Category Archives: Local News
East Providence woman charged with leaving baby in car with temperature in 20s
WRENTHAM, Mass. (AP) - Police say a Rhode Island woman who left her 8-month-old baby in her vehicle with outdoor temperatures in the 20s is facing child endangerment charges. Wrentham police say the b...
Jan 06, 2016
ACLU: Settlement allows Providence musician to play on public property
Street musician Manuel Pombo performs outside the offices of the ACLU in Providence. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The city of Providence can no longer stop a local street m...
Jan 06, 2016
Providence man accused of trying to lure child into car arrested
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Police have arrested a Providence man they say tried to lure a 9-year-old boy into his car. Police have charged 33-year-old Roy Bautista of Providence with one count of enticem...
Jan 06, 2016
Tiverton denies it detained 3rd-grader over false accusation
photo via tiverton.ri.gov PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A town accused of detaining a third-grader for several hours after another child told adults she had chemicals in her backpack denied the allegations ...
Jan 04, 2016
Mattiello: No tolls on cars, not moved by protests
Rhode Island House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News by Doug MacGunnigle, WPRO News House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello (D-Cranston) told WPRO’s Gene Valicenti that while...
Jan 04, 2016
5 children hurt when school bus, van collide in Providence
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Five elementary school students were hurt when their school bus collided with a utility van in Providence. The injuries to the children from ...
Jan 04, 2016
Experts say T.F. Green Airport set for growth this year
WARWICK, R.I. (AP) - Officials say Rhode Island’s main airport may see growth this year after about a decade of declining and stagnant passenger traffic. The Providence Journal reports T.F. Gree...
Jan 04, 2016
Rhode Island lawmakers to reconvene Tuesday
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Rhode Island General Assembly will reconvene for its first legislative session of the new year. Lawmakers returning to the Statehouse on ...
Jan 04, 2016
Raimondo’s promise to undocumented immigrants on licenses hits deadline
Protesters rally at the State House calling on Governor Gina Raimondo to keep her campaign promise to give drivers licenses to undocumented immigrants on November 23, 2015. Photo by Doug MacGunnigle b...
Jan 03, 2016
Rhode Island lawmakers brace for another truck toll debate
BY MATT O’BRIEN, Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - This year’s biggest order of business in the Rhode Island General Assembly might be resolving the unfinished business left when th...
Jan 01, 2016
