injured
Har-Lee, an 800-pound Takin escaped briefly from its enclosure, in a photo provided by the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – An 800-pound animal described as a “...
May 15, 2018
Attleboro firefighter dies on duty
Black bunting hangs over Attleboro Fire headquarters following Monday’s on-duty death of veteran firefighter Albert Cannon. Photo courtesy Attleboro Fire Department WPRO News A veteran Attleboro...
May 15, 2018
Giovanni Feroce’s new campaign ad is word for word a scene from the film Rocky Balboa
May 14, 2018
Beautiful and Instragram-worthy gardens in Rhode Island
by Maja Giguere, WPRO Spring has sprung! You know what that means…warmer weather, and flowers are blooming. What a better way to spend your days off than to go and adventure around some of the m...
May 08, 2018
ACLU opposes new ad regulations at Rhode Island airports
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Rhode Island chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union says a proposed rule to ban political or controversial advertising at T.F. Green Airport may violate the First Am...
May 08, 2018
Senate committee to hear proposals to create Inspector General office
Photo by Lindsey Lerner PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A legislative committee will consider proposals to create an inspector general's office in Rhode Island to prevent fraud and mismanagement with public m...
May 08, 2018
East Providence raid results in labor trafficking indictments
Massachusetts authorities remove records from Martins Maintenance in East Providence on March 28, 2018. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO News A Massachusetts grand jury issu...
May 07, 2018
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Jackson Browne to appear at PPAC this week
Singer-songwriter Jackson Browne’s Spring 2018 tour hits the Providence Performing Arts Center this Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at 7:30P. Vonda Shepard will be the opening act for Jackson's concert a...
May 07, 2018
VIDEO: Providence crushes seized ATVs
May 07, 2018
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