State Rep Calls For New Direction In DOT
A state lawmaker has called on Rhode Island's Department of Transportation director to resign. Representative Enrique Sanchez said RIDOT head Peter Alviti should step...
Board rejects controversial Johnston solar farm
JOHNSTON, R.I. (WPRI) — A controversial solar farm proposed for a neighborhood in Johnston has been given a thumbs down from the town’s...
He wants to wear an Apache headband in prison, and he’s suing the state...
A Tiverton man serving a life sentence at the state Adult Correctional Institutions is suing corrections administrators over their refusal to allow him to...
96-year-old WWII vet finally receives high school diploma after draft cut his senior year...
A 96-year-old World War II vet finally got his high school diploma — complete with a graduation cap and tassel — decades after...
Woonsocket rallies around beloved teacher with cancer
A community is rallying around a local teacher diagnosed with cancer, and her husband recovering from a stroke. Family, friends, colleagues, and students showed...
Police make arrest in fatal shooting on Bank Street; suspect caught in major gang...
A Connecticut man has been arrested and charged with the fatal shooting of a man on Bank Street on Dec. 23. ...
RI lawmaker calls for RIDOT director’s resignation amid bridge closure
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — R.I. Rep. Enrique Sanchez didn’t mince words when asked for his thoughts on the Washington Bridge closure, which has...
Federal Hill armed robbery suspect killed in NJ shootout
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. (WPRI) — The man wanted for an armed robbery on Federal Hill last year died in a shootout...
The Man Who Launched Fun 107
The year was 1989. Wes McShay had just been fired from a radio station in Billings, Montana, so he did what every out of...
South Coast Rail could be ready this spring
FALL RIVER, Mass. (WPRI) — Construction of the South Coast Rail is full steam ahead, despite the Massachusetts Department of Transportation...
