Category Archives: Local News
Man behind Taunton mall stabbings described as mentally disturbed
The suspect in a series of stabbings is transported on a gurney into an ambulance by medical personnel at the Silver City Galleria mall in Taunton, Mass., on May 10, 2016. (Charles Winokoor / AP) TAUN...
May 11, 2016
Police search for motive in Taunton stabbing rampage
photo by Steve Klamkin, WPRO News TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) - Authorities are trying to determine why a man went on a stabbing rampage in Taunton, killing two people and assaulting and stabbing more in a ho...
May 11, 2016
Ex-Rhode Island lawmaker Watson arrested on vandalism charges
EAST GREENWICH, R.I. (AP) - A former Rhode Island lawmaker has been arrested on charges he kicked and shattered a door at a North Kingstown bank. Police say former House Minority Leader Robert Watson ...
May 05, 2016
Developers look for state help to renovate Superman building
David Sweetster at the “Save Superman” press conference. Photo by Steve Klamkin PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A development team is looking for the state’s help to redevelop Rhode Island&#...
May 05, 2016
Lawmakers to review grants in wake of chairman’s resignation
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island lawmakers are reviewing how they distribute grants to community organizations in the wake of the resignation of the House finance chairman. Democratic House Speake...
May 04, 2016
Ex-marketing official to get more than $67,000 in severance
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island’s former Chief Marketing Officer, who oversaw the disastrous rollout of a tourism campaign last month, will receive half her annual salary as severance. The ...
May 04, 2016
Mattiello: Gallison resigned amid federal probe, is “outraged”
Photo by Steve Klamkin, WPRO News (AP)- Rhode Island House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello has told the House that Finance Committee Chairman Raymond Gallison has resigned amid a federal investigation into...
May 03, 2016
Gallison, Chairman of House finance committee, resigns
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The chairman of the powerful House finance committee has resigned, but his lawyer won’t say why. Anthony Traini, a lawyer for Democratic Rep. Raymond Gallison, said Tuesd...
May 03, 2016
Massachusetts Senate approves under-21 ban on tobacco sales
BOB SALSBERG, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) - The Massachusetts Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to raise the minimum age for purchasing cigarettes and other tobacco products across the state, whic...
Apr 29, 2016
ACLU files civil rights lawsuit against Woonsocket police
WOONSOCKET, R.I. (AP) - The Rhode Island chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union has filed a civil rights lawsuit against the Woonsocket Police Department over the arrest of a deaf man in 2015. ...
Apr 29, 2016
