Category Archives: Local News
Round-the-clock federal manhunt underway for escaped Central Falls inmate
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. (AP) - A round-the-clock state and federal manhunt is underway for an inmate who escaped from a Rhode Island detention center. The Wyatt Correctional Center warden says 35-year-old...
Jan 03, 2017
Raimondo loses top adviser, hires another
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo is losing one of her closest advisers and hiring a new top aide from the Obama administration. The Democratic governor’s office said Frida...
Dec 30, 2016
RIDOT plan aims to relieve congestion on I-95 North
Graphic provided by RI Department of Transportation By Anita Baffoni WPRO News A $226 million plan aims to reduce congestion on I-95 North in downtown Providence. The Rhode Island Department of Transp...
Dec 29, 2016
Several Republicans consider running against Governor Raimondo
Governor Raimondo talks with reporters. Photo by Anita Baffoni WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Several Rhode Island Republicans are openly weighing a run to unseat Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo in 2...
Dec 29, 2016
LISTEN: Speaker Mattiello on estate tax, elimination of car tax
File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Anita Baffoni WPRO News Doubling down on his campaign promise to eliminate the excise car tax, House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello says the state will reimburse c...
Dec 28, 2016
LISTEN: Trillo talks legalized recreational marijuana
(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) State Rep Joe Trillo, filling in for Matt Allen on Tuesday, hosted a lively discussion about legalized recreational marijuana and what it might mean for Rhode Isl...
Dec 27, 2016
Weeklong occupation of Narragansett tribal headquarters ends peacefully
In this Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011 file photo Matthew Thomas, Chief Sachem of the Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode Island, listens on Capitol Hill in Washington during a Senate Indian Affairs Committee...
Dec 27, 2016
Free New Year’s Day hike offered at Rocky Point State Park
An American flag hangs from the newly repainted arch at Rocky Point in Warwick. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News WARWICK, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island’s Department of Environmental Management is off...
Dec 26, 2016
Lawyer says Wahlberg movie is unfair to Boston bombing widow
Katherine Russell, widow of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, stands during a hearing in district court Thursday, Jan. 9, 2013, in Wrentham, Mass., on charges of driving with a suspen...
Dec 22, 2016
New Narragansett tribal leaders assume power in Rhode Island
(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) CHARLESTOWN, R.I. (AP) - New leaders have assumed power among the Narragansett Indian tribe in Rhode Island. WPRI-TV reports tribal members elected in July have taken contr...
Dec 20, 2016
