Category Archives: Local News
Police: Man in critical condition after shooting
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Police say a 25-year-old man is in critical condition after a shooting in Providence, Rhode Island. Officers say they were called to the scene on Friendship Street around 5:30 ...
Oct 09, 2017
Warwick Teachers Union President Admits to Dan Yorke That “Sick Out” Was Protest
by Lexi Kriss, WPRO Warwick Teachers Union President Darlene Netcoh joined the Dan Yorke Show Friday afternoon after more than 70 out of approximately 140 teachers called in sick to Pilgrim High Schoo...
Oct 06, 2017
Training school review released after 8 hurt in disturbance
DCYF Director Trista Piccola who oversees the state Training School talks with reporters. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News WPRO News and The Associated Press An assessment of Rhode Island’s juve...
Oct 06, 2017
Warwick’s Pilgrim High School canceled due to teachers calling in sick
WPRO News and the Associated Press WARWICK, R.I. (AP) - A high school in Warwick has been canceled after more than half of its teachers and staff called in sick. Superintendent Philip Thornton is blam...
Oct 06, 2017
Exec. Editor of the ProJo tells Dan Yorke he “didn’t wake up expecting to get in a fight with the Governor of RI”
by Lexi Kriss, WPRO Executive Editor of The Providence Journal Alan Rosenberg joined the Dan Yorke Show Wednesday afternoon to respond to the negative comments Governor Gina Raimondo made regarding th...
Oct 04, 2017
PODCAST – Block: Rhode Island violates Federal Election Law
The State of Rhode Island is in violation of federal elections law, specifically the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA), according to a report issued Thursday by two-time gubernatorial candid...
Sep 28, 2017
PODCAST: Speaker Mattiello on $25 million budget cut mandate
Speaker Nick Mattiello tells WPRO he and House Finance Committee Chairman Marvin Abney will meet with the Governor over the next two weeks to discuss the status of 25 million dollars in budget cuts ma...
Sep 28, 2017
PODCAST: Organizer of Patriots Jersey Burning Says He Will Not Support Team “If Nothing Changes”
by Lexi Kriss, WPRO Mark Shane joined Dan Yorke Wednesday afternoon to explain the motives behind his decision to organize a football jersey burning event. Shane told Dan that he is planning the event...
Sep 27, 2017
Second public Pawsox hearing held in Pawtucket
photo by Tessa Roy, WPRO News by Tessa Roy, WPRO News Critics were vocal after the first Senate Finance Committee hearing on $38 million in public funding for a new PawSox stadium, where city presenta...
Sep 27, 2017
Former US Attorney Neronha files to run for Rhode Island Attorney General
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Former U.S. Attorney Peter Neronha has filed to run for Rhode Islandattorney general as a Democrat. Neronha filed papers with the Board of Elections on Monday saying he would s...
Sep 26, 2017
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