Providence RI

Firefighters were called to the house off Harrison Street just after 9:30 a.m. for the fire in the second-floor apartment.

(WJAR) — Lights and Sirens International held its annual Thanksgiving Basket Distribution on Saturday. Volunteers and partners handed out turkeys and other food items in Cranston and Woonsocket. The work is supported by donors, board members and state and local police. Lights and Sirens is dedicated to strengthening...

After serving Awful Awfuls for more than 60 years, the Newport Creamery at Garden City Center in Cranston is closing a year earlier than expected.

A series of high-profile events at Rhode Island schools has raised attention to questions of appropriate speech, antisemitism, and bullying. The three episodes have taken place across the state, in both affluent and non-affluent school districts, and have affected nearly every corner of Rhode Island. The three are...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter Neronha announced that a North Attleboro man has been found guilty in Providence County Superior Court of manslaughter in the death of 22-year-old Zackary Marshall in 2010. Following the conclusion of a 10-day trial before Superior Court Justice Maureen Keough, a jury found...

PROVIDENCE, RI — State Police made six arrests over the weekend on charges ranging from drug possession to driving under the influence. On Saturday at 1 p.m., troopers arrested Christina Wilding, 40, of Pawtucket, for possession of a scheduled I to V controlled substance (morphine) – 10 grams or less.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — An Indian citizen living in Dorchester, Mass. has been charged after allegedly targeting elderly Rhode Island residents in a financial scam where he posed as a federal official. Samyag Uday Doshi, 25, in the U.S. on a student visa, is charged with conspiracy to commit...

The oversized termite that keeps watch over I-95 got into the holiday spirit Sunday night.

Rhode Island needs to put the pedal to the metal on its clean energy transition — while reducing its reliance on driving — if it wants to achieve its own decarbonization mandates, according to a new report by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM). The 9.52 million metric tons of carbon...

Providence, R.I. – A man from Coventry has been convicted in Kent County Superior Court on several charges of child molestation. In September, after a five-day trial presided over by Superior Court Justice Brian Van Couyghen, jurors convicted 65-year-old David Ouellette on seven counts of first-degree child...