Category Archives: Local News
Cicilline, Reed react to Trump election result comments: “very disturbing”
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during the third presidential debate with Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton at UNLV in Las Vegas, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016. (AP Photo/...
Oct 20, 2016
Raimondo considers splitting Rhode Island State Police Colonel, Public Safety Commissioner posts
by Doug MacGunnigle, WPRO News Governor Gina Raimondo confirmed Thursday that she is considering splitting the duties of State Police Colonel and Public Safety Commissioner into two separate positions...
Oct 20, 2016
Hummel Report — Justice Delayed?
The giant scrap pile along the waterfront in Providence is impossible to miss as you drive north on Route 95. It is also the target of a lawsuit filed in 2012 by Patrick Conley, who owns an historic b...
Oct 20, 2016
DOT to re-route traffic on Interstate 95 lane in Providence
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The state Department of Transportation will make its second attempt to move traffic on an Interstate 95 lane onto a newly built Providence Viaduct bridge after the first try re...
Oct 20, 2016
Firefighters union reports deal with city
Providence Fire trucks. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The president of the Providence Firefighters Union says the union has reached a tentative agreement with the cit...
Oct 18, 2016
Yelp names Providence’s ‘Kitchen’ best restaurant in RI
photo via Yelp Kitchen, located on Carpenter Street in Federal Hill, has been named the best restaurant in Rhode Island according to users of the rating website Yelp. Here are some sample user reviews...
Oct 17, 2016
Gas prices up 4 cents in Rhode Island, to $2.24 per gallon
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Gas prices are on the rise in Rhode Island. AAA Northeast says in its weekly survey on Monday that the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded had risen two cents from la...
Oct 17, 2016
UPDATE: Memorial to Station Nightclub fire that killed 100 delayed
MICHELLE R. SMITH, Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The opening of a memorial for a Rhode Island nightclub fire that killed 100 people more than a decade ago is being delayed and will not open...
Oct 17, 2016
UPDATE: West Warwick girl struck, killed by Amtrak train in East Greenwich
EAST GREENWICH, R.I. (AP) - West Warwick school officials confirm that a 16 year old West Warwick High School junior has been struck and killed by an Amtrak train in East Greenwich. Amtrak police say ...
Oct 17, 2016
Rhode Island House Speaker battles GOP challenger
MATT O’BRIEN, Associated Press CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island’s Democratic House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello is battling Republican challenger Steven Frias in a race that’s not fa...
Oct 17, 2016
