Providence RI

A suspect has been arrested in connection with last week's shooting at a popular seafood restaurant in Providence, Rhode Island. A man was shot in the outdoor seating area of Capri Seafood on Federal Hill on Thursday night. When officers arrived, they said they found a 34-year-old man who had been shot in the abdomen. No update has been released on his...

(WJAR) — The Rhode Island State Police Department has identified the couple who died following a crash on I-95 over the weekend. The couple was identified as 73-year-old Bernard Omo, who was driving, and 69-year-old Milagros Olmo. Both were of Woonsocket. Police are looking into the possibility that the...

Image: When the Sky Roared by Marianne Koslosky. A Series of Acrylic Paintings by Marianne Koslosky. The Community Gallery is located in the lobby of the Attleboro Arts Museum’s Emory Street entrance. For over a decade the Museum has been pleased to offer this prominent gallery space as an...

CRANSTON, RI (April 19, 2026) – The New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association Open Fleet Race Championship hosted by Brown University finished on Sunday with Tufts University in eighth place out of 18 teams. On the final day of the regional racing schedule on Sunday, only two races in A...

Lots of regions have their own signature style of pizza. New York, Chicago, New Haven, Detroit, and even South Shore bar pizza from Massachusetts . And there's the pizza strip – divisive and distinctly Rhode Island. Because a pizza strip, also called a party pizza, red strips or a bakery pizza, isn’t trying to be like the other pizzas out there. It’s a much simpler celebration...

Providence police are investigating a hit-and-run that happened on Randall Street around 11:34 p.m. on Friday.

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Fall River Police are investigating what appears to be a city shooting. According to scanner transmissions, at just before 3:00 a.m. on Sunday, multiple calls came in for up to 15 possible shots fired in the area of Fifth Street. Officers reportedly responded to the area including the vicinity of...

How small is Rhode Island? Very small. The Ocean State is only 48 miles long and 37 miles wide, making it the tiniest state in the nation. Rhode Island is only half the size of Delaware — the second-smallest — and there are more than 500 counties in the U.S. that have a larger land area. On many U.S. maps, Rhode Island is barely visible...

CRANSTON, R.I. (WJAR) — The Applebee's at Chapel Hill in Cranston is reopens its doors to customers on April 20. This location replaces the Garden City Center Applebee's that was lost in a fire in 2024. The restaurant will be open 11 a.m. to midnight Sunday through Thursday, and...