Category Archives: Local News
Providence ranked one of best mid-sized cities for nightlife
Providence has been ranked one of the best mid-sized cities for nightlife in America by Gogobot.com, a website whose “mission is to find people places to eat, stay, and play that are perfect for...
Feb 23, 2016
No indictment for Johnson & Wales students accused of rape
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A grand jury has declined to indict three Johnson & Wales University students who were accused of raping a female student at an off-campus apartment in Pawtucket. Rhode Isl...
Feb 23, 2016
A decade before Flint’s lead scare, there was Rhode Island
In this Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016 photo Jay Henriquez, 16, left, and his mother Lisa Solano-Sanchez, right, both of Providence, R.I., talk in the kitchen of their home, in Providence. Solano-Sanchez be...
Feb 22, 2016
Activists: ‘Prison-based gerrymandering’ dilutes urban power
In this April 30, 2014 photo, Rhode Island House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello, applauds as guests are introduced during a recess on the floor of the House Chamber at the Statehouse. (AP Photo/Steven Sen...
Feb 19, 2016
The 10 safest communities in Rhode Island
by Doug MacGunnigle, WPRO These are the 10 safest communities in Rhode Island, as determined by NeighborhoodScout.com, a website dedicated to building “the best location-based technologies possi...
Feb 19, 2016
Raimondo heads to Washington for governors’ meeting
Gina Raimondo and her husband, Andy Moffitt talk with reporters following the inaugural. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo will be in the nation’s capital this weekend for ...
Feb 19, 2016
OPINION- Rep McKiernan: There will be no tolls on cars; money won’t go in general fund
"In the future, there will be tolls on cars and the money will go into the general fund!" This has been a rallying point for those opposing the RhodeWorks plan, which involves tolls on 18-wheelers. Th...
Feb 18, 2016
Whitehouse says Obama must stand up to GOP on Scalia successor, not interested in seat
WPRO News and The Associated Press WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) - U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse says President Obama must stand up to Republicans trying to block the president from nominating someone this year ...
Feb 18, 2016
Sen. Whitehouse says Congress poised to address addiction
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse says there’s momentum in Congress to pass the nation’s first comprehensive approach to addressing addiction. The Rhode Island Democrat ...
Feb 18, 2016
NJ Catholic school teacher, RI resident charged with child pornography
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) - A Catholic high school teacher in New Jersey has been charged with possessing child pornography. Middlesex County prosecutors announced charges Thursday against Brother John...
Feb 18, 2016
