Category Archives: Local News
Rhode Island officials confirm education commissioner
Dr. Ken Wagner, Gov. Raimondo’s choice to become RI Education Commissioner. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Rhode Island has a n...
Jul 14, 2015
State takes no position on who owns valuable synagogue bells
Image found on wikimedia commons WPRO News and the Associated Press NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) – Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Kilmartin has taken no position on who owns a set of ceremonial bells...
Jul 14, 2015
Warwick man convicted of killing woman he met online
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A Warwick man has been found guilty of killing a woman he met through an advertisement for escort services. Thirty-four-year-old James ...
Jul 14, 2015
No West Nile found in latest mosquito tests in Rhode Island
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – State environmental officials say they did not find West Nile virus in the latest round of mosquito tests in Rhode Island. The state De...
Jul 13, 2015
Plane off the runway at Westerly Airport
WPRO News A small plane skidded off the runway at Westerly State Airport Monday morning, injuring the pilot. In a statement, the Federal Aviation Administration says the plane made an emergency landin...
Jul 13, 2015
RI State police: Driver arrested going wrong way on I-95
WPRO News and the Associated Press WARWICK, R.I. (AP) – State police say a Rhode Island man has been arrested on drunken and reckless driving charges after he drove the wrong way on Interstate 9...
Jul 13, 2015
West Warwick man charged with starting house fire
WPRO News and the Associated Press EXETER, R.I. (AP) – A 20-year-old West Warwick man has been charged with arson after a weekend fire that destroyed a house in Exeter. State police say the fire...
Jul 13, 2015
Fire district to hold meeting amid financial crisis
Photo from Coventry Township WPRO News and the Associated Press COVENTRY, R.I. (AP) – The Coventry Fire District is planning to hold a meeting this week to discuss cost-cutting measures amid its...
Jul 13, 2015
UPDATE: Crews dig up power line at Salty Brine Beach
By Sam Wroblewski and Kim Kalunian, WPRO News Days after a mysterious explosion at Salty Brine Beach hospitalized a Connecticut woman officials from the Department of Environmental Management are stil...
Jul 13, 2015
Nurses picket outside Rhode Island Hospital, threaten strike
Members of the United Nurses and Allied Professionals Local 5098 protest outside of Rhode Island Hospital. Photo by Andrew Augustus, WPRO News. Andrew Augustus, WPRO News A sea of purple and white fil...
Jul 09, 2015
