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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — A Florida man was sentenced Friday to four years in state prison for his role in a 2023 drive-by shooting and police chase in East Providence. Joshua Pavao pleaded no contest to three felony charges, including drive-by shooting, carrying a pistol without a license, and leaving the scene of a c

A memorial to a 7-year-old girl who was shot to death in Providence caught fire by accident. Officials said candles started the fire. Ny'Eil Kelley Pires was was sitting in her car on Florence Street in Providence with her brother and her father when she was shot in August 2024. She died three days later at Hasbro Chil

A local man is dead after a late-night motorcycle crash. According to Rhode Island State Polce, at approximately 11:00 p.m. on Thursday, the Rhode Island State Police and Providence Fire Department responded to a reported single-motorcycle crash on Route 195 West at Exit 1C (South Main Street) in Providence. Upon...

TAUNTON — The historic flatiron building that sits at the corner of Cohannet and Winthrop streets will soon breathe commercial life once again with a brand-new restaurant. Flatiron Provisions, Inc. is slated to open this September, according to its website . The restaurant is marketing itself on its website as a "moder

A family of eight in Warwick is picking up the pieces after a massive tree crashed onto the roof of their home early on July 2.

Charles Ortiz, 18, has been held without bail since the incident on May 12.

Newly released video shows the frightening moments before a deadly wrong-way crash on the Southeast Expressway that killed one person and injured four others.

It's state-of-the-art retinal imaging and screening software. "This is the latest and greatest technology," said Jessica Eagles, CEO of The Rhode Island Free Clinic. "We serve between 15 to 1700 patients a year and not only are we doing primary care, we're a medical health home. We have over 20 specialties."

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Paolino Properties announced it has acquired four parking facilities in downtown Providence for $16.5 million. According to officials, the parking properties were acquired from Granoff Associates LLC. The parking facilities are located at 66 Weybosset St., 36 Pine St., 11 Pine St., and 18 Cust

Above: St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, including the spire. The church is looking for permission to rebuild it using lead-lined copper. After decades of deterioration, the spire atop St. Luke’s Episcopal Church will soon come down. The East Greenwich Historic District Commission voted Tuesday, July 8, to approve demolitio