Category Archives: Local News
NEWS: Officials cut ribbon on new Emergency Management expansion
PEMA Director Peter Gaynor (far left) is joined by Mayor Angel Taveras (center) and other city and state officials for a ribbon cutting ceremony By Sam Wroblewski, reporting by Andrew Augustus WPRO Ne...
Oct 29, 2014
NEWS: New report calls for regional dispatch centers
File photo WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A new report is recommending that Rhode Island consolidate the 72 local public safety dispatch centers across the state to s...
Oct 28, 2014
FOOD: Dunkin’ plans ‘Croissant Donut’ – not a ‘Cronut’
The new Dunkin’ Donuts Croissant Donut coming to stores November 3. Photo courtesy Dunkin’ Donuts. WPRO News and the Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) – Dunkin’ Donuts plans to ro...
Oct 27, 2014
NEWS: Newspaper Guild back on the streets protesting ProJo management
Protesters march outside the Providence Journal building. Photo by Andrew Augustus WPRO Newsroom Members of the Providence Newspaper Guild and other unions hit the streets again to protest he manageme...
Oct 27, 2014
NEWS: Chafee criticizes quarantine for Ebola workers
WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Governor Lincoln Chafee is criticizing state leaders in New York and New Jersey for backing 21-day quarantines for medical workers retu...
Oct 27, 2014
NEWS: Police search for suspects in Woonsocket shooting
File photo WPRO News and the Associated Press WOONSOCKET, R.I. (AP) – Woonsocket police are trying to find suspects in a late-night shooting. Police and paramedics were called to Paradis Avenue ...
Oct 27, 2014
NEWS: Officials tour Rocky Point ahead of event
File photo WPRO News and the Associated Press WARWICK, R.I. (AP) – State, local and federal officials have taken a tour of the former site of the Rocky Point amusement park ahead of its temporar...
Oct 24, 2014
NEWS: Providence police officer arrested in Texas
File photo WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A Providence police officer has been arrested in Texas and charged with public intoxication at a spa. WPRI-TV reports that 3...
Oct 24, 2014
NEWS: Lawyer: Man shot dead just attended court hearing
Police cording off area of Chad Brown. Photo by Bill Haberman WPRO News ad the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A man who was fatally shot at Providence housing complex had just attended...
Oct 24, 2014
NEWS: Job growth revised upward for 2nd quarter
File photo WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – State officials are reporting stronger job growth in the second quarter of the year in Rhode Island than originally estimate...
Oct 24, 2014
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