Community Focus: Woonsocket Mayor Christopher Beauchamp
Woonsocket is planning to close its sludge incinerator despite the potential economic impacts it could have on the region.
Federal grant funds $150,000 drone for first responder system in Warwick
WARWICK, R.I. (WJAR) — The Warwick Police Department is set to get a new drone, designed to reach an emergency faster and provide information to police prior to their arrival. "In this line of work to make sure that when our officers that are running into danger or running...
RI sees biggest increase in heating oil prices nationwide
Heating oil prices have increased by $1.71 a gallon in the last year in RI.
Rhode Island Energy warns customers about rise in ‘sophisticated scams’
Rhode Island Energy is advising customers to stay vigilant after "an increase in reported scam attempts across the state."
Judge refuses Brown University’s request to dismiss arrest records lawsuit
A Superior Court judge on Tuesday rejected Brown University’s request to dismiss a lawsuit filed last year by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Rhode Island over access to arrest reports by its campus police. The bench decision by Associate Justice Shannon Signore allows the case challenging whether the...
Track 15 Announces Two New Food Additions
Track 15 will be home to two new vendors this spring: a second location for Newport’s acclaimed Yagi Noodles and a new concept, Grumpy Pies. The food hall has been one of the most exciting and innovative additions to Providence in decades and has attracted hundreds of thousands of visitors in its first year.
Man, 58, dies after crash in Cranston
CRANSTON, R.I. (WJAR) — Cranston police said a bicyclist has died after a crash Monday night. According to police, they received a report of a bicyclist down in the roadway near Wellington Avenue and Well Avenue. Police said they found a man who sustained serious injuries, including multiple lacerations...
‘We heard a thud’: Plane hits coyote during takeoff at TF Green
Erin Drozda and her wife are supposed to be in Costa Rica, but their travel plans got interrupted by a coyote.
Man sentenced to at least 12 years in prison for OUI crash that killed...
(WJAR) — A New York man accused of driving drunk in Somerset, and killing three people on Christmas day in 2023, had his day in court Monday. Adam Gauthier, 43, had been charged with three counts of manslaughter while operating a vehicle under the influence and two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
George Haseotes, part of Cumberland Farms family, dies at 94
A business that would eventually include 600 stores was founded by his parents, Greek immigrants Vasilios Spiros Haseotes and Aphrodite Bassis Haseotes. With just $84 and one cow, the couple started a dairy farm in their hometown of Cumberland. Through the years, the farm grew and the family opened its first dairy...

















