Category Archives: Local News
RISPCA investigating after dog dies during grooming
MIDDLETOWN, R.I. (AP) - The Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is investigating the death of a dog that died while being groomed at a pet store. RISPCA President E.J. Finocc...
Mar 28, 2017
Council recommends youth engagement to reduce gun violence
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - An advisory council working to reduce gun violence in Providence is recommending that the city engage young adults and include their perspectives in policy decisions. The counc...
Mar 27, 2017
Senate President Paiva Weed to resign for hospital industry group job
Outgoing Senate President Teresa Paiva Weed. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island Senate President Teresa Paiva Weed says she is stepping down from the Senate for a job le...
Mar 22, 2017
Former Providence Plan official pleads guilty to embezzling $740,000
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A former finance director of a Providence nonprofit group has pleaded guilty to wire fraud for embezzling more than $740,000 from the organization. The U.S. Attorney’s of...
Mar 22, 2017
RIDOT: 6 companies submitted bids to build truck toll system
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Rhode Island Department of Transportation says six companies have submitted bids to design, build and operate electronic tolls that will charge big-rig trucks for traveling...
Mar 22, 2017
PODCAST – CCRI Professors offered early retirement incentive
by Lexi Kriss, WPRO 47- year Community College of Rhode Island English Professor Roberta Mudge Humble told WPRO’s Dan Yorke that she recently received the attached letter from college administra...
Mar 21, 2017
Rhode Island bill would bar ‘lallygagging’ in left-hand lane
photo by Doug Kerr via Flickr PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island state lawmaker wants to outlaw what he calls “lallygagging” in the left-hand lane. The Providence Journal reports that ...
Mar 21, 2017
Providence looks to water supply as new source of revenue
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The city of Providence has hired a consulting group to determine the value of their water supply in an attempt to generate revenue from it. WPRI-TV reports that the capital wil...
Mar 21, 2017
PODCAST: Tara Granahan speaks to attendee at PC party where man was shot
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Providence police say a 20-year-old man was shot multiple times near Providence College in house where nearly 300 people were fleeing as officers arrived. WPRO’s Tara Gra...
Mar 20, 2017
Raimondo to push line-item veto, better campaign oversight
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo, left, laughs with R.I. House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello, right, moments before Raimondo signed the state budget into law during ceremonies at the Statehouse, Tuesday, ...
Mar 20, 2017
