Category Archives: Local News

Photo by Anita Baffoni, WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo says she’s trying to remain calm, even as she says many Rhode Islanders have legitimate fears about move...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A study suggests it wouldn’t be worthwhile for Rhode Island to invest in renovating the Pawtucket Red Sox stadium or building a new one at the site. Gov. Gina Raimondo sa...

Former State Rep Ray Gallison (D- Bristol) photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - As a former Rhode Island state lawmaker is arraigned on fraud charges, the governor says she’s...

The Rhode Island State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) A group of Rhode Island lawmakers wants to fine motorists who roll down their windows to give money to panhandlers....

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The former finance director of a Providence anti-poverty group has agreed to plead guilty to wire fraud on allegations he stole more than $500,000 from the organization for his...

In this Monday, Aug. 22, 2016 photo, rusting remnants of an old Russian submarine that once was used as a floating museum until it sank in 2007 remains in the Providence river in Providence, R.I. The ...

Photo by Andrew Augustus WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island’s top elections official is criticizing Republican President Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated claims about a rigged vo...

This booking photo released by the Harris County (Texas) Sheriff's Office shows Elaine Yates. Two sisters who disappeared from Rhode Island with their mother Elaine Yates in 1985 have been located in ...

BRISTOL, R.I. (AP) - Roger Williams University is offering four scholarships to students displaced from war-torn Syria. The Bristol, Rhode Island-based school joins more than 60 U.S. and international...