Category Archives: Local News
PODCAST: RI Education Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green on delay of RICAS score release
RI Education Commissioner Anglica Infante-Green and Gov. Dan McKee announced back-to-school guidance June 30, 2021. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News Rhode Island Commissioner of Education Angelica Inf...
Oct 17, 2022
Drugs, guns, cash and vehicles seized in four drug arrests Wednesday
Providence police display six handguns and more than $238,000 in cash October 14, 2022, all seized during four separate drug arrests on Wednesday. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPR...
Oct 14, 2022
Kalus calls on McKee to invoke emergency powers
Republican candidate for Rhode Island Governor Ashley Kalus in a news conference at her Warwick campaign headquarters October 13, 2022. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO NewsRepub...
Oct 13, 2022
Providence earmarks $8.5M to fund a land bank
Providence officials announce creation of a land bank, to facilitate the acquisition and rehabilitation of blighted lots around the city, October 13, 2022. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Kl...
Oct 13, 2022
Race for RI governor plays out on two fronts
Ashley Kalus and Dan McKee. Photos by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO NewsCandidates for Rhode Island governor Ashley Kalus and Dan McKee sparred on two fronts Monday, with the Republica...
Sep 26, 2022
Providence city worker is charged with peddling drugs
Christopher Anderson, 23, a Providence DPW worker is seen in a photo distributed by Providence Police along with some of the glassine bags of suspected fentanyl seized during his arrest.WPRO NewsProvi...
Sep 20, 2022
2022 could be a political watershed for Massachusetts women
Running mates Maura Healey (left) the Democratic nominee for Massachusetts Governor and Kim Driscoll, running for Lt. Governor talk with reporters September 8, 2022 on the New Bedford waterfront. Phot...
Sep 19, 2022
RI Democrats support their nominee for an open seat in Congress
Rhode Island Democrats endorse Seth Magaziner, their nominee for Congress in the second district September 19, 2022. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO NewsMembers of Rhode Island&...
Sep 19, 2022
Feds seize ‘staggering’ amount of fake Adderall pills
A photo supplied by the US Attorney’s office for Rhode Island depicts some of the methamphetamine-laced counterfeit Adderall pills and weapons seized in a March, 2022 arrest, one of the largest ...
Sep 19, 2022
Utility rate hike draws fire from consumers, activists
Consumers and activists wave signs as Governor Dan McKee testifies before the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission at a hearing considering rate increases requested by Rhode Island Energy for elec...
Sep 16, 2022
