WPRI-12’s Parent Company Settles with Department of Justice Over Price-Fixing Scheme The Department of Justice announced Friday that it has reached a settlement with Nexstar Media Group Inc. ...

Interim Report of the Newport County Grand Jury Reported December 14, 2018 Please note: An indictment, information, or complaint is merely an allegation. The U.S. Constitution guarantees that a...

PROVIDENCE MAN ADMITS TO POSSESSING 600 IMAGES AND VIDEOS OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY PROVIDENCE, RI –A Providence man arrested for possessing hundreds of videos and images of child pornography pleaded...

“BOSS OF BOSSES” SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON IN INTERNATIONAL DRUG TRAFFICKING CONSPIRACY   PROVIDENCE – Juan Valdez, 51, of Milton, Mass., identified in court as the “boss of...

Former Providence City Councilman Jackson Sentenced to One-and-a-Half Years in Prison Former Providence City Councilman Kevin Jackson has been sentenced to one-and-a-half years in prison. Jackson,...

TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER ISSUED IN ELDER FRAUD INVESTIGATION Civil complaint alleges Rhode Island based direct-mail sweepstakes solicitation schemes bilked thousands of elderly and vulnerable...

FORMER WEST WARWICK RESIDENT SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR POSSESSING 7,000 IMAGES AND VIDEOS OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY PROVIDENCE – A Portsmouth man who previously lived in West Warwick was sentenced...

CRANSTON MAN CHARGED WITH BUILDING, SELLING “GHOST” MACHINEGUN   PROVIDENCE – A Cranston man was arrested today on charges he allegedly manufactured and sold a “ghost” machinegun...

Former Providence City Council Member Sentenced for Campaign Finance Violations and Embezzling from Providence Cobras Track Club Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that Kevin Jackson (age...

EQUINE INSURANCE AGENT PLEADS GUILTY IN $1.3 MILLION FRAUD SCHEME   PROVIDENCE – A Middletown insurance agent and agency owner who specializes in providing equine insurance coverage today...

Attorney General Kilmartin Announces $4.1 Million in Grants from Volkswagen Settlement Monies to Benefit Opening of Upper Bay Beach, Lead Poisoning Prevention, Solar Panels at Salty Brine Beach,...

PROVIDENCE MAN ADMITS TO “FISHING” MAIL FROM COLLECTION BOXES, STEALING AND CASHING CHECKS PROVIDENCE, RI – One of two men charged in federal court in April with stealing mail from United States...

Attorney General Kilmartin Announces Opposition to Trump’s Latest Attack on Legal Immigration Trump Administration’s proposed overhaul of certain immigration laws would force legal immigrants to...

Photo Emerges of Projo’s Investigative Reporter Hummel in Blackface A photo of Jim Hummel, the investigative reporter for the Providence Journal and host of “The Lively Read More.     Louie...

BREAKING: Prov Councilman Taken To Hospital, Fane Veto Override Vote Postponed The Providence City Council postponed the vote Tuesday afternoon to override Mayor Jorge Elorza’s veto on the Read...

Every Black Person on Planet is Offended by Blackface: Rickman on LIVE Former State Representative Ray Rickman joined GoLocal News Editor Kate Nagle on LIVE after a photo of Jim Hummel, the Read...

Pawtucket Swears-In Two New Firefighters PAWTUCKET – On Wednesday, Mayor Donald R. Grebien, Acting Public Safety Director Police Chief Tina Goncalves, and Fire Chief William Sisson welcomed Mr....

Grant will enable expanded investments crucial to maintaining the role of Rhode Island International Film Festival as a national leader Flickers, the producers of the annual Rhode Island...

TIVERTON BANK ROBBER SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON PROVIDENCE, RI – A Fall River man who stole a car in New Bedford in April 2017, and used it later the same day as his getaway vehicle after robbing a...