Category Archives: Local News

Architects Rendering   WPRO News and the Associated Press NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) – Prospective developers of a casino at Newport Grand have endorsed a bid by city officials to highlight casino ...

State Police and FBI agents comb through the office of Former House Speaker Gordon Fox. Photo by WPRO   WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Nearly six months after th...

File photo WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A Westerly man has pleaded guilty to false claims for flood damage reimbursement, unemployment benefits and food stamps. The...

File photo WPRO News and the Associated Press FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) – Bristol District Attorney Sam Sutter has appointed a special prosecutor to investigate whether Fall River Mayor William Fla...

File photo   WPRO and the Associated Press PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) – A man volunteering at a Pawtucket polling place was arrested after another poll worker told police he offered to perform a ...

File photo WPRO News and the Associated Press NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) – The developers of a proposed wind farm off the coast of Cape Cod have signed a lease agreement with the state to use New B...

Top row: Abril, Cante, Fernandes, Giron. Bottom row: Hernandez, Pastore, Serrano. Images courtesy of the Central Falls PD. By Sam Wroblewski WPRO News Police in Central Falls announce the arrest and a...

By Sam Wroblewski WPRO News Fall River Mayor Will Flanagan denied allegations that he used a handgun to intimidate a city councilor. Councilman Jasiel Correia claims he felt threatened after Flanagan ...

WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – The head of the Rhode Island Board of Elections says only minor problems occurred during Tuesday’s party primaries. The Providenc...

By Sam Wroblewski WPRO News Rhode Island State Police have arrested a man in connection to a shooting and stabbing in Colt State Park over Memorial Day weekend. According to police, Jordan Lyttle of F...