Providence RI

COVENTRY, R.I. (WPRI) — Five juveniles are facing charges after allegedly leading officers on a chase through Coventry early morning on Wednesday. Police said an officer spotted two cars driving closely together on Tiogue Avenue without their headlights on and attempted to pull them over. Instead, both cars sped off....

The ex-town employee is suing the mayor, alleging he was directed to work on the mayor's private properties during town time.

A man is facing a DUI charge after being accused of hitting a woman with his car in Warwick. Police said they responded to a 911 hang-up call on Wednesday night at the Apple Cinemas with a woman screaming in the background. Officers arrived and found an injured 30-year-old woman.

CRANSTON, R.I. (WPRI) — Cranston police released body-worn camera footage showing the moment when officers confronted the man who attacked a pregnant woman and her son with a hammer last weekend. On Aug. 23, Allison King and her son Zach were leaving their Dyer Avenue apartment to go celebrate the birthday of another...

Providence, RI – Authorities are warning Rhode Island residents to be on alert after reports surfaced of a phone scam involving callers falsely posing as members of the Rhode Island State Police. According to a statement from the Rhode Island State Police shared Friday, residents have reported receiving phone...

Six weeks ago, it was clear that Rhode Island’s largest health system stood on rocky financial ground when it contemplated closing the Newport Hospital birthing center. What executives at Brown University Health didn’t say at the time: Its Rhode Island hospitals and physician groups are performing quite well. Brown...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom announced that an Ecuadorian national has pleaded guilty to a charge of illegal re-entry and also faces state child molestation charges. Manuel Yochuzga-Yopangue, a/k/a Manuel Yupangui, 34, pleaded guilty in Rhode Island federal court to the...

A SEVERE WEATHER ALERT from the Boston 25 Weather Team.

If the fact that Rhode Island’s child welfare system wastes lives isn’t enough to prompt real change, consider the staggering waste of money. New data show Rhode Island spending on child welfare is proportionately the highest rate in the nation — well over triple the national average. The amount is equal to $11,244...

BRISTOL – A life-size bronze memorial honoring the lives of enslaved people and acknowledging Bristol's involvement in the slave trade has been erected on the Bristol waterfront. The memorial, called "Our Ancestors Come With Us," was developed by the Bristol Middle Passage Port Marker Project and unveiled at a...