Providence RI

(WJAR) — The Seekonk Fire Department responded to a dump truck fire on Route 195 on Tuesday night. The department says that responding firefighters found the cab of the dump fully engulfed in flames. The heat caused a leak from the 75-gallon diesel tank, according to fire officials. Crews...

A man has died after being hit by multiple vehicles on Interstate 295 in Cumberland, Rhode Island, on Tuesday night. Rhode Island State Police told WJAR they responded to I-295 north for a report of a crash involving a tow truck and a pedestrian. Troopers said they found a man with fatal injuries at the scene. They said the man appeared to have...

PROVIDENCE, RI — Members of the Rhode Island Violent Fugitive Task Force arrested a Johnston man on April 21, 2026. Talamise Perez Santiago, 22, of Johnston, was arrested on an affidavit and arrest warrant from the Providence Police Department. Santiago faces charges of felony assault and breaking and entering.

The personal information of thousands of Citizens Bank customers has been compromised in a data breach that targeted a third-party company.

The fourth Sobriety Checkpoint for 2026 has been announced for the area by Massachusetts State Police. Colonel Geoffrey Noble, Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police, announced that a “Sobriety Checkpoint” will be implemented by the Massachusetts State Police on a Public Way in Bristol County. According to MSP,...

Plainville, MA — The centers of energy were aligned for Chakra on Tuesday (April 21) as she turned in her best effort in two years while winning the $13,000 conditioned pacing headliner at Plainridge Park. Sent off at 1-9, Chakra and driver Matty Athearn went right to the front...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The 195 District officially cut the ribbon on its new park pavilion, adding a year-round gathering space to one of Rhode Island’s fastest-growing public destinations. Located at the center of 195 District Park, the pavilion is designed to serve residents, workers and visitors in the...

Rhode Island State Police are investigating a crash that happened on I-295 North in Cumberland Tuesday night.

A new organizing committee of dining workers is demanding reforms to Dining Services through a petition that has amassed around 500 signatures. The committee announced the petition early April through an Instagram video. The petition calls on the University to develop comprehensive, building-specific emergency response plans, which did not exist...

Fifty state college and university employees were mailed corrected tax forms on the afternoon of April 15 — the very day they were due to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Rhode Island’s Division of Taxation. Department of Administration spokesperson Karen Greco confirmed to Rhode Island Current that the state issued corrected W-2s because of […]