Providence RI

Attleboro police say that at around 4:43 a.m. on Sunday, officers went to Brennan Middle School after its alarm system was activated. Upon arrival, they found that multiple lockers had been searched.

FALL RIVER ─ Corree K. Gonzales, the city man who is accused of the brutal and unprovoked stabbing attack on former city mayor Will Flanagan one year ago outside the marijuana dispensary he co-owns on Hartwell Street, is due back in court for a status review hearing on Nov. 2.

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If the council matches the high bid after the state auction, Warren would acquire the former National Guard property on Market Street. A council member floated housing the ambulance there and possibly a community center, but speakers said no uses are decided and a vote would probably fall to the next council, or possibly come in November.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Providence police responded to a report that there were shots fired in an apartment complex on Saturday night. The report was made after a bullet hole was discovered by a resident in the wall and a projectile found in the same room. Officers arrested Sean...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Hundreds of couples gathered at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Providence for a Mass honoring their milestone wedding anniversaries. The annual service, led by the bishop, gives couples a chance to renew their marriage vows and reflect on the years they have spent together.

Two caretakers at Trinity Cemetery in Providence were hospitalized after they were reportedly slashed across the face Sunday evening.

Rhode Island households that struggle with winter heating bills can now apply for the state’s Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, known as LIHEAP. The program also offers crisis grants for homes facing a heat shutoff. The Rhode Island Department of Human Services says the application period for federal fiscal year 2027 opened October 1, […]

NORTH PROVIDENCE, RI — A New Bedford man was arrested early Saturday morning following a traffic stop on Route 146 North. Troopers arrested Eduin Palacios Cardona, 24, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, at 1:43 a.m. on Oct. 17, 2026. Palacios Cardona was charged with driving under the influence of liquor...

The change in plans, RIDOT said, came because of the progress workers made on demolition work on Friday night and early Saturday morning.