Providence RI

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Pursuant to CAPTA amendment 42 U.S.C. § 5106(b)(2)(B)(x), the Department of Children, Youth & Families is disclosing the near fatality of a 2-month-old infant. The DCYF investigation into this incident has concluded and determined this near fatality resulted from maltreatment. The infant was not...

WARWICK, R.I. (WJAR) — Warwick police said a Rhode Island Public Transit Authority bus was involved in a crash on Monday. According to police, the bus was traveling north on Post Road when a vehicle existing Route 37 attempted to merge into traffic. The vehicle then collided into the...

Warwick residents and visitors from neighboring Cranston, East Greenwich, and West Warwick frequently navigate toward Post Road to experience a neighborhood hub with a high-profile pedigree. Since its acquisition by the current ownership in 2013, Tavern 12 has anchored the local entertainment scene by blending a...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Hartford, CT – Spring break travelers and residents across Connecticut and Rhode Island face a hidden overnight danger as tornado-capable storms can strike while most people are asleep and unaware....

After Thursday's sentencing, the former police officer will face burglary charges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

A statewide spike in suspected, non-fatal drug overdoses last week — 55 in all — triggered the threshold for a public alert from the Rhode Island Department of Health for the first time in three years. For the period between March 10 and March 16, there were 55 people who received emergency department care for […]

A routine Monday afternoon in Pawtucket exploded into violence when a 16-year-old boy was found bleeding from a stab wound on Clyde Street. Police say they were called to the scene at 2:30 p.m. after reports of a disturbance, but what officers encountered was far from minor. The teenager had been stabbed, and the...

Imagine walking along a quiet river at night, only to find more than 80 blazing bonfires floating right on the water in front of you. That’s exactly what happens at WaterFire, one of the most magical public art events in the entire United States. Held in Providence, Rhode Island,...

The crash happened around noon on North Broadway, in the area of Woodward Avenue.

Charles Pona was 18 years old when he murdered 17-year-old Hector Feliciano in 1999. A year later, he ordered the killing of a 15-year-old witness — Jennifer Rivera — who was set to testify against him in the 2000 trial.