Category Archives: Local News
Local Muslims work to educate people about their faith
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Local Muslims say they’re trying to do more to educate people about their faith following recent attacks by extremists and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump&...
Dec 14, 2015
Rhode Island gas prices lowest since spring 2009
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Gas prices in Rhode Island have dropped to their lowest level in more than six years. AAA Northeast says this week’s average price for regular unleaded is $2.06 per gallo...
Dec 14, 2015
Restaurant owner’s wife scares off robbers in Providence
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Police say the wife of the owner of a Chinese restaurant in Providence stopped two would-be robbers by attempting to grab the bandana concealing one of their identities. The Pr...
Dec 14, 2015
Police investigate hacking of Providence’s city website
PROVIDENCE (AP) - Authorities are investigating how a Providence’s website was hacked. WPRI-TV reports that someone accessed Providence’s website late on Saturday and left a message claimi...
Dec 13, 2015
RIPTA board to consider controversial fare proposal
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The board of the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority is set to vote on a plan that would eliminate no-fare bus passes that are currently given to people with low incomes aged...
Dec 13, 2015
Johnston High School teacher charged with embezzlement
JOHNSTON, R.I. (AP) - A high school teacher in Johnston has been charged with embezzlement after allegedly putting his name on checks meant for school activities. WPRI-TV reports that 57-year-old John...
Dec 13, 2015
Mt Pleasant High School teacher killed in hit-and-run
WPRO News and the Associated Press A hit-and-run driver has killed a high school teacher outside the school. School officials say Anne-Marie Dansicker of Mt. Pleasant High School in Providence died af...
Dec 10, 2015
Retiring Providence firefighter pens open letter to firefighter son, urges him to quit too
by Doug MacGunnigle, WPRO A retiring Providence Fire Fighter has penned an open letter to his son, also a fire fighter, advising him to find a new line of work. Joe Marino, a firefighter of 23 years w...
Dec 10, 2015
Cranston police using social media to help solve cold case
WPRO News and the Associated Press CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) - Cranston police are using social media to help solve the cold case of a woman who was strangled in her home nearly 30 years ago. No one has bee...
Dec 10, 2015
Federal court upholds East Providence ordinance banning dog, cat sales
WPRO News and the Associated Press EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that bars an East Providence pet store from selling dogs or cats. The city passed an ordinan...
Dec 10, 2015
