Category Archives: Local News
Social worker arrested on child porn charges
By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com Rhode Island State Police announced Tuesday they had arrested a Warwick man on charges of possessing child pornography. James Norman, 52, was arrested after State Police ...
Sep 22, 2015
26-pound cat tossed from car, in need of new home
Jabba is a morbidly obese, senior cat that was dumped in a local park. Photo by Kim Kalunian, WPRO News. UPDATE: Sadly, on Saturday, September 26, staff at the East Greenwich Animal Protection ...
Sep 22, 2015
1 confirmed dead in Watch Hill boat crash
By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com The Department of Environmental Management has confirmed a person is dead following a boat crash off of Napatree Point in Westerly. DEM Spokesperson Gail Mastrati says th...
Sep 22, 2015
Providence fire union to host town meetings on platoon change
By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com The Providence firefighters union is planning on hosting several town meetings over the next several weeks to elaborate their position of the platoon changes implemented ...
Sep 21, 2015
25% of female Brown students sexual assaulted, most did not report
Photo by Lindsey Lerner. By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com A newly released survey of Brown University reveals one-in-four female undergraduate students are experienced some form of non-consensual sexual ...
Sep 21, 2015
Mashpee Wampanoags, Taunton leaders tout benefits of casino
Mayor Thomas Hoye and Tribal Chairman Cedric Cromwell share a laugh as they announce plans for a Mashpee Wampanoag casino in Taunton. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News WPRO News and The Associated Pres...
Sep 21, 2015
Mashpee tribe wins recognition, plans to build casino
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Chairman Cedric Cromwell celebrates recognition of tribe land. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News WPRO News The Mashpee Native American Tribe celebrated Monday after the federal ...
Sep 21, 2015
Governor wants to keep PawSox in Rhode Island
By Sam Wroblewski, reporting by Steve Klamkin WPRO News Days after the owners of the Pawtucket Red Sox announced they were abandoning their quest to build a ballpark on a parcel of the I-195 land; Gov...
Sep 21, 2015
Officials say Boston body was girl named Bella
WPRO News and the Associated Press Massachusetts officials have identified the little girl whose body was found in a trash bag earlier this summer as Bella Bond. The body found on June 25 in Boston ha...
Sep 18, 2015
Cranston police major settles lawsuit with city for $300,000
WPRO News and the Associated Press CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) – The city of Cranston has reached a $300,000 settlement with a police major who filed a federal civil rights lawsuit saying he was the tar...
Sep 18, 2015
