Providence RI

Above: Katherine Creeden and Zion Sun earn the rank of valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively, for East Greenwich High School. Katherine Creeden and Zion Sun have earned top academic distinctions as valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively, for the East Greenwich High School Class of 2026. These prestigious honors recognize not only the students’ academic excellence but also their deep commitment to leadership, service, and lifelong learning...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha said a Fall River man was convicted of murder in a shooting death in 2022. According to officials, 22-year-old Je’avonie Dorvil was found guilty of second-degree murder, two counts of discharging a firearm while committing a crime of violence, assault with a dangerous weapon resulting in serious bodily injury, and two other...

NORTH SMITHFIELD, RI — A 37-year-old man was arrested following the execution of a search warrant at a residence on Pacheco Drive. Joseph Mello, of North Smithfield, was taken into custody April 15, 2026, and charged with video voyeurism. The arrest came after officers executed a court-authorized search warrant...

Two men have been charged following a monthslong investigation into drug trafficking in Coventry and Warwick.

Above: The new Hill-Skeffington Funeral Home framed, April 2026. Submitted photo. Do you have an update you’d like to see included here regarding an 02818 business? Whether it’s small or big news, we’d like to hear from you! Share the buzz: [email protected]. Even after a devastating...

GROTON, Conn. — General Dynamics Electric Boat plans to increase its workforce by more than 30% this year. Leaders say that expansion is enabled by “extremely high” international demand for its submarines. Electric Boat is the number one supplier of submarines to the U.S. Navy as well...

COVENTRY, R.I. (WPRI) — Newly-released body-worn camera footage shows the moment officers attempted to stop a Pawtucket man who crashed his car into a Coventry home last month. Officers were called to Anthony Street the night of March 3 for a disturbance, and later learned three people may have...

The state is expected to have about 1.05 million residents a quarter-century from now.

(WJAR) — A man on a moped is accused of robbing two individuals in the parking lot of a Pawtucket restaurant. The Pawtucket Police Department says that after midnight, the suspect drove up to two individuals parked outside of Royal Friend Chicken on 270 Dexter Street and robbed them.

Federal agents arrested a man wanted in connection with a triple shooting at a Worcester bar. Xabiel Feliciano, a 30-year-old Worcester resident, was taken into custody Wednesday in North Providence, Rhode Island, by the U.S. Marshals Service, according to a statement from the USMS. On Dec. 29, three people were...