Category Archives: Local News
Cicilline introduces assault weapons ban legislation
WPRO News Congressman David N. Cicilline (D) along with 121 co-sponsors introduced the Assault Weapons Ban of 2015 to "prohibit the sale, transfer, production, and importation of new military-style we...
Dec 16, 2015
Costantino agrees to testify to committee probing 38 Studios
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The former chairman of Rhode Island’s House Finance Committee has agreed to testify before a House committee investigating the state...
Dec 16, 2015
Man sues after citation for panhandling at Cranston intersection
Mike Monteiro shows a sign used to get donations when Cranston PD ticketed him in June. Photo by Anita Baffoni, WPRO News WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A disabled man who ...
Dec 16, 2015
Vehicle Value Commission in violation of 3 state statutes
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Officials say Rhode Island’s Vehicle Value Commission is currently operating while in violation of three state rules. The commission es...
Dec 16, 2015
CVS Health hikes low end of 2016 forecast range, dividend
by TOM MURPHY, AP Business Writer CVS Health hiked its dividend, tightened its 2016 earnings forecast and repeated its message of patience, as the nation’s second largest drugstore chain ...
Dec 16, 2015
RI Supreme Court to hear appeals on Breakers battle
WPRO News and the Associated Press NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - The Rhode Island Supreme Court has agreed to wade into the battle over a proposed welcome center at the grounds of The Breakers, the Vanderbilt ...
Dec 16, 2015
Taxpayers vote to increase Coventry Fire District’s budget
Photo from Coventry Township WPRO News and the Associated Press COVENTRY, R.I. (AP) - Officials say taxpayers voted to increase the budget for the embattled Coventry Fire District by $400,000 during t...
Dec 16, 2015
Governor Raimondo joins DCYF toy drive
by Anita Baffoni, WPRO News PROVIDENCE- Volunteers from Hasbro Toys, foster families and high profile guests, including Governor Gina Raimondo, came together to sort gifts for more nearly 540 children...
Dec 15, 2015
Gold’s Gym in East Greenwich ordered closed
Gold’s Gym in East Greenwich (photo via Yelp) WPRO News A Kent County Superior Court judge ordered the closure of Gold's Gym in East Greenwich on Tuesday afternoon after its owners filed for rec...
Dec 15, 2015
Raimondo weighs in as RIPTA board set to increase fares
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Gov. Gina Raimondo is asking the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority to consider alternatives as it plans to eliminate no-fare bus passes for people with low incomes aged 65 ...
Dec 14, 2015
