Category Archives: Local News

Peg Langhammer of Day One Peg Langhammer of Day One   WPRO News and The Associated Press Senators want to know why only a fraction of campus sexual assault victims go to the police. A Senate Judi...

WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A $5-million gift to build a new home for the University of Rhode Island’s department of communications and media has yet to brea...

Protesters stand on the steps of the Providence Place Mall as a part of the March to End Police Brutality. Photo by Sam Wroblewski WPRO News By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com Traffic came to a standstill ...

WPRO Newsroom and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Two Rhode Island men have been sentenced to prison for fraudulently obtaining federal tax refunds using the stolen personal informa...

Khari O’Connor. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News Khari O’Connor. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News   By Steve Klamkin WPRO News Providence firefighter Khari O’Connor feels he did...

WPRO Newsroom and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Two U.S. senators from New England are helping to lead a call for action against outlet stores whose marketing practices mislead co...

By Dan Yorke GRAND JURIES are front and center in the news cycle last week and this week. The Ferguson and now Staten Island stories are causing protests across the country and the local region. We ha...

Site of the Station nightclub fire on the ten-year anniversary of the tragedy in 2013 WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – The group working to build a memorial at the site...

By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com A man was killed late Tuesday night after a drive-by-shooting on Potters Avenue in Providence. The Associated Press reports that Michael A. Comacho was killed Tuesday nig...

  Firefighter raises his fist during the Ferguson protest outside the Public Safety Protest. Image by Steve Ahlquist RI Future By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com and the Associated Press A Providence ...