Category Archives: Local News
Plan unveiled to replace deteriorating 6/10 interchange
Steel beams shore up deteriorating concrete beneath the 6/10 connector in Providence, prompting Gov. Giona Raimondo to order $400 million in expedited repairs. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDE...
Dec 08, 2016
Providence VA Regional Office welcomes new Director
E. J. McQuade, right receives the certificate of appointment from Acting Under Secretary for Benefits Thomas Murphy during ceremonies held at the Providence VA Regional Office. Providence, RI – ...
Dec 08, 2016
Providence skyscraper project downsized from 3 towers to 1
by WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A developer proposing to build Rhode Island’s tallest building is downsizing his plans from three skyscrapers to just one. New York ...
Dec 08, 2016
Westerly man gets 7-year prison term on child porn charges
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Westerly man convicted of child pornography charges has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison. In addition to the seven years and three months behind bars, 41-yea...
Dec 08, 2016
Hummel Report: The Independent Men
More than a century of Republican control in Scituate ended on Election Day, as a team of independent candidates took four of the five top spots in this year's town council race. They did it combining...
Dec 08, 2016
Police: North Kingstown sex offender tried to drag woman into woods
NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) - A registered sex offender charged with brandishing a knife and trying to drag a woman into the woods has been held without bail. Authorities said Monday that 53-year-old R...
Dec 06, 2016
Rhode Island moves forward on truck tolls
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island transportation officials are moving forward on plans to install electronic tolls that will charge big-rig trucks for traveling along Interstate 95 and other highwa...
Dec 06, 2016
Group calls on Whitehouse, Reed to “be fierce” in opposition to Trump
photo by Anita Baffoni, WPRO News by Anita Baffoni, WPRO News The cold and rainy weather didn’t stop upwards of 50 people from delivering a petition to some of Rhode Island’s federal deleg...
Dec 05, 2016
Sport institute founder Dan Doyle convicted of embezzlement, forgery
Pool photo by Bob Breidenbach / The Providence Journal SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) - A former boxing promoter, ex-college basketball coach and founder a Rhode Island-based sport institute has been conv...
Dec 05, 2016
LISTEN: ‘Crimetown’ looks at Providence’s corrupt underbelly
MICHELLE R. SMITH, Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The podcast “Crimetown” opens with the mayor of Providence attacking a man with a lit cigarette and a fireplace log. It’s ...
Dec 05, 2016
