Tag: WPRI-TV CBS 12
Reports: Armed suspect at CCRI Lincoln campus taken into custody
LINCOLN – A lockdown at the Community College of Rhode Island campus here was lifted on Thursday following a police search after a suspect...
Annual Meeting Street Telethon raises $657K
PROVIDENCE – Meeting Street’s largest annual fundraiser brought in significant money over the weekend to further support the education nonprofit’s operations.
The 49th annual Meeting...
Johnston council backs mayor’s plan to seize affordable housing site
JOHNSTON – The Town Council Tuesday voted in favor of the mayor’s plan to stop the proposed construction of a low-income housing development in...
Johnston mayor wants site of proposed housing development for new public...
JOHNSTON – Mayor Joseph M. Polisena Jr. wants to stop the proposed construction of a low-income housing development in favor of a new public...
Most-read stories on PBN.com, Dec. 2024
1. Music, dancing: Restaurant owners say they need a change in Providence POSTED ONLINE: DEC. 13. Providence City Council President Rachel M. Miller has...
Report: Mayor criticizes regulatory delays on pallet shelter community
PROVIDENCE – Mayor Brett P. Smiley is criticizing the regulatory delays that have kept a group of so-called "pallet shelters" from opening in the...
Report: Nexstar’s layoffs include some WPRI-TV employees
EAST PROVIDENCE – Multiple employees at WPRI-TV CBS 12 have reportedly been laid off as part of Nexstar Media Group Inc.’s 2% companywide workforce...
Electric Boat workers returning after evacuation due to bomb threat
NORTH KINGSTOWN – A building was evacuated at General Dynamics Electric Boat's manufacturing facilities at Quonset Point Friday as authorities investigated a bomb threat.
Local...
Market Basket to replace Showcase Cinemas Seekonk
SEEKONK – Market Basket is officially coming to town.
Showcase Cinemas Seekonk on Route 6 will close on Jan. 5, making way for the grocery...
Providence Place mall put into receivership
PROVIDENCE – Providence Place mall has been placed into receivership, a state-level version of bankruptcy, WPRI-TV CBS 12 reported.
Judge Brian Stern in R.I. Superior...
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