Category Archives: Local News

MATT O’BRIEN, Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - After campaigning on his power to halt efforts to grant Rhode Island driver’s licenses to immigrants in the country illegally, the st...

WPRO News Representative Patricia Morgan (R-Coventry, Warwick, West Warwick), along with members of the House Minority Caucus, will introduce legislation during the 2017 session giving the legal right...

After the dry ice fades and the last note is sung on “The Voice”, what’s next for RI’s Billy Gilman? He tells WPRO’s Tara Granahan there’s a lot in the works since ...

Electors cast their votes for Hillary Clinton at the Rhode Island State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island’s four members of the U.S. Electoral College...

Governor Gina Raimondo announces 75 new jobs created by Johnson and Johnson, as Global VP Steve Wrenn looks on with Senate President Teresa Paiva Weed. (photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News) WPRO News Hea...

WPRO News’ Anita Baffoni interviews Governor Gina Raimondo in her office at the Rhode Island State House. By Anita Baffoni WPRO News Rhode Island has a lot of momentum going into 2017 according ...

The Rhode Island State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island’s members of the Electoral College are scheduled to meet at the State House to cast their vote...

WARWICK, R.I. (AP) - Warwick police are looking for leads as they investigate a deadly hit-and-run that killed an East Providence man as he was crossing the street. Police say several vehicles may hav...

photo by Anita Baffoni, WPRO News Anita Baffoni WPRO News and the Associated Press JOHNSTON, R.I.- Two teenagers have died after a crash that ended in a fiery blaze at a Johnston gas station. A front ...

(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File) Providence Police Chief Hugh Clement tells WPRO’s Gene Valicenti that the upcoming legalization of marijuana in Massachusetts is “concerning but not alarming...