Category Archives: Local News
Thousands of fans give Patriots a super sendoff
photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - Tom Brady praised the Philadelphia Eagles, dropped the microphone and then walked off stage Monday to lead the New England Patriots on the roa...
Jan 29, 2018
Old laws in Rhode Island govern dueling, horses on highways
The Rhode Island State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Archaic laws that are a holdover from a time when people fought in duels a la Alexander Hamilton and rode horses ...
Jan 29, 2018
Former Lt. Gov. Fogarty retiring as elderly affairs director
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Former Lt. Gov. Charles Fogarty is retiring from his position as elderly affairs director in the Raimondo administration. Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo said Friday Fogarty plan...
Jan 26, 2018
Gov. Raimondo debuts initiative designed to support small businesses
Jan 24, 2018
Rhode Island Child Advocate slams group home agency
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island's child advocate is urging the state cut ties with an agency she says has grossly neglected children in two group homes. The Providence Journal reports that Child ...
Jan 24, 2018
Federal judges dismiss unions’ appeal over pension overhaul
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A panel of federal judges has dismissed a lawsuit filed by police and firefighter unions that challenged Rhode Island's pension overhaul. WPRI-TV reports the appellate panel up...
Jan 24, 2018
PawSox hold ‘information session’ in Speaker Mattiello’s district
photo by Tessa Roy WPRO News by Tessa Roy, WPRO News In the wake of House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello proclaiming the Senate's version of the Pawsox bill "dead" in the House, representatives from the t...
Jan 24, 2018
Newport Jazz Festival offers early glimpse of 2018 lineup
Ccile McLorin Salvant performs at the 2015 Newport Jazz Festival. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO News The Newport Jazz Festival announced an initial list of artists who will pe...
Jan 23, 2018
Speaker: PawSox Rhode Island stadium deal ‘dead’
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The speaker of the Rhode Island House says the deal to provide public funding for a new stadium for the Pawtucket Red Sox is "dead." House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello tells WPRI...
Jan 23, 2018
Update: Suspect in ex-chiropractor killing was patient
Owen Morris, 21, appears in District Court in Providence. Pool photo by Steve Szydlowski – The Providence Journal EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Police won’t comment on the moti...
Jan 23, 2018
