Category Archives: Local News
Man who escaped from Wyatt Detention Center appears in court
By Anita Baffoni, WPRO News PROVIDENCE- James Morales, the 35-year-old man who escaped the Wyatt Detention Facility on New Years Eve, was ordered detained on a felony escape charge. In a federal court...
Jan 06, 2017
URI agrees to pay $670k to reimburse overcharged students
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) - The University of Rhode Island has agreed to pay out approximately $670,000 in reimbursements to roughly 1,200 resident students who were overcharged during the 2015-2016 ...
Jan 06, 2017
New RWU study claims driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants result in safer roads
Stock photo from Wikimedia Commons. WPRO News A new analysis released by Roger Williams University School of Law and the Latino Policy Institute claims that issuing driver's licenses to undocumented i...
Jan 05, 2017
Hummel Report: New Kids on The Block
This week 16 new members of the Rhode Island General Assembly were sworn in along with returning lawmakers – four in the Senate and 12 in the House, arriving from all walks of life and varying p...
Jan 05, 2017
PODCAST- Rep Nardolillo: Reinstate E-Verify
WPRO News Representative Robert A. Nardolillo (R-Coventry) announced Wednesday that he will propose legislation during the 2017 House legislative session to reverse former Governor Lincoln Chafee's 20...
Jan 04, 2017
Residents warned that escaped inmate might have been spotted
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (AP) - Residents of a Massachusetts town have been warned by police that an escaped federal prisoner might have been spotted in town. Framingham police on Tuesday night sent an autom...
Jan 04, 2017
Newport Art Museum gets nearly $5M from anonymous donor
Photo via Newport Art Museum NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - The Newport Art Museum has received a donation of nearly $5 million - the largest gift in the century-old museum’s history. Museum Executive Dir...
Jan 04, 2017
Exeter Veteran’s cemetery makes changes after US flags strewn among trash
photo via Stan Snyzyk, Facebook EXETER, R.I. (AP) - The Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery has implemented new policies to ensure flags are handled properly after tattered American flags were fou...
Jan 04, 2017
State House Speaker Mattiello, Senate president re-elected
photo by Anita Baffoni, WPRO News The Associated Press and Anita Baffoni, WPRO News While the rain pounded on the pavement on Smith Hill, new lawmakers were sworn in at the State House then joined the...
Jan 03, 2017
US marshal urges escaped prison inmate to turn himself in
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The U.S. marshal in Rhode Island is urging an escaped prisoner to turn himself in. Former Army reservist James Morales escaped from the Wyatt Detention Facility on Saturday. Po...
Jan 03, 2017
