Providence RI

A Providence man is facing charges connected to a highway hit-and-run that happened earlier this week, 12 News has learned.

The financially-troubled city of Central Falls filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection on Aug. 1, 2011, after receiver Robert Flanders Jr. was unable to get enough concessions from past and current employees. Flanders took the action because of the city’s dire financial problems, driven in part by a grossly...

ATTLEBORO, Mass. (WPRI) — A man was seriously injured after investigators say he fell 20 feet through a skylight at an auto repair shop in Attleboro Saturday morning. According to Attleboro Fire Chief Scott LaChance On Saturday, Sept. 6, at just after 11 a.m, firefighters were called to an auto shop on Pleasant St.,...

Firefighters battled a fire that broke out at a business in Warwick Saturday afternoon.

The Rhode Island farmhouse was made famous by the supernatural blockbuster "The Conjuring." It was last sold for $1.5 million.

Manville, RI — Recently, at St. James Parish in Manville, a 65-year-old time capsule was discovered on the construction site of the future Village at Manville and opened by the construction team at Pariseault Builders. ADEP and Venagro carefully excavated it, and Emery performed the hygienic cleaning to prepare it...

Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn, III has announced that a Fall River man was sentenced in the Fall River Superior Court by the Honorable Thomas Perrino on Friday to serve a State Prison sentence of 38-40 years for an Attempted Murder, Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon Causing Serious Bodily...

FALL RIVER, Mass. (WPRI) — Matthew Nelson is frustrated by the number of ATV and dirt bike riders that drive recklessly past his Fall River home almost daily. “You hear them coming and it’s scary,” Nelson said. Nelson told 12 News a rider crashed into his car at the corner of Broadway and Osborn Street. […]

The $10.5 million renovation is designed to increase the Branch Avenue building's capacity for more children and families.

Boston Globe Reporter Christopher Gavin joined 12 News at 4 Thursday to explain how RIPTA came to this decision, reactions from transit advocates and how these changes will affect riders.