Category Archives: Local News
With lights from Toys R Us dimmed, sales plunge at Hasbro
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) - The repercussions from the demise of Toys R Us have begun to ripple outward beginning with Hasbro, which reported a loss and plunging revenue Monday for its first quarter. Toys ...
Apr 23, 2018
State employee union members could get large raise
Photo by Lindsey Lerner PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo has reached a tentative contract agreement with Rhode Island's largest state employee union that includes a 7.5 percent ra...
Apr 19, 2018
CharterCare plans to purchase and reopen Memorial Hospital
Memorial Hospital in Pawtucket. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - CharterCare Health Partners plans to purchase and reopen Memorial Hospital in Pawtucket. CharterCare CEO John H...
Apr 12, 2018
Tony Bennett dazzles at PPAC
by Doug MacGunnigle, WPRO Tony Bennett commanded the stage Wednesday night at a packed Providence Performing Arts Center, accompanied by his ace quartet of musicians. Bennett, at 91, (and sounding lik...
Apr 12, 2018
Providence promotes app to report potholes, graffiti
Mayor Jorge Elorza uses a compactor to even out hot asphalt after filling a pothole in Downcity Providence. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO News Wearing jeans and a puffy vest, ...
Apr 11, 2018
State election officials seek to improve voting security
Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea discusses steps taken to improve voting security in Rhode Island. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News WPRO News and The Associated Press Election officials in Rhode Islan...
Apr 11, 2018
State senator wants to ban high-interest payday lenders
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A state senator is pushing for legislation to abolish an exemption that payday lenders use to charge up to 260 percent interest on the loans they provide. Democratic Senator Ha...
Apr 11, 2018
Police: Bank robbery suspect trying to impress Taylor Swift
ANSONIA, Conn. (AP) - Police say a Connecticut man with a crush on singer Taylor Swift robbed a bank and then went to the pop star's Rhode Island mansion where he threw cash over a fence in an attempt...
Apr 11, 2018
Judge won’t block Providence speed cameras that issued 12,000 tickets
A speed camera watches over traffic on Mount Pleasant Avenue in Providence. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A judge has declined to temporarily block a speed camera program in...
Apr 11, 2018
House committee passes ‘red flag’ policy, bump stock ban
photo by Joe King via Flickr Creative Commons By DYLAN McGUINNESS, the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Rhode Island House Judiciary Committee voted on Tuesday to pass bills that would est...
Apr 11, 2018
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