Category Archives: Local News
Blaze breaks out above popular Providence pizza parlor
Providence Fire trucks. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Fire crews battled a blaze that began in a popular pizza parlor in Providence’s Federal Hill neighborhood and qui...
Nov 18, 2015
Rhode Island ranked 45 out of 50 on “Business Tax Climate” index
map courtesy taxfoundation.org WPRO News Rhode Island ranked 45th on the 2015 state business tax climate index, or 6th worst in the country, according to the Tax Foundation‘s 2016 “Busines...
Nov 17, 2015
RIPTA to hold public meetings on possible fare hikes
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority is asking for public comment on possible changes that could increase fares for some riders and redu...
Nov 17, 2015
Rhode Island students score low on PARCC exam
by Jennifer McDermott, Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Only about 36 percent of Rhode Island students in grades 3 to 10 who took a new standardized test met expectations in English and a quar...
Nov 17, 2015
Fall River elects its youngest-ever mayor
Mayor-elect Jasiel Correia arrives at Fall River Government Center hours after his electoral win. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO News His young age didn’t prove to be a p...
Nov 04, 2015
Pawtucket police investigating Halloween candy with needle
WPRO News and the Associated Press PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) – Pawtucket police are investigating after a woman says she found a sewing needle stuck inside a Snickers bar that her daughter got trick-...
Nov 04, 2015
Police investigating reported sexual assault of girl
WPRO News and the Associated Press BARRINGTON, R.I. (AP) – Police are investigating the alleged sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl on a bike path in Rhode Island. Police Chief John LaCross sa...
Nov 04, 2015
URI names Executive Director for Ryan Institute for Neuroscience
Governor Gina Raimondo, Executive Director Paula Grammas, Thomas Ryan, and URI President David M. Dooley pose for a picture at the state house. Photo by Andrew Augustus, WPRO News. Andrew Augustus, WP...
Nov 03, 2015
Providence mayor appoints panel to study gun violence
Mayor Jorge Elorza signs an executive order establishing a council to study gun violence. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO News Saying that like many Providence residents, he kno...
Nov 03, 2015
Roger Williams University Law School launches clinics for disabled veterans
The congressional delegation joins representatives from Roger Williams University and Chisholm, Chisholm &Kilpatrick. Photo by Andrew Augustus, WPRO News. Andrew Augustus, WPRO News Roger Williams...
Nov 02, 2015
