Category Archives: Local News
New law requires arrestees in RI to provide DNA samples
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A new law requires people who have been arrested in Rhode Island for violent crimes to provide DNA samples to law enforcement. The law ...
Jul 09, 2015
Black cat tests positive for rabies in Middletown
A cat similar to the one pictured tested positive for rabies in Middletown. Image from Flickr. By Kim Kalunian, WPRO News The Department of Environmental Management and Department of Health are warnin...
Jul 09, 2015
New RI Ed Commissioner Wagner outlines priorities
Education Commissioner – designee Dr. Ken Wagner launches a water bottle rocket at a Central Falls summer school program. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO News From early c...
Jul 09, 2015
Small State, Tiny House: Living in less than 300 square feet
By Kim Kalunian, WPRO News People say good things come in small packages, and for people who dwell in tiny homes, those are words to live by. Tiny homes are houses between 100 and 400 square-feet. Tha...
Jul 09, 2015
Providence shooting victim dies from injuries
WPRO News The victim of an early morning shooting on Nebraska Street in Providence has died of his injuries at Rhode Island Hospital. Dimitri Perry, 23, was critically wounded Monday morning just minu...
Jul 09, 2015
Providence gang members busted in Newport
By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com Three Providence gang members were arrested in Newport after police conducted a month-long investigation into heroin distribution in the city. The drug bust came after de...
Jul 09, 2015
Man gets 15 months for assault that disabled police officer
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A Massachusetts man has been sentenced to more than a year in prison for an assault on a Rhode Island police officer that left him perm...
Jul 09, 2015
Judge enters final approval of pension lawsuit settlement
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – The Rhode Island judge overseeing the pension lawsuit settlement between the state and public employees has entered a final judgment on...
Jul 09, 2015
Arrest made in barbershop murder
File photo by Andrew Augustus WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO News Police in East Providence arrested a Providence in the murder of an East Providence man in his Pawtucket Avenue barbershop. Thomas Mo...
Jul 08, 2015
Central Falls man gets life in prison for killing of child
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A Central Falls man has been sentenced to life in prison for the beating death of his girlfriend’s 6-year-old son. Thirty-three-y...
Jul 07, 2015
