Category Archives: Local News
Providence firefighters arbitration to go on as scheduled
Providence Fire trucks. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Rhode Island Supreme Court has denied a request from Providence Mayor Jor...
Dec 10, 2015
Providence teachers have new contract guaranteeing raises
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Providence teachers have agreed to a new contract that will provide periodic raises for educators over the next three years and now boasts language regarding seniority when con...
Dec 10, 2015
The Rhode Island Spotlight — A Profound Effect
Over the past five years, the Anthony Quinn Foundation has helped dozens of high school students across the country take advantage of art programs they wouldn’t be able to experience without a s...
Dec 10, 2015
Man found guilty in 2014 shooting near Providence College
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A 38-year-old Smithfield resident has been found guilty of shooting a man near Providence College in 2014. Willie “Chill Will” Wa...
Dec 09, 2015
Warwick school committee votes to fire facilities director
Warwick City Hall. Wikimedia Commons Image. WPRO News and the Associated Press WARWICK, R.I. (AP) - The Warwick School Committee has fired its facilities director, but the specific reasons for the fir...
Dec 09, 2015
States throw money at military bases to keep them open
JENNIFER McDERMOTT, Associated Press GROTON, Conn. (AP) - States with large military bases are filling what is traditionally the federal government’s role by picking up the tab for construction ...
Dec 09, 2015
Embattled Providence firefighter says he wants to work again
Screenshot of undercover video via WPRI-TV/YouTube WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - After more than 17 years away from the force and a lengthy court battle for his acc...
Dec 08, 2015
Conviction in $46M plot that targeted dying upheld on appeal
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A federal appeals court has let stand the conviction of a man who ran a $46 million investment scheme that targeted the terminally ill, with ...
Dec 07, 2015
Judge: Central Falls doesn’t have to pay legal fees of ex-mayor Moreau
Former Central Falls Mayor Charles Moreau WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A judge has found that Central Falls does not have to pay attorney’s fees in its receivership...
Dec 07, 2015
Many RI neighborhoods still lack easy access to grocers
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - An Associated Press analysis has found that no large food retailers opened supermarkets from late 2011 to early 2015 in areas of Rhode Island deemed by the federal government t...
Dec 07, 2015
