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EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — A teen in East Providence was charged after a video surfaced of a student setting fire to toilet paper in a school bathroom. It’s just the latest case in a string of dangerous stunts posted to social media by kids around the state.

A man suspected of multiple graffiti and vandalism incidents in Providence has been arrested. According to police, during September and October, the Community Response Team (CRT) identified Elan Vargas as a suspect in multiple graffiti and vandalism incidents across the city. Former City Councilor Michael Correia,...

The Providence City Council’s attempt to ban gas-powered leaf blowers has some local landscapers concerned.

"The keratin from the base that's damaged is going to grow back," Sheida Soleimani said. "So we did a kind of bridge with dental epoxy."

A Rhode Island man who died while on the job this week is being remembered. According to the Providence Journal, 64-year-old Robert Leech of North Smithfield fell approximately 10 feet through a basement stairway opening at a job site on 1249 Sherman Farm Road in Burrillville on Thursday. He struck his head on the...

Amid a teacher shortage in Rhode Island public schools, some Brown students are stepping in front of the blackboard as substitute teachers. The first day of the 2024-25 school year saw 104 teacher vacancies across the Providence Public School District. This metric improved in the 2025-26 school year, but over 70...

Police said an 11-year-old and a 10-year-old were found with a Smith & Wesson CO2 Air Pistol at Globe Elementary School.

The Westminster Street high-rise, formerly known as the Industrial Trust building, has sat vacant since Bank of America moved out in 2013.

Rhode Island’s Medicaid program is contemplating an end to coverage for GLP-1 drugs prescribed for weight loss. The proposal appears in the Rhode Island’s Executive Office of Health and Human Services’ 270-page operating budget submission for fiscal year 2027. The coverage change could take effect as early as July 1,...

On October 9, 1635, the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony delivered a sentence that echoed across centuries. Roger Williams, a fiery preacher and uncompromising advocate for liberty of conscience, was banished for the heresy of questioning the colony’s authority to pass laws about religion.