Category Archives: Local News
Hot Club uses lights to say goodnight to kids at Hasbro
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Providence nightclub has been using flashing lights to say goodnight to the kids at Hasbro Children’s Hospital. The Providence Journa...
Dec 24, 2015
Utilities respond to threat of severe storms, cyberattacks
by JENNIFER McDERMOTT, Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - From trimming trees to building new transmission lines and deploying the latest technology, utilities throughout New England say they...
Dec 22, 2015
State auditors begin investigating Rhode Island College
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Officials say state auditors have begun their investigation into the financial management and human resources practices of Rhode Island Colle...
Dec 22, 2015
Rep Solomon proposes Rhode Island sales tax holiday
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island lawmaker is proposing a sales tax holiday in August to keep shoppers from flooding into neighboring Massachusetts for a simila...
Dec 21, 2015
RI law enforcement to hold forum with Muslim community
WPRO News and the Associated Press WEST WARWICK, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island law enforcement officials and leaders of the Muslim community are holding an open dialogue forum at the Islamic School of Rhod...
Dec 21, 2015
Rhode Island foreclosures down 52 percent
photo by Mark Moz via Flickr WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island home foreclosures are down 52 percent from last year. A report by HousingWorks RI at Roger Williams...
Dec 21, 2015
Rhode Island gas prices down to $2.05
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Gas prices in Rhode Island have dropped to an average of $2.05 per gallon. AAA Northeast said Monday that prices are a penny lower than last ...
Dec 21, 2015
Report: Racial gap still wide in Rhode Island college graduation rates
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Federal education data show more black and Latino students are attending college than ever, but the share of those earning college degrees lags that of white students. The Prov...
Dec 21, 2015
New Englanders fear repeat of last year’s historic snows
PHILIP MARCELO, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) - A warm start to winter has New Englanders feeling wary as Tuesday’s winter solstice approaches. And who can blame them? Last winter began mu...
Dec 21, 2015
Ex-Providence city councilor, state Rep Tejada pleads guilty in tax refund scheme
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A former elected official from Providence has pleaded guilty to federal tax and wire fraud charges. Leon Tejada admitted Friday he ran a scheme from 2009 through 2012 at his ta...
Dec 18, 2015
