Category Archives: Local News
Sinkhole opens up in Central Falls, swallows truck
Photo by Andrew Augustus WPRO News WPRO News Crews are on scene in Central Falls after a water main break caused a sinkhole on Hunt and Liberty Streets. Mayor James Diossa called the sinkhole a huge c...
Aug 11, 2015
CVS agrees to pay settlement in painkiller investigation
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – CVS Health will pay the government $450,000 to settle allegations that several Rhode Island pharmacy locations filled a number of forge...
Aug 10, 2015
Pawtucket holds annual Victory Day ceremony
By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com Several generations of veterans gathered at Memorial Park in Pawtucket to remember the men and women who fought in World War Two as a part of the city's annual Victory Da...
Aug 10, 2015
Group seeks donations to investigate Providence Firefighter overtime
Ken Block. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com A watch dog group created by former candidate for Governor Ken Block is asking for donations to investigate the overtime costs...
Aug 10, 2015
Man arrested for bringing loaded gun to PawSox game
Image courtesy of Pawtucket Police By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com Pawtucket Police say they have arrested a Massachusetts man for carrying a loaded firearm into a Pawtucket Red Sox game Saturday night....
Aug 10, 2015
Army Green Beret from Rhode Island killed in Afghanistan
WPRO News and the Associated Press BRISTOL, R.I. (AP) – An Army Green Beret from Rhode Island has been killed in Afghanistan just a month after he was honored at the Fourth of July parade in his...
Aug 10, 2015
State Police arrest man for soliciting a minor
By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com A South Kingstown is under arrest Friday morning after Rhode Island State Police were tipped off that he had allegedly attempted to solicit a minor and shared indecent ma...
Aug 07, 2015
Westerly officials consider proposal for satellite campus
ViviCam 6300 WPRO News and the Associated Press WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) – The town of Westerly is reviewing a proposal to build a $4.5 million satellite campus for the Community College of Rhode Isl...
Aug 07, 2015
Man sentenced to more than 12 years for drug trafficking
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A former Rhode Island man has been sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison for trafficking more than 90 grams of cocaine. The...
Aug 07, 2015
RI moves to buy new voting machines
Gov. Gina Raimondo and Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea at a ceremony signing a bill to modernize Rhode Island voting machines. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By WPRO News and The Associated ...
Aug 07, 2015
