Category Archives: Local News
Raimondo signs new wetlands protections
WPRO News In a brief bill signing ceremony at the Department of Environmental Management offices Wednesday morning, Governor Gina Raimondo signed a new act to reform wetland protections. The new law s...
Jul 29, 2015
Middletown orders inquiry into computer purchase
WPRO News and the Associated Press MIDDLETOWN, R.I. (AP) – Middletown’s town council has ordered an investigation into potential irregularities in the recent purchase of $1 million worth o...
Jul 29, 2015
Tom Brady responds to suspension decision
WPRO News One day after NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell upheld his decision to suspend Patriots quarterback for four games at the beginning of the season, the Super Bowl champion posted a message on Fa...
Jul 29, 2015
Providence debuts new city services center
WPRO News Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza says City Hall has a new, innovative way to help residents with city services. Elorza said the Mayor's Center for City Services will take a customer service app...
Jul 28, 2015
Police: Man arrested for stabbing neighbor over loud TV
WPRO News and the Associated Press EAST GREENWICH, R.I. (AP) - Police have arrested an East Greenwich man they allege stabbed his neighbor after a dispute over a loud television. The 60-year-old suspe...
Jul 28, 2015
Fire breaks out at Fall River mill
Fall River Firefighters search the roof of a mill on Weaver Street as they battle an early morning fire. Photo by Andrew Augustus WPRO News Andrew Augustus, WPRO News Around 4:30 in the morning, Fall ...
Jul 28, 2015
State Police say Mayor Fung interfered with Cranston PD
WPRO News Cranston Mayor Allan Fung is denying statements made by the Rhode Island State Police that he and his staff "politically interfered" with city police operations and mismanaged the department...
Jul 28, 2015
RI collector buys Ringo Starr’s jacket for $46K
Ringo Starr. Wikimedia Commons Image. WPRO Newsroom and the Associated Press BOSTON (AP) – The black wool double-breasted suit jacket that Ringo Starr wore in the 1965 Beatles movie “Help!...
Jul 24, 2015
DEM: Trapped gasses likely caused Salty Brine beach blast
A front-end loader is used to remove a cable believed to blame for the blast at Salty Brine State Beach that left a woman injured. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Kim Kalunian, WPRO News The Depar...
Jul 24, 2015
‘Fat Guy’ to ride bike from Tiverton through Newport
By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com The Cape Cod man who became a local sensation after he pledged to ride his bike from Massachusetts to California in an effort to lose weight will be making his way...
Jul 24, 2015
