Category Archives: Local News

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Massachusetts man has pleaded no contest to charges he falsely collected unemployment insurance benefits while working in Rhode Island. Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Ki...

A tow truck removes the Peter Pan bus from the scene of the crash that left Michelle Cagnon, 30 of Cumberland dead. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Police have identified a wo...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Providence officials are testing the city’s emergency siren systems. The Providence Emergency Management Agency says testing of the Port of Providence Sirens Warning Syst...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The developer of a proposed multi-story apartment building on land near Providence Station has applied for a variance with the city’s Building Board of Review to allow co...

Warwick, R.I. pitcher Kenny Rix, left, and catcher Chase Pariseau walk off the field after losing to Johnston, Iowa 3-2 in an United States elimination baseball game at the Little League World Series ...

Check out this super hi-def drone footage of Newport courtesy of BlueMantleMedia and BlankByDrone.com.

In this Monday, Aug. 22, 2016 photo, rusting remnants of an old Russian submarine that once was used as a floating museum until it sank in 2007 remains in the Providence river in Providence, R.I. The ...

FILE – This Oct. 10, 2013, file photo, shows an EpiPen epinephrine auto-injector, a Mylan product, in Hendersonville, Texas. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski, File) MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press W...

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island man is facing charges after police say he shot his son-in-law in the face. WPRI-TV reports that police responded to a home in Pawtucket on Saturday morning for a ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island is one of many states where officials say hoax bomb threats to schools are increasing. The highest-profile case of such threats happened in January and February, w...