RI ethics panel tosses nepotism complaint against Cranston mayor
CRANSTON, R.I. (WPRI) — The R.I. Ethics Committee voted unanimously Tuesday to dismiss an ethics complaint alleging nepotism against Cranston Mayor Kenneth Hopkins, who denounced the accusations as a...
View ArticleRI mayoral candidate lists two dead people on nomination papers
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – A Woonsocket mayoral candidate is under scrutiny after the names and signatures of two dead people appeared on his nomination papers, while multiple living people on the list...
View ArticleBally's accepts buyout offer from Standard General valued at $4.6B
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Bally's Corp. has accepted a buy-out offer from New York-based Standard General L.P., the casino operator's largest stockholder, in a deal that's valued at $4.6 billion. The...
View ArticleWarwick mayor asks RI State Police to investigate six-figure school contracts
WARWICK, R.I. (WPRI) — Warwick Mayor Frank Picozzi has asked the R.I. State Police to investigate allegations the school district improperly steered six-figure contracts to a moving company with...
View ArticleWoonsocket refers nomination papers with questionable signatures to police
WOONSOCKET, R.I. (WPRI) -- The Woonsocket Board of Canvassers voted Monday to refer mayoral candidate Keith Harrison's nomination papers to law enforcement after discovering several irregularities...
View ArticlePharmacies dwindle in RI amid national battle over how drugs are priced
JAMESTOWN, R.I. (WPRI) – Tim Baker had hoped that when he retired, his son would take over the family's independent pharmacy in Jamestown. Instead, Baker shut the drugstore's doors forever — and...
View ArticleProvidence police chief's nephew pleads guilty to running multistate drug ring
BOSTON (WPRI) -- Providence Police Col. Oscar Perez's nephew has pleaded guilty to running a multistate fentanyl drug ring out of the capital city at the same time his uncles were climbing the ranks...
View Article'The Conjuring' house owner fires employee, citing accusations from the beyond
BURRILLVILLE, R.I. (WPRI) — Brian Dansereau says he was fired from the house featured in the film "The Conjuring" after his boss said she was told by its 19th-century owner Dansereau had been stealing...
View ArticleRI investigating potential fraud tied to No Labels Party petition papers
CRANSTON, R.I. (WPRI) — R.I. Attorney General Peter Neronha's office is investigating petition papers filed by the No Labels Party after local election officials discovered several dead people's names...
View ArticleReport: Lisa Baldelli-Hunt kept Woonsocket land deal a secret from staff,...
WOONSOCKET, R.I. (WPRI) — Former Woonsocket Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt appears to have "knowingly violated" the law when she had the city pay $1.1 million to her former boss for five acres of vacant...
View ArticleWoonsocket director retires after probe into $1.1M land deal scandal
WOONSOCKET, R.I. (WPRI) — Woonsocket planning director Michael Debroisse has retired after a report last week alleged he knowingly violating city law when he helped push through a controversial $1.1...
View ArticleNeronha to play role in looming Washington Bridge lawsuits
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) -- R.I. Attorney General Peter Neronha revealed Friday his office is getting involved in Gov. Dan McKee's effort to pursue lawsuits tied to the Washington Bridge failure. The...
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Brother of man killed by police asks feds to intervene in Fall River amid...
FALL RIVER, Mass. (WPRI) – When Fall River police shot and killed Anthony Harden in November 2021, the two officers involved said it was necessary because Harden attacked one of them with a knife....
View Article'Ghost Hunters' TV star says 'The Conjuring' house owner is harassing him
This report has been updated with a comment from The Conjuring house owner. BURRILLVILLE, R.I. (WPRI) — The star of the hit TV show "Ghost Hunters" is seeking help from police, saying he's been...
View ArticleRhode Island sues 13 companies over Washington Bridge failure
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – Rhode Island has filed a lawsuit against 13 companies over the failure of the Washington Bridge, alleging they failed to identify and address "worsening structural issues"...
View ArticleRI prisons director agrees to pay penalty after failing to disclose...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) -- R.I. Department of Corrections Director Wayne Salisbury has agreed to pay a $200 penalty after failing to disclose out-of-state travel paid for by third parties as required...
View ArticleLegal battle could reveal if RI officials share blame for Washington Bridge...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – Rhode Island leaders’ unwillingness to point fingers at themselves over the Washington Bridge failure has been a consistent theme ever since the westbound bridge abruptly...
View Article'Fatally flawed': RI insurance giants Blue Cross, Tufts protest $15B Medicaid...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – There’s a fight brewing over a $15 billion contract Rhode Island awarded last month to two health insurance companies to run the state’s Medicaid program. Gov. Dan McKee...
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RI woman arrested for illegally providing gun used in Mass. murder-suicide
WARWICK, R.I. (WPRI) — The family of a Massachusetts woman killed earlier this year in a murder-suicide is speaking out after police arrested a Rhode Islander accused of illegally providing the gun....
View ArticleSouth County Hospital leaders defend record as open letter calls for new...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (WPRI) – A group of doctors, nurses and community members are calling for leadership changes at South County Hospital, saying recent management decisions are threatening to erode...
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