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The Toledo War – When Michigan and Ohio Nearly Killed Each Other Over a Strip of Land The Toledo War – When Michigan and Ohio Nearly Killed Each Other Over a Strip of Land (image credits: wikimedia) Picture this: it’s 1835, and two entire states are mobilizing militias to fight over a piece of land ... Read more The post The Other Civil War You Never Learned...

That “I’ll just get something sweet real quick” plan? It usually turns into standing in a line that looks way too familiar with the people behind the counter. Rhode Island bakeries don’t really do late morning availability. Across the state, there are spots where pastries disappear faster than you can decide between a croissant or a cinnamon roll.

HOPKINTON, RI — A woman was arrested on multiple fraud charges following a barracks investigation. Troopers arrested Misty Machado, 47, of Warwick, on Wednesday at 1:40 p.m. Machado faces charges of obtaining property by false pretense/personation over $10,000, access to computer for fraudulent purposes, identity fraud first offense, bank fraud and fraudulent use of credit card over $1,000 in a six-month period...

RANDOLPH — Chief Anthony Marag reports that the Randolph Police Department has arrested a Fall River man accused of assaulting a school bus driver from Fall River in front of several children during a dispute Tuesday morning. On Tuesday, at approximately 8:24 a.m., Randolph Police were dispatched to 1...

Joey Lin has been waiting six months for charges to be upgraded in her father's death.

The legal counsel to the Senate majority leader and a former prosecutor now serving as a probate judge in East Providence are Gov. Dan McKee’s nominees to fill two vacancies created on Rhode Island’s top trial court last fall.

Four suspects were taken into custody after a police chase and crash in Providence Wednesday afternoon.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Providence police said they are investigating a shooting incident on Tuesday. According to police, they responded to Salmon Street at around 12:01 a.m. for a report of shots fired. Officers found 17 spent shell casings and two bullet projectiles believed to be from multiple firearms,...

For the third time in about a year, an Amazon delivery contractor tied to Taunton is shutting down. Approximately 40 employees are facing layoffs from KAC Logistics, LLC, located at 350 Revolutionary Dr. in East Taunton. The company notified the state on April 16 that it plans to permanently close...

The Rhode Island Attorney General has announced the indictments of 5 people surrounding the death of missing 24-year-old Erica Bader of Central Falls. On Tuesday, the Providence Grand Jury returned an indictment charging 41-year-old Elizabeth Durand, 35-year-old Joshua Brunelle, 34-year-old Brittney Terpening, 29-year-old Andrew Cornell, and 37-year-old Stephanie Bletzer with one count...