Category Archives: Local News

File photo   WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – An audit of compliance with Rhode Island’s amended public records laws found various agencies and departments i...

Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News   By Steve Klamkin WPRO News As crews dug up Vista Drive in the Rumford section of East Providence Thursday, neighbors came out into the street to welcome the wor...

  By Sam Wroblewski WPRO News Bishop Thomas Tobin says he believes the Catholic Church should reconsider the laws banning divorced or remarried parishioners from taking Holy Communion. In an opin...

File photo WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A Workers’ Compensation Court judge has agreed to not cite a lawyer for criminal contempt for interrupting her earlier...

File photo   WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A 40-year-old Providence man has been sentenced to serve 18 years in prison after pleading no contest to charges incl...

File photo   WPRO News and the Associated Press NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) – Federal environmental officials have approved cleanup remedies for a former Rhode Island shipyard. The Newport Daily New...

It is one of the oldest charitable organizations in the world. And here in Rhode Island, the Society of St. Vincent De Paul last year helped 120,000 through food pantries, one-on-one assistance and fi...

File photo WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A Cumberland man has been charged with drunken driving four times in two days. The Providence Journal reports that John Lour...

WPRO Newsroom and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Gov. Lincoln Chafee says his effort to cut red tape in Rhode Island has identified over 250 changes, including the repeal of dozens...

Pool photo by Jonathan Wiggs, Boston Globe.   WPRO Newsroom and the Associated Press FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) – Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez says in a court filing he...