Rhode Island Hospital staff handled two mass shootings in 65 days
Dr. Stephanie Lueckel was decorating her Christmas tree at home, "trying to have a moment" with her three children on Saturday, Dec. 13. Then she got a text about a mass shooting at Brown University. As she hustled to her car to make her way to Rhode Island Hospital , Lueckel was on the phone arranging for somebody...
Thayer Street Business Closing After Nearly 60 Years
Thayer Street Business Closing After Nearly 60 Years. Thayer Street in Providence - the commercial corridor on the East Side by Brown University - is seeing another business shakeup. This week, Spectrum India, which featured a wide range of gifts and novelties, announced that it is closing after nearly six...
Rhode Island Teacher’s Assistant Arrested After Cocaine Found in Elementary School Bathroom
A teaching assistant in Rhode Island has been arrested after a small bag of cocaine was allegedly found in a bathroom in the elementary school she works at. Police responded to Chester W. Barrows Elementary School on Thursday, March 12, around 11 a.m. after they received a report regarding the drugs, according to the...
11-year-old arrested after online threat closes elementary school
WOONSOCKET, R.I. (WPRI) — Police have arrested an 11-year-old accused of making an online threat toward Coleman Elementary School. The Woonsocket Police Department first learned of the threat Sunday evening. Though officers were able to clear the school, administrators opted to cancel classes Monday out of an...
Authorities say warehouse fire in Cranston sparked during repairs to loading dock
CRANSTON, R.I. (WJAR) — Cranston fire officials said the fire at a warehouse last Tuesday was deemed accidental. The fire at Greylawn Foods left behind major damage to the building. According to officials, the fire started while a maintenance worker was making repairs to one of the loading docks.
Man, 18, faces two counts of video voyeurism at University of Rhode Island
University of Rhode Island police said Tuesday that a suspect in a campus voyeurism investigation has been arrested. "On March 16, 2026, at approximately 5 p.m., officers from the University of Rhode Island Police Department and the Woonsocket Police Department served an arrest warrant for Evan Alexander Bouphavong,...
License Renewal for Seniors in Rhode Island: What You Need to Know
In Rhode Island, senior drivers face tighter renewal rules and more frequent check‑ins than younger drivers, but the process is straightforward if you know the age‑based requirements. When and how often seniors renew. For most adults under 72, a Rhode Island driver’s license is valid for five years....
Smithfield police find missing autistic teen
Police said David Vitale, 16, was last seen near 400 Log Road.
14 displaced by fire at multi-family Pawtucket home
No occupants of the Fountain Street home were hurt, but a firefighter was taken to the hospital for observation.
Time for R.I. to Ban Nonnative Invaders
Invasive privet is a popular landscape choice for the new houses being built along the shoreline of the East Passage of Narragansett Bay in Portsmouth, R.I. (Frank Carini/ecoRI News) Rhode Island is the only New England state that doesn’t have a list of invasive plants that are banned, or at...
