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Pawtucket Mayor Donald Grebien has served as mayor for nearly 16 years, and he's asking voters to elect him for another term. Grebien joined 12 News at 4 on Wednesday to talk about challenges facing the city, the status of Memorial Hospital, and more.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — After 36 years, two Rhode Island radio broadcasting legends are calling it a career. Paul and Al held their last show on 94 HJY Thursday morning. The duo started in 1990 after Carolyn Fox and Rudy Cheeks left the station. According to their website bio, they rank second all-time in longevity [

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Officers responded to Ottawa Street around 2 a.m. where they found spent shell casings in the roadway.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Cleanup work may begin later this week at the site of a three-story home destroyed by fire nearly three months ago at 160 Carpenter St., according to men who said the property owner hired them to remove the remaining debris. The home was destroyed in...

Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee (D) is trailing his challenger Helena Foulkes ahead of the upcoming Democratic gubernatorial primary, according to a new poll. The survey from Emerson College Polling and Nexstar affiliate WPRI-TV 12 shows Foulkes with a 15-point lead over the incumbent. The former CVS health official garner

Several dozen Rhode Island homeowners aggrieved by the “Taylor Swift tax” are channeling its eponymous songwriter by saying to the state in a lawsuit, “Look What You Made Me Do.”. A lawsuit filed Aug. 19 in Newport Superior Court seeks to invalidate the state’s new “Non-Owner Occupied...

FBI Warning Triggers Arrest of Providence High School Student. A student at Central High School was arrested on Wednesday after the FBI alerted the Providence Police about threats made against the school. According to Principal Ashley Ferranti, the administration “received a report regarding a threat of violence direct

(WJAR) — Providence police said a man was injured after a dirt bike crash on Wednesday. According to police, officers responded to Broad Street near Parkis Street for a report of a crash. The dirt bike driver, a 22-year-old man, lost control and struck a tree, officials said. Police...

About one in four applicants seeking to be Rhode Island’s first inspector general has the certification required for the job, the commission tasked with selecting finalists revealed Wednesday. Only eight of the 33 applicants had certification from the Association of Inspectors General, but the panel narrowed the candid