Category Archives: Local News
Ex-detective to head security at revamped Providence club
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A retired Providence detective will head security at a new Providence club that replaces another business shut by police over prostitut...
Jan 20, 2015
RI education chief gives green light for standardized test
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – State Education Commissioner Deborah A. Gist has told school superintendents they may establish policies requiring students to particip...
Jan 20, 2015
Brown University sanctions fraternities for parties
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Brown University has sanctioned two fraternities for holding unregistered parties last fall, including one where two students reported ...
Jan 19, 2015
Art education organization debuts nonviolence mural in Providence
By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com The Providence-based art-education nonprofit CityArts! debuted a student designed mural on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to advocate for nonviolence in the wake of the recen...
Jan 19, 2015
Cranston man plans to attend his 29th Super Bowl
Patriots fan Aram Garabedian provided this picture of one his trips to the Super Bowl. By Steve Klamkin WPRO News When the New England Patriots take on the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl 49 on ...
Jan 19, 2015
Patriot’s Vince Wilfork helps woman from car accident following Championship win
Photo taken by Massachusetts State Police of the overturned Jeep By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com New England Patriots Defensive Tackle Vince Wilfork lent a helping hand to Massachusetts State Police aft...
Jan 19, 2015
URI officials delay arming campus police officers
WPRO News and the Associated Press SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) – University of Rhode Island officials have postponed arming campus police with guns, citing delays in mandatory background checks, ...
Jan 19, 2015
Some 400 at MLK breakfast hear call to “clear the air” on race in America
Young singers entertain about 400 people at the annual M.L.K. breakfast in Cranston. At right is Gov. Gina Raimondo. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By Steve Klamkin WPRO News The recent polic...
Jan 19, 2015
RI Reflections: A new era of RI politics begins
By Dan Yorke THE START OF THE NEW YEAR brings a sense of renewal, especially with a new administration in place. Gina Raimondo is setting up an interesting blend of new blood in her leadership team co...
Jan 16, 2015
Tennessee man pleads guilty in Rhode Island arson scheme
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A Tennessee man has pleaded guilty to his role in the burning of an occupied Rhode Island apartment building in what prosecutors called...
Jan 16, 2015
