Providence RI

(WJAR) — A Woonsocket woman who had been in the custody of U.S. Customs since November has been released and reunited with her family. According to her attorney, Todd Pomerleau, Eva Mendes was freed late Friday night. Mendes was returning from a vacation to Cape Verde on November 5,...

WARWICK, R.I. (WJAR) — A number of flights out of T.F. Green scheduled for Jan. 26 have been canceled ahead of expected heavy snow. Flight statuses at the airport can be found here.

Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn, III has announced that a 44-year-old man pled guilty and was sentenced before the Honorable Rene Dupuis in the Fall River Superior Court. Jordan Caetano of New Bedford was sentenced to serve 8 to 10 years in State Prison for a shooting and related...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — It's been no small potatoes that Rhode Islanders have been able to choose the image of Mr. Potato Head as a specialty license plate for decades.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WJAR) — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation and Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee announced that a ban on truck travel will be implemented on interstate highways during Sunday's snowstorm. The restriction for Massachusetts will begin at noon Sunday and continue until noon Monday. MassDOT said...

Tucked away in Providence’s Olneyville neighborhood sits a humble white building that has Rhode Islanders making pilgrimages from every corner of the Ocean State, their stomachs growling and their wallets intact. Olneyville New York System isn’t trying to impress anyone with fancy decor or trendy menu items, yet...

FALL RIVER, Mass. (WJAR) — Fall River police said a paraprofessional employed by a Fall River elementary school was arrested on multiple assault charges. According to police, they investigated allegations of abuse involving a school member and a juvenile student at Carlton Viveiros Elementary School. Officials said...

We’ve marked this story free to all users in the interest of public safety. Please consider supporting local journalists covering the community through a subscription . Due to the major snow storm under way Sunday, Jan. 25, a number of cancellations have been pouring in. Rhode Island schools have already started...

(WJAR) — Rhode Island State Police said five people, including former state and city employees, were arrested for social service program fraud. Officials said two of those people, Leng Chy and John Depasqual, were state employees when the alleged crime occurred. Another person, Daniel Tuirok, was a Cranston...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — The family of a man who police say was beaten to death by a group of minors on Manton Avenue in Providence is calling for justice. Rony Alonzo, 51, died Thursday night. Police said earlier in the week an 11-year-old and three 12-year-olds knocked him to the ground, then repeatedly punched,...