Category Archives: Local News

Brandi Carlile performs at the Newport Folk Festival with the Highwomen. Photo by Doug MacGunnigle, WPROby Doug MacGunnigle, WPROThe Newport Folk Festival kicked off Friday with an impressive array of...

photo by Doug MacGunnigleby Doug MacGunnigle, WPRO“You wanted the best, you got the best…the hottest band in the world…KISS!” It’s how almost every concert by Rock and Ro...

Actors Miles Teller and Aaron Eckhart costar in the boxing biopic about local boy Vinny ‘The Pazmanian Devil’ Pazienza, "Bleed for This." Check out the first trailer BELOW:

PROVIDENCE- The lineup for this season’s Providence Event Series has been announced. The series will take place at the ALEX AND ANI City Center in late summer and fall and will feature the follo...

East Greenwich High Schoolby Doug MacGunnigle, WPROEast Greenwich High School is the best public high school in Rhode Island, while Moses Brown School in Providence ranks as the best private school in...

Check out this beautiful drone footage of Jamestown shot by Jon Pascua.See more of his drone videos from around New England HERE.

photo courtesy NBC 10CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) - A city official who wanted to include an elderly woman in a photo op about a snow shoveling program persuaded a middle-aged man to dress up in a wig, earring...

Rob and Cindy Kelly, the duo who sings the Block Island Ferry jingle, perform as RazMaTaz in 1982. Photo courtesy Rob Kelly.By Kim Kalunian, WPRO News"Sail away on the Block Island Ferry!"You just sun...

By Kim Kalunian, WPRO NewsPeople say good things come in small packages, and for people who dwell in tiny homes, those are words to live by.Tiny homes are houses between 100 and 400 square-feet. That'...

Photo courtesy Slide the City.By Kim Kalunian, WPRO NewsAs a kid, what better fun was there on a hot summer day than donning a swimsuit, setting up the Slip and Slide and spending the afternoon speedi...