Category Archives: Local News
Police: Woman who jumped from mall garage was suspected shoplifter
The parking garage behind the Providence Place Mall. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO News Police said that a woman died Thursday night after she jumped from the parking garage a...
Jul 17, 2015
Man seriously hurt in Rhode Island motorcycle crash
WPRO News and the Associated Press WEST WARWICK, R.I. (AP) – Police say a motorcycle crash in West Warwick has left a man hospitalized in serious condition. Police Capt. Donald Archibald says th...
Jul 17, 2015
Providence officials look to revise food truck laws
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – The wheels are turning to loosen up restrictions on food truck vendors in Providence. City officials are looking into updating a decade...
Jul 16, 2015
Teenage Narragansett swimmer confirmed dead
By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com Police have confirmed the teenage girl whose body was found hours after she went missing while snorkeling with her father in Narragansett has died. The 14-year-old from M...
Jul 16, 2015
UPDATE: Women file complaints against RI breast milk jeweler
By Kim Kalunian, WPRO News Disgruntled moms are already filing formal complaints against Wakefield-based MommyMilk Creations following a WPRO exclusive investigation into the breast milk jeweler. A sp...
Jul 16, 2015
Did Woonsocket delay action on a chaotic bar?
A Woonsocket bar has been a magnet for trouble over the past year, with repeated fights and one patron pulling a gun in the parking lot. A neighbor who's captured much of it on her home's surveillance...
Jul 16, 2015
Fire district votes to publish tax list, sell off items
Photo from Coventry Township WPRO News and the Associated Press COVENTRY, R.I. (AP) – The Coventry Fire District’s board of directors has voted on measures aimed at alleviating some of the...
Jul 15, 2015
Raimondo officially names beetle as state insect
Gov. Raimondo holds an American Burying Bettle at Roger Williams Park Zoo. Photo by Andrew Augustus WPRO By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com During a bill signing ceremony at Roger Williams Park Zoo, Govern...
Jul 15, 2015
Divers investigate Salty Brine Beach jetty
By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com State Police tell WPRO News that their police dive team is examined the underwater portion of the jetty at Salty Brine Beach to find any evidence of what cause the myster...
Jul 15, 2015
Construction of new SONIC is underway
The new SONIC franchisees are joined by friends and family as they break ground on first SONIC in Rhode Island. Photo by Andrew Augustus, WPRO News. Andrew Augustus, WPRO News Constriction has begun a...
Jul 15, 2015
