Providence RI

Highlights: Father ordered to pay $500 above support guideline as contribution to tuition Mother sought half of child’s tuition in addition to support Judge Lanni found no abuse of discreti...

(WJAR) — Rhode Island State Police will host a Women's Recruitment Forum on Tuesday. Potential candidates can hear from female troopers about their experiences as a state trooper. Applicants for the 2026 Rhode Island State Police Training Academy will be accepted until the end of September. The forum will...

EDITOR’S NOTE — This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. There is also an online chat at 988lifeline.org. The calls may come from teens hiding inside high school bathroom stalls, from...

Police have canceled the search for a 16-year-old who reportedly fled from an Attleboro group home late last month, saying the teen has been found.

As Brown students flocked back to campus last weekend, they may have noticed a large brown bird wandering the streets. He is known as the College Hill turkey — a moniker the Providence community has lovingly bestowed upon the bird. The turkey is male and most likely “anywhere between...

A health policy expert for RIPIN warns that the current RI law has its limits when it comes to insurance covering vaccines.

NORTH SMITHFIELD – A Pawtucket man with a criminal record under two different names was arrested in August and is now facing charges related to a break in and theft at a North Smithfield consignment shop. Antron Dublin, 45, of Pawtucket, also known as Antron Russell, has been charged...

DARTMOUTH, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey is asking for more than $160 million in her supplemental budget for county sheriffs in the state, with a large chunk of that going to cover free phone calls for jail inmates. The state's no-cost calls law, signed by Healey...

Scott Camara, 44, pleaded guilty in April to charges of perjury and conspiracy to falsify records. A driving school manager charged in the Massachusetts State Police commercial license bribery scandal will spend a month in federal prison following his sentencing Monday. Scott Camara, 44, pleaded guilty in April to...

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (WLNE) — We’re learning more from the city of Pawtucket on its pitch to keep the Hasbro toy company in the city. City officials have forwarded a July letter they sent the toy giant, showing some of the propositions they’re granting so Hasbro doesn’t move to Boston.