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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Providence police said a woman is facing an arson charge after a house fire early Tuesday. According to police, officers responded to a residence on Prairie Avenue at around 1:38 a.m. for a report of property damage. Officers were told that a resident, 46-year-old Crystal...

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Emergency crews responded Tuesday afternoon to a house fire on Indian Road, off Willett Avenue in Riverside.

Opening statements are expected to begin on Wednesday morning, and the trial is expected to last about three weeks.

(WJAR) — The Warwick Police Department arrested a 34-year-old man on narcotics charges. Police charged Andrew Lynch with a felony count of manufacturing/delivery, and possession with intent to manufacture a Schedule I/II controlled substance. The department says they collected 60.2 grams of methamphetamine, $7,670 in c

Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn, III has announced that a 23-year-old New Bedford man will be sentenced after being convicted by a jury last week of First-Degree Murder by Deliberate Premeditation and Firearms Offenses. John Geovanni Pires Monteiro Macedo will be sentenced by the Honorable William White t

(WJAR) — The Rhode Island Department of Transportation advises motorists to seek alternate routes as they begin a series of weekend overnight closures on Interstate 95 starting Friday, Oct. 16. The closures will take place at the Route 10, or Exit 33, interchange in Providence and Cranston. Right now,...

BRISTOL, R.I. (WJAR) — State environmental officials are working with NOAA Fisheries to assess a dead, 5-foot sturgeon found aboard a sailboat moored off the Herreshoff Marine Museum. The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management said personnel did not observe any obvious signs of trauma when collecting the f

Warwick, Rhode Island has slipped past the launch window its police chief set in March, and the reason sits at the end of the runway. Col. Michael G. Lima told the Providence Journal that the city’s Drone as First Responder program is waiting on Federal Aviation Administration airspace approvals that could take another

(WJAR) — General Treasurer James Diossa announced Phase 3 for the RI AnchorHome program on Tuesday. The program is aimed at helping first-time homebuyers in Rhode Island. It teams up with financial institutions to make homeownership attainable, according to the Treasurer’s office. The program launched in December 2025.