Category Archives: Local News
NEWS: The Big Blue Bug supports Sarah Potenza
Rhode Island Native and NBC’s The Voice contestant Sarah Potenza takes pictures in front of the Big Blue Bug that is rocking her now famous glasses. Photo by Andrew Augustus, WPRO News Andrew Au...
May 11, 2015
SEC accuses Providence firm of $11M Ponzi scheme
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has accused a Providence private investment adviser and his firm of what it calls a Ponzi s...
May 11, 2015
New charge for Aaron Hernandez: witness intimidation
WPRO News and the Associated Press BOSTON (AP) – Former New England Patriots player and convicted murderer Aaron Hernandez is facing another criminal charge: witness intimidation. Hernandez was ...
May 11, 2015
Ex-youth coach gets life sentence for child molestation
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A former youth sports coach in Bristol has been sentenced to life in prison on child molestation charges. Attorney General Peter Kilmar...
May 08, 2015
Westerly spraying 500 acres of swamp to fight mosquitoes
WPRO News and the Associated Press WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) – The town of Westerly is using helicopters to spray mosquito larvicide on about 500 acres of swampland. Officials with the state Departmen...
May 08, 2015
Boy struck by father’s car in Pawtucket dies from injuries
WPRO News The 16-month old Pawtucket boy who was hospitalized after his father struck him with a car has died. Pawtucket Police tell WPRO News they were notified of Maxwell Teixeira’s death by t...
May 08, 2015
Woonsocket couple arrested for having sex in public
By Sam Wroblewski, 630wpro.com Woonsocket Police arrested a man and a woman Tuesday for having sex behind the Family Dollar store on Clinton Street within view of the road. Police say they confronted ...
May 08, 2015
Providence WaterFire 2015 schedule announced
By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com Spring's warm weather has finally arrived and with it Providence WaterFire has announced its full schedule of dates for the 2015 season. The 21st season of WaterFire will...
May 08, 2015
Providence business hopes to use hawk to solve pigeon problem
Image found on Wikimedia Commons By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com It may sound weird at first: Providence business seeking resident hawk to curb pigeon problem; but that's exactly what the management at ...
May 08, 2015
Warwick family forced from home after car crashes into it
WPRO News and the Associated Press WARWICK, R.I. (AP) – A Warwick couple has been forced out of their home because of damage caused when a car crashed into their bedroom. Bill Bjerke tells WLNE-...
May 08, 2015
