Category Archives: Local News
Gas prices up 7 cents to nearly $2 a gallon in Rhode Island
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Gas prices in Rhode Island are up another 7 cents per gallon and nearing $2 per gallon for the first time since early January. AAA Northeast found in its weekly survey Monday t...
Mar 28, 2016
UPDATE: Police Chief discusses Warwick fatal stabbing
photo courtesy Warwick Police WARWICK, R.I. (AP) - Police have arrested a suspect accused of fatally stabbing his cousin and injuring his brother. Twenty-year-old Jared Rogers was arrested Saturday af...
Mar 28, 2016
Governor Raimondo to introduce school choice initiative
MATT O’BRIEN, Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Gov. Gina Raimondo is taking a page from neighboring Massachusetts as she prepares to introduce a school choice initiative letting parents ...
Mar 28, 2016
Governor Raimondo makes Fortune Magazine’s “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders” list
by Doug MacGunnigle, WPRO Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo has been named one of the “Worlds 50 Greatest Leaders” by Fortune Magazine in a ranking released on Wednesday. Raimondo was ra...
Mar 24, 2016
RI Radio Hall of Fame Announces Class of 2016
The Rhode Island Radio Hall of Fame announced its list of 2016 inductees on Wednesday, March 24. The Hall of Fame, established in 2008 by local radio professionals, celebrates the history of the indus...
Mar 24, 2016
Bill letting dogs in outdoor restaurant areas passes House
photo by Jill Chen/ via Flickr PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A bill to allow diners to bring their dogs to outdoor seating areas at Rhode Islandrestaurants is headed to the state Senate. The Providence Jour...
Mar 24, 2016
The Hummel Report — A Question of Residency
Narragansett is consistently ranked as one of the top public high schools in Rhode Island. So why are three children of a town council leader in a community 45 minutes away going to class there? This ...
Mar 24, 2016
Colleges face legal backlash from men accused of sex crimes
In this Nov. 22, 2015 photo, Yale’s Jack Montague, right, passes the ball around SMU’s Markus Kennedy during an NCAA college basketball game in Dallas. Montague’s attorney said he wa...
Mar 23, 2016
Police: 2 Glocester men charged in large-scale marijuana operation
GLOCESTER, R.I. (AP) - Police say they’ve arrested two men involved in a large-scale marijuana-growing operation in two Glocester homes. Fifty-six-year-old James Maffio and 54-year-old Roger Sim...
Mar 23, 2016
Providence police dispatcher accused of tipping off boyfriend
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Providence police dispatcher has been fired for allegedly tipping off her boyfriend and others that they were under investigation. WPRI-TV reports that according to an affida...
Mar 23, 2016
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