Category Archives: Local News

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A top aide to Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza says she was the victim of an attempted robbery near City Hall. WPRI’s Dan McGowan reports that Elorza’s press secretary...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Providence television station is reporting that a state lawmaker led a nonprofit that shares its name with an official legislative body, but didn’t tell ethics official...

CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. (AP) - A city-owned, quasi-public detention center run by a private company in Central Falls is unsure where it stands following a recent decision by the U.S. Department of Justice...

Laura Reale appeared in Superior Court in Wakefield with her attorney Chad Bank. Pool photo by Donita Naylor / The Providence Journal By Steve Klamkin WPRO News A Westerly woman who served time in sta...

photo by Mike Mozart via Flickr Creative Commons BOSTON (AP) - A Massachusetts man who already served time in prison for defrauding Home Depot has admitted doing it again. The U.S. attorney’s of...

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) - University of Rhode Island officials say internal auditors are investigating several complaints regarding the school’s Department of Housing and Residential Life. UR...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A group of Providence firefighters were relieved after an infant near-drowning victim began breathing again and crying as they brought her through the doors of Hasbro Children&...

Providence is the worst city in America to retire in, according to a new study by financial website WalletHub. WalletHub's analysts compared the retirement-friendliness of the 150 most populated U.S. ...

by Tara Granahan, WPRO Those words from Chris Maxwell, the President and CEO of the RI Trucking Association Monday on The Tara Granahan Show. “Rhode Island has cancer… RhodeWorks is termin...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - New Haven Police Chief Dean Esserman is going on temporary sick leave after finishing a paid disciplinary period following allegations he berated staff at a local restaurant. D...