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NEW JERSEY – ShopRite supermarkets are inviting job seekers to explore career opportunities during a series of walk-in hiring fairs on Saturday, Oct. 18, the company announced. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., participating ShopRite locations across New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland,...

A RISD student said he was robbed and assaulted just off of Thayer Street on Providence’s East Side on Monday night. Police say the victim was evaluated for a possible dislocated jaw. About Incident. Shortly before 10 PM on Monday, police responded to Congdon Street for a robbery report.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Federal immigration agents were involved in a crash on Chalkstone Avenue Tuesday, according to a Providence police spokesperson. Providence police responded to a report of an accident involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and a civilian vehicle around 12:45 p.m., the...

Testing found that powerful veterinary tranquilizers called xylazine and medetomidine have been detected in the illicit drug supply in Rhode Island and across the country.

PROVIDENCE — Troopers arrested Shyler Wills, age 32, of Providence, for domestic violation of a protection order on Saturday, Oct. 11, at 10:44 a.m. The arrest resulted from a motor vehicle stop on Elmwood Avenue in Providence. Wills was processed at the Lincoln Woods Barracks, arraigned as a bail...

(WJAR) — A vehicle crashed into a historic building in Providence on Tuesday morning. An NBC 10 news crew observed a vehicle being removed from the front entrance of the Clifton A. Hall House on Broad Street. The extent of the damage to the late 19th-century building was not...

Thirty miles, 12 hours and over $4,000 raised. This Sunday, nearly 200 students from eight schools walked across the length of Rhode Island to raise money for malaria prevention. The annual event began three years ago when six friends from Brown, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tufts University and the...

According to a release, the Rhode Island State Police today announced that on Wednesday, the Rhode Island State Police HIDTA Task Force concluded a joint narcotics and firearms investigation conducted with the Massachusetts State Police CINRET (Commonwealth Interstate Narcotics Reduction Enforcement Team). As a...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The rain couldn’t stop Providence from holding its Columbus Day Parade on Sunday morning. The parade is part of the city’s 40th Annual Columbus Weekend Festival on Federal Hill. The event, held from Dean to Sutton Streets, features more than 80 food, art, and retail vendors around the area,...

(WJAR) — A family has been displaced after a fire engulfed a family car, sending flames tearing through their single-family home in Burrillville on Sunday. The fire occurred on Steere Street just off East Avenue in the Harrisville neighborhood. Fire crews were called just after 2 p.m. for reports...