Category Archives: Local News
Massachusetts man sentenced for embezzling from RI Lottery
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A Massachusetts man will serve time for embezzling more than $5,000 from the Rhode Island Lottery. Forty-seven-year-old Paul Mahfouz of...
Jun 30, 2015
Update: Police ID plane crash victims as Tennessee doctor, family
Crash investigators Monday look at a section of the single-engine plane (right) that crashed into the rear of a Plainville home, killing all 3 people aboard. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News WPRO News...
Jun 29, 2015
Man wants Taylor Swift to testify in his trespassing case
WPRO News and the Associated Press WAKEFIELD, R.I. (AP) – A man charged with trespassing at Taylor Swift’s Rhode Island mansion wants the singer to testify on his behalf. The Westerly Sun ...
Jun 29, 2015
State officials kick off high-speed rail project
Image found on Wikimedia Commons WPRO News and the Associated Press WEST KINGSTON, R.I. (AP) – Gov. Gina Raimondo and state officials say a new high-speed rail project will improve transit in Rh...
Jun 29, 2015
Small plane crashes into Massachusetts home
Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News WPRO News and the Associated Press Police say a small plane has crashed into the yard of a house in Plainville, with the resulting fire from the crash destroying the h...
Jun 29, 2015
WPRO remembers Jarod Gagnon
By Tony Mascaro, Program Director WPRO It is with much sadness and a heavy heart to let you all know that one of the members of our PRO family- Jarod Gagnon was killed in a tragic car accident ...
Jun 29, 2015
RI, Mass. leaders react to Supreme Court on same-sex marriage
WPRO News Rhode Island leaders were lavish with praise Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down state bans on same-sex marriage. Many issued statements or took to social media to express...
Jun 26, 2015
Hernandez co-defendants appear in court on murder charges
Aaron Hernandez WPRO News and the Associated Press FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) – Two men accused of joining with former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez to kill a man in 2013 have appeared...
Jun 26, 2015
2 shootings occur within an hour in Providence, 2 injured
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Police are investigating a pair of shootings that injured two people within an hour of each other in Providence. Providence Police say both s...
Jun 26, 2015
PawSox stadium opponents rally at RI State House
WPRO News and Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Opponents of a new stadium for the Pawtucket Red Sox want lawmakers to know where they stand as the legislative session ends. Stadium naysayers r...
Jun 25, 2015
