Category Archives: Local News
House speaker to return donation from Carnevale
screenshot via WPRI-TV PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello has decided to return a $120 campaign donation from embattled state Rep. John Carnevale that he initially a...
Oct 12, 2016
VIDEO: Beloved Cranston police dog laid to rest
photo via Cranston Police Facebook page The Cranston Police Department said K-9 officer Bosco will be honored Wednesday. The dog served from April 2008 until his retirement in July 2015. Police announ...
Oct 12, 2016
Hooters: Franchise partner damaging its brand on East Coast
(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) JEFF MARTIN, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) - Swarming flies and a plumbing backup plagued a now-abandoned New Jersey Hooters, the restaurant chain’s parent firm said in an...
Oct 12, 2016
Guatemala City now sister city with Rhode Island’s capital
Guatemala City dignitaries at Providence City Hall as Mayor Jorge Elorza signs a sister city agreement. Phto by Anita Baffoni, WPRO PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Guatemala’s capital and Rhode Island&#...
Oct 12, 2016
UPDATED: DeSimone, Malik try write-in campaigns after losing primaries
photo by Anita Baffoni, WPRO PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island’s House Majority Leader John DeSimone is running a write-in campaign for re-election after losing the Democratic primary....
Oct 12, 2016
Union: Providence firefighters deal may advance this week
Providence fire apparatus. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Union officials say a tentative agreement on a new five-year Providence firefighters contract could be present...
Oct 10, 2016
Brown University marks Indigenous People’s Day
Students and others gather at the Brown University Main Green to observe the first “Indigenous People’s Day” on the Ivy League campus. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamk...
Oct 10, 2016
Rhode Island marks Columbus Day with parades, no school
Photo by Lindsey Lerner PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Islanders are marking the Columbus Day holiday weekend with festivals, parades and a day off from school. In Providence, the city’s Federal ...
Oct 09, 2016
Viola Davis attends Central Falls health center’s groundbreaking
Viola Davis arrives at the 4th Annual Woman Making History Brunch at the Skirball Cultural Center on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP) CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. (AP)...
Oct 09, 2016
Moody’s: Providence’s financial outlook challenging
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The financial outlook for Rhode Island’s capital city remains challenging. Credit rating agency Moody’s announced Friday it has kept Providence’s Baa1 rating ...
Oct 09, 2016
