Providence RI

A 28-year-old man is facing charges after he allegedly attacked a woman and her child with a hammer over the weekend in Cranston.

A former Rhode Island firefighter who died in Connecticut was honored on Monday. Black and purple drapes hung over the Connecticut firehouses where Michael Terrio worked. Terrio was riding his motorcycle on I-95 in Guilford, Connecticut, on Friday, when he hit another car from behind. He died at Yale New...

Classical High School in Providence was ranked by U.S. News & World Report as the top public high school in Rhode Island this year. But what other schools made the top of the list? Just about 18,000 high schools across the nation were ranked by the American media company for its 2025 to 2026 "best schools" list . And...

Many students will be welcomed back to the classroom with major upgrades to their learning spaces, including in North Providence.

(WJAR) — Numerous Rhode Island leaders helped celebrate the opening of a new manufacturing facility at Quonset Business Park. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on Monday morning for Andruil’s New Quonset Point Manufacturing Facility. The new facility helps create Andruil’s large-scale production of autonomous Large...

(WJAR) — The Providence Police Department is investigating a shooting that took place Sunday night in the city. The department responded around 6:29 p.m. to Public Street for a reported shooting. Responding officers found a wounded male juvenile. His injuries were described as non-life-threatening, according to the...

A woman and her juvenile child were injured in a hammer attack in Cranston on Saturday. The incident occurred on Dyer Avenue at the Riverbend housing complex shortly after noon. According to police, both victims sustained injuries to their heads - officers said both were bleeding, with a “large amount...

(WJAR) — Butler Hospital union workers who had been on strike began returning to work over the weekend. SEIU 1199NE and Butler Hospital released a joint statement about the workers returning to work at the hospital on Sunday. Both groups say the return process will continue each day until...

BRISTOL, R.I. (WJAR) — A bronze sculpture depicting people impacted by the transatlantic slave trade and their descendants was unveiled at Independence Park in Bristol on Sunday. The life-size bronze sculpture, named Our Ancestors Come With Us, is the work of Spencer Evans, artist and faculty member at Rhode...

(WJAR) — The family of retired Judge Frank Caprio’s announced details for this week’s funeral services. The beloved Rhode Island figured died last week on Wednesday, August 20th after a fight with cancer. There will be a public visitation ceremony at the Rhode Island Convention Center on...