Category Archives: Local News
Closing arguments set for Monday in Dan Doyle trial
Dan Doyle talks with reporters in Providence. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) - Closing arguments are set in the two-month-long embezzlement trial of the founder of a Rhode...
Nov 27, 2016
Tiverton casino project moves forward in divided town
Image courtesy of TRMG MATT O’BRIEN, Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A plan to build New England’s newest casino near the Massachusetts-Rhode Island border is moving forward after...
Nov 27, 2016
Providence Public Library opens RI genealogical collection
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Providence Public Library has opened a large compilation of Rhode Island genealogical material to researchers. The library acquired The James N. Arnold Collection in Novemb...
Nov 27, 2016
Gov. Raimondo sets RI statehouse Christmas tree lighting for Thursday
The Rhode Island State House Christmas Tree, 2014. (File) PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The annual lighting of the Christmas tree in the Rhode Island Statehouse rotunda has been scheduled. Democratic Gov. G...
Nov 27, 2016
Once gone, Thanksgiving Day staple now common in Northeast
(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) WILSON RING, Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Wild turkeys, once common across New England, are back after disappearing from the region in the 19th century and are now...
Nov 23, 2016
Coventry lawmaker Nardolillo renews call for seat belts on buses
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A state lawmaker from Coventry is renewing his call to put seat belts on school buses, after a school bus crash in Tennessee killed five children. Republican Rep. Robert Nardol...
Nov 23, 2016
2 Providence firefighters facing drug and gun charges
Providence Fire trucks. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Two Providence firefighters have been arrested on drug and gun charges. Joshua Brown and Richard Jimenez were ordered h...
Nov 23, 2016
Statehouse workers deem Christmas tree too puny, replace it
The Rhode Island State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Christmas tree selected for the Rhode Island Statehouse rotunda has been removed after staff decided it was too...
Nov 22, 2016
Providence Mayor Elorza creates advisory board to ‘protect Muslim Americans’
photo by Anita Baffoni, WPRO News by Anita Baffoni, WPRO News Already gaining national attention for protecting undocumented immigrants from deportation, Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza creates a Muslim...
Nov 22, 2016
FOOD: Chef Terranova’s Spatchcock Turkey
Spatchcock Turkey- photo by Brett Spangler via Flickr by Chef Frank Terranova Here's how to make a Thanksgiving turkey that boasts the crispiest skin and juiciest meat, and cooks in a fraction of the ...
Nov 21, 2016
