Category Archives: Local News
URI meets goals set under new performance-based funding law
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The University of Rhode Island has already met two of the goals established for the school under a new performance-based funding law. The Providence Journal reports that the co...
Nov 22, 2017
Former Providence school official won’t be charged in student altercation
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Officials say a former Rhode Island high school assistant principal who was involved in a physical altercation with a student will not be charged with a crime. WPRI-TV reports ...
Nov 22, 2017
Evidence seized from truck in deadly I-95 police shooting
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island State Police say they found drug paraphernalia inside a pickup truck driven by a man who was shot to death by officers on a busy interstate. Police were seeking ev...
Nov 21, 2017
Police concerned DMV computers may hinder investigations
The Rhode Island Division of Motor Vehicles headquarters in Cranston. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The administrator of the Rhode Island Department of Motor Vehicles says h...
Nov 21, 2017
Commerce Corp approves tax credits for greenhouse project
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Rhode Island Commerce Corp. has approved about $2.2 million in tax credits to encourage a New York City company to build a greenhouse in Providence. The board voted 6-1 to ...
Nov 21, 2017
Brayton Point Power Station sold to St. Louis company
photo via Wikimedia Commons SOMERSET, Mass. (AP) - A decommissioned coal-fired power plant that was long known as one of Massachusetts's worst polluters has been sold to a company with experience rede...
Nov 21, 2017
Gas prices up 2 cents per gallon for Thanksgiving travel
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The price of gasoline in Rhode Island is up two cents this week. AAA Northeast said Monday in its weekly survey that self-serve, regular unleaded is averaging $2.60 per gallon....
Nov 21, 2017
VIDEO: Officer Involved Shooting in Providence
Providence Police have released two revealing videos related to the deadly shooting of a suspect and the critical wounding of a female passenger following a car chase that ended on a ramp to I-95's No...
Nov 10, 2017
Come to the “Fun Home” at PPAC
The winner of five 2015 Tony awards, including Best Musical, is in Providence through Sunday, and it's difficult but deeply moving story is one you want to make time for. Based on the graphic novel-st...
Nov 09, 2017
PREVIEW: Leapin’ Lizards, Annie’s in Pawtucket!
Miss Hannigan (Eve-Marie Webster, center) is surrounded by “Little Girls” (l-r: Sophie Appel, Samantha Boragine, Samantha Bardon, Jillian Reeve, Marley Shaw, Olivia Dufresne and Emma Sheld...
Nov 06, 2017
