Category Archives: Local News
Cranston teachers outraged over Good Friday controversy
By Kim Kalunian, WPRO News The Cranston Teachers’ Alliance says it's "reckless" that the Cranston School Department is going to keep parents waiting until early Friday morning to notify them if ...
Apr 01, 2015
Former friend takes the stand in Hernandez trial
By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com Former friend of Aaron Hernandez, Alexander Bradley took to the stand Wednesday testifying to the jury he saw the former Patriots tight end handle a pistol the prosecutio...
Apr 01, 2015
Ansel Elgort in Rhode Island to shoot movie
Image found on Google free use WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A movie version of the novel “The November Criminals” is the latest film being shot in Rhode...
Apr 01, 2015
Providence police investigate death of 24-year-old woman
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Providence police are investigating the city’s first homicide of the year. Maj. David Lapatin says the body of 24-year-old Ashley...
Apr 01, 2015
Providence man gets life in prison for drive-by killing
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – An 18-year-old Providence man has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in a drive-by shooting that left one dead and another i...
Apr 01, 2015
Officials: Teachers’ Good Friday requests might close school
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – School officials in Cranston, Rhode Island, say classes might be canceled on Good Friday because more than 200 employees have re...
Apr 01, 2015
Gov Raimondo announces Governor for a day winner
Khatima Bulmer (sitting in chair) is joined by her parents, grandmother, and Governor Raimondo as she is named the Governor for a Day essay contest winner. Photo by Andrew Augustus, WPRO News. Andrew ...
Mar 31, 2015
Aaron Hernandez’s fiancee: Discarded box smelled like weed
WPRO News and the Associated Press FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) – The fiancee of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez has testified in his murder trial that a box he asked her to get ...
Mar 30, 2015
Providence man wounded in daylight shooting
By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com A Providence man is in the hospital after being shot outside a house on Wesleyan Avenue. A neighbor who spoke on the condition of anonymity said she heard a commotion out...
Mar 30, 2015
Shark Bar owners file for receivership, put license hearings on hold
Image Courtesy of WPRI 12 and Walt Buteau By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com The Providence Board of Licenses was forced to vote for a continuation of the Shark Bar and Grille case after the owners filed f...
Mar 30, 2015
