Category Archives: Local News

Chances are you've seen, or been to, the annual Flames of Hope torch lighting and road races over the Columbus Day Weekend. This month Jim Hummel takes a look at the vast array of work the Gloria Gemm...

Andrew Augustus, WPRO News There will be a stronger police presence at Stone Hill Elementary School in Cranston after the school received a threatening letter. Chief Operating Officer of Cranston Publ...

Photo by Lindsey Lerner WPRO News and the Associated Press National Grid is investigating the cause of a minor underground explosion that knocked out power to two hotels, the convention center and Ken...

WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – The head of Trinity Repertory Company is leaving to take the helm of a musical theater company in Connecticut. The Providence-based the...

WPRO News Deep Water Wind cleared a major hurdle Monday after the Bureau of Ocean Management granted the energy company a right-of-way grant to construct a power transmission line from the mainland to...

WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A federal judge has sentenced a Woonsocket man to more than nine years in federal prison for selling crack and illegally possessing gun...

Purchased lot marked orange. Image courtesy of the 195 Redevelopment Commission By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com The 195 Redevelopment Commission announced Tuesday the sale of parcel of land to a develop...

Photo of Aynis Vargas WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A man who admitted his role in the shooting death of a 12-year-old girl has been sentenced to 12 years in prison....

By Sam Wroblewski 630wpro.com The Jewish Alliance of Rhode Island calls the attacks in Jerusalem which killed four worshippers at a synagogue despicable and reprehensible. In a statement the Alliance ...

WPRO Newsroom Woonsocket-based CVS says it will be setting up a new digital technology development center in neighboring Massachusetts to create new technologies to help consumers. The pharmacy chain ...