Providence RI

Two men have been charged following a monthslong investigation into drug trafficking in Coventry and Warwick.

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GROTON, Conn. — General Dynamics Electric Boat plans to increase its workforce by more than 30% this year. Leaders say that expansion is enabled by “extremely high” international demand for its submarines. Electric Boat is the number one supplier of submarines to the U.S. Navy as well...

COVENTRY, R.I. (WPRI) — Newly-released body-worn camera footage shows the moment officers attempted to stop a Pawtucket man who crashed his car into a Coventry home last month. Officers were called to Anthony Street the night of March 3 for a disturbance, and later learned three people may have...

The state is expected to have about 1.05 million residents a quarter-century from now.

(WJAR) — A man on a moped is accused of robbing two individuals in the parking lot of a Pawtucket restaurant. The Pawtucket Police Department says that after midnight, the suspect drove up to two individuals parked outside of Royal Friend Chicken on 270 Dexter Street and robbed them.

Federal agents arrested a man wanted in connection with a triple shooting at a Worcester bar. Xabiel Feliciano, a 30-year-old Worcester resident, was taken into custody Wednesday in North Providence, Rhode Island, by the U.S. Marshals Service, according to a statement from the USMS. On Dec. 29, three people were...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — The Providence Police Department said its Narcotics Bureau arrested a man after a months-long investigation into an illegal narcotics distribution operation. Thirty-seven-year-old Jonathan Garcia was charged with possession with intent to deliver cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin, as well as trafficking-related charges. A search warrant for...

PROVIDENCE, RI — State Police arrested two men on multiple driving-related charges following separate incidents in the city. At 9:45 a.m., troopers arrested Ryan Gobern, 49, of East Providence, for leaving the scene of an accident resulting in damage to an attended vehicle and driving on a suspended license, 4th or more offense.

DIGHTON, Mass. (WJAR) — A father-daughter duo has taken both of their dreams, and made them a reality. Heather Medeiros, 43, and her dad Evaristo Lopez Jr., 64 , launched a business last year that was three years in the making. “I’ve always had this dream to have a...