Category Archives: Local News
PawSox plans disputed in Providence pedestrian bridge delay
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Construction has again been delayed for a pedestrian bridge linking downtown Providence with the College Hill and Fox Point neighborhoo...
Mar 24, 2015
Warwick Motel 6 under review after continuous crime
Warwick police respond to a firearm incident at the Jefferson Boulevard Motel 6 in 2014 By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com Warwick Police are reviewing the Motel 6 on Jefferson Boulevard after multiple inc...
Mar 24, 2015
Construction to begin on Station Nightclub Fire memorial
Family and friends of the victims of the Station Nightclub Fire listen on during the 12th annual remembrance ceremony. Photo by Sam Wroblewski WPRO News By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com After several yea...
Mar 22, 2015
Cranston police investigating gun shots fired on Woodbine Street
WPRO News Cranston Police are investigating after gun shots were reported in the area of Auburn and Woodbine Streets last weekend. Police say on March 15 they responded to shots fired and found five s...
Mar 20, 2015
Witnesses: Hernandez co-defendant was nervous after killing
Aaron Hernandez WPRO News and the Associated Press FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) – The prosecution in the murder trial of ex-New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez is trying to show that one of hi...
Mar 20, 2015
Brown president: student’s family ties did not affect case
Photo by Lindsey Lerner WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – The president of Brown University is denying suggestions that a student accused of drugging two female students...
Mar 20, 2015
Providence Police: Woman was not abducted
Major David Lapatin briefs the media alleged abduction WPRO News Providence Police announced Friday they have concluded an investigation into an alleged abduction of a woman on Federal Hill and determ...
Mar 20, 2015
4 historic Spring Equinox weather records
By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com Many look forward to the first day of spring as a changing of the seasons and a departure from the bleak, cold, snowy, Rhode Island winter months. However, historically t...
Mar 20, 2015
Marijuana operation found in destroyed building
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – The Rhode Island State Fire Marshal says a drug lab that used a flammable liquid to turn marijuana into butane hash oil has been found ...
Mar 20, 2015
Man killed in Taunton house fire
Firefighters stand outside the aftermath of a deadly, early morning fire on Tremont Street. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News WPRO News A Taunton man is dead after an early morning fire broke out in a ...
Mar 19, 2015
