Providence RI

PROVIDENCE — Troopers arrested Huascar Rivas, 27, of Providence, on a Third Division District Court Bench Warrant Wednesday, May 7, at 6:45 p.m. The warrant was for Failure to Appear for Arraignment on the charge of Driving with Suspended/Revoked/Cancelled License – Fourth and Subsequent Offense, originating from the...

STOUGHTON — Chief Donna McNamara reports that the Stoughton Police Department arrested a Fall River man on charges of breaking and entering, identity fraud and credit card fraud following an investigation into an April break-in at a local business. MARK SMITH, AGE 40, of FALL RIVER, was arrested Wednesday...

Warwick Mall, a longstanding retail center in Warwick, Rhode Island, has been a central part of the region’s commercial landscape since it opened in 1970. Located near the intersection of Interstates 295 and 95, the enclosed shopping mall boasts over 1 million square feet of retail space and features more than 80...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that a Pawtucket man has been sentenced in Providence Superior Court to life in prison for the domestic murder of his girlfriend, 30-year-old Kristine Ohler, in 2020. On Wednesday, Superior Court Justice Joseph A. Montalbano sentenced 46-year-old...

A man is in custody following an alleged kidnapping at gunpoint that began in Providence, Rhode Island, and ended at a Madison rest stop early Thursday morning, state police said.

By trade, Anthony Ricci is a landscaper and a singer – although, he says, the singing gigs aren’t what they used to be. There are way too many funerals lately. And then there’s another side to Tony, one where you can’t see his contagious smile. On a recentFriday afternoon as the temperatures finally crawled into the...

PAWTUCKET − Dawn Bolduc was wide awake on Tuesday, May 6 − the morning after her nephew, Brandon Kjenstad's , slaying. Police have accused her nephew's neighbor of shooting and killing the 28-year-old and also shooting and seriously injuring his girlfriend as she held their 2-year-old son in her arms. The boy's...

Authorities across several states in New England are investigating a pattern of suspicious deaths that could be linked as possible serial killings, raising panic, as the cases, which started in the beginning of 2025, are still unsolved. The number of bodies found across Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts...

A local police department is warning parents concerning a social media challenge that is making the rounds. According to the Cumberland Police Department, a dangerous TikTok trend called the “Chromebook Challenge” is circulating among students — and it’s something every parent should know about. This challenge...

More than 140 people turned out Saturday to help the Johnston Historical Society honor a local World War II hero. Paratrooper Emery O. Picotte was 23 when he was killed during the Battle of the Bulge in January 1945. But he was never forgotten by family or friends back home in Johnston.