Category Archives: Local News
Man wanted for hit and run car crash
Image courtesy of Providence Public Safety By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com Providence Police are searching for a man wanted in connection to a hit and run car crash which sent a Providence firefighter t...
Oct 26, 2015
Man stabbed near Brown
Photo by Lindsey Lerner. WPRO News and the Associated Press Police are investigating a stabbing near Brown University. WJAR-TV reports that the victim told Providence police he was approached by a sus...
Oct 26, 2015
Culinary students to prepare lunch for RI general officers
Image found on morguefile WPRO News and the Associated Press Rhode Island’s five general officers are being treated to lunch by culinary students at Johnson and Wales University. The university ...
Oct 26, 2015
Troubled Motel 6 in Warwick on market for $4M
Warwick police respond to a firearm incident at the Jefferson Boulevard Motel 6 in 2014 By Kim Kalunian, WPRO News The Motel 6 in Warwick where police busted up a meth lab and sex-trafficking operatio...
Oct 23, 2015
Men charged with pointing gun at motorist held without bail
WPRO News and the Associated Press Two Rhode Island men facing firearms charges after one allegedly pointed a gun at another driver on Interstate 95 in Massachusetts during what police called “a...
Oct 23, 2015
Inmate in Rhode Island prison intake center dies
WPRO News and the Associated Press A man being held on drug charges in Rhode Island has died behind bars. The Rhode Island Department of Corrections says the man was found unresponsive at the Intake S...
Oct 23, 2015
Update: 2nd suspect captured in pawnshop shootout
Police investigate at the shooting scene at the Capitol Gold pawnshop on Smith Street. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO News A Smith Hill pawnshop owner was fightin...
Oct 23, 2015
The Rhode Island Spotlight — Making a Statement
Every year more than 4 million people in 20 countries participate in a Relay for Life event – helping in the fight against cancer. While those events are typically held over a 24-hour period, th...
Oct 22, 2015
Brown president applauds apology to first daughter
Malia Obama on April 5, 2015. (Detail from official White House Photo by Pete Souza) By Steve Klamkin WPRO News Brown University President Christina Paxson is welcoming an editorial in the student new...
Oct 21, 2015
State Police seize over 1500 pain pills in vehicle stop
By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com The Rhode Island State Police announced they had arrested two men in West Greenwich for possessing over 1,500 oxycodone pills. The arresting officer pulled over a northbo...
Oct 21, 2015
