Category Archives: Local News
NEWS: Fire chief suspended on misconduct allegations
WPRO News and the Associated Press COVENTRY, R.I. (AP) – The Coventry Fire District has suspended its fire chief as an independent authority investigates allegations of misconduct. The Fire Dist...
Nov 04, 2014
NEWS: OSHA fines Ringling Bros. for hair hang act
Hair Hang stunt performed at the Dunkin Donuts Center May 9 By Sam Wroblewski, 630wpro.com The US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined the Ringling Bros...
Nov 04, 2014
NEWS: Gas prices down to $3.10 a gallon in Rhode Island
File photo WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Gas prices are down again in Rhode Island and have fallen 5 cents per gallon in the past week. A weekly survey released by A...
Nov 03, 2014
NEWS: Pawtucket boy hit on Halloween still hospitalized
File photo WPRO News and the Associated Press A 12-year-old Pawtucket boy remains hospitalized after a Halloween hit-and-run, and his dad is asking the driver to turn himself in. Dylan Greene w...
Nov 03, 2014
NEWS: North Kingstown man dies in house fire
WPRO News and the Associated Press NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) – A North Kingstown man has died after being pulled from a house fire. WPRI reports that the fire started in a two-family hours shor...
Nov 03, 2014
NEWS: Mass in Boston cathedral for Menino
File photo WPRO News and the Associated Press BOSTON (AP) – The priest in charge of the largest Roman Catholic church in New England is inviting members of the public to pray for the soul of for...
Oct 31, 2014
NEWS: Roll-Over on 95 S causes major delays
Photo Credit: John P. / Facebook WPRO Newsroom Drivers on 95 South were backed up after a roll-over crash caused major delays Friday afternoon. The car rolled over around 2:15pm between exits 2...
Oct 31, 2014
NEWS: Schilling, trustee reach bankruptcy agreement
File photo WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Ex-Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling has reached a tentative agreement to settle financial claims in the 38 Studios bank...
Oct 30, 2014
NEWS: Providence Police get 40 new cruisers
The new 2015 Ford Interceptor Cruisers will be hitting the streets in the upcoming days. Photo by Andrew Augustus, WPRO News Andrew Augustus, WPRO News The Providence Police Department has announced t...
Oct 29, 2014
NEWS: Massachusetts rape suspect caught in New York
File photo WPRO News and the Associated Press BOSTON (AP) – A fugitive Massachusetts child rape suspect authorities say cut off a court-ordered GPS monitoring device and went on a cross country ...
Oct 29, 2014
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