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Felon pleaded guilty to drug charges
WPRI TV Local News
Feb 06Abel Perez, 30, of Cranston, faces up to 45 years in federal prison for trafficking heroin and for being a felon in possession of a firearm. »
Drug trafficker gets 6+ years in prison
WPRI TV Local News
Feb 06Jeffrey Batres, 29, of Cranston was sentenced Friday to 76 months in federal prison on drug trafficking charges. »
R.I. fire departments receive funding
WPRI TV Local News
Feb 06Warwick, Harrisville, and Cranston Fire Departments received federal funding in an effort to enhance the operations, safety, and resources needed by firefighters to save lives. »
Cranston police seek sex offender
WPRI TV Local News
Feb 06Cranston Police are trying to track down a convicted sex offender. 19-year-old Bishop Lombard is wanted for failing to comply with sex offender registration requirements. »
Providence charter school plan approved
WPRI TV Local News
Feb 03A divided Rhode Island Board of Regents has given preliminary approval to a controversial plan to open two charter schools in Providence. »
Latest Blog Posts in Detail
Linc Chafee: Not his dad’s Rhode Island
WRNI Politics Blog
Feb 03Lincoln Chafee holds the same job his father John Chafee had in the 1960s. The son is finding out the hard way that it isn’t his father’s Rhode Island or America. After a rocky first year as governor in recession-racked Rhode Island, Governor Chafee ha... »
Cranston prayer banner, Whitehouse tax bill get NYT editorials
WPRI.com Blogs
Feb 01The New York Times’ left-leaning editorial page will have a strong Rhode Island flavor on Wednesday. One editorial – “A Brave Stand in Rhode Island” – is explicitly about events here, offering support for Jessica Ahlquist in her fight to get rid of Cra... »
St. Pierre's Show Prep | Jessica, You Won...Enough...Go Do Your Homework!
Ron St. Pierre's Blog
Jan 30Go Do Your Homework Wake me when Jessica Ahlquists's 15 minutes is mercifully up. The Cranston high school junior who successfully sued to have the "Our Heavenly Father" banner removed from the auditorium wall at Cranston West has been absent from scho... »
195 Redevelopment District Commission Meeting, Jan. 30
Greater CityProvidence
Jan 27195 District Commission Meeting, January 30th. »
On Newsmakers
Not For Nothing
Jan 27Yours truly was on WPRI's "Newsmakers" panel that taped this morning, with Congressman James Langevin as featured guest (thanks to WPRI's Tim White and Ted Nesi for having me on). Among the interesting tidbits: as Nesi has already tweeted, Langevin spo... »