Providence RI

A Massachusetts man wanted in connection with a kidnapping in Boston was arrested in Rhode Island on Saturday.

The Music Complex RI has opened a North Providence location at 1854 Smith St., giving the family-run company three Rhode Island sites. The business sells and repairs instruments, offers lessons and rents rehearsal space. The new shop held its grand opening Monday, Sept. 14, according to The Valley Breeze. What...

An investigation is underway after a person was stabbed near Humboldt Avenue on Monday morning.

(WJAR) — The Providence Police Department responded to a serious crash early Sunday morning. Police responded around 1:00 a.m. to South Water Street for the crash. An NBC 10 news crew observed significant damage to multiple vehicles. The extent of injuries was not immediately known. This story will be...

Parents of Smithfield students eligible for special education services may be affected by how the district finalizes its observation policy, which committee members say must be revised to separate parental rights from rules for outside providers before a second reading and vote. The Smithfield School Committee held a f

Explore amazing animal stories – visit Animal of Things Now and follow us! If you searched for whether you can own a cougar in Rhode Island because you saw an old listicle claiming the Ocean State issues personal big-cat permits, you are working from outdated information. Federal law changed the entire landscape for

On June 1, 1968, a dairy farmer from Point Judith opened a donut shop in a converted sub sandwich joint on a busy stretch of Route 2 with roughly $40 in his pocket and a $7,000 debt hanging over him. By the 1980s, the place was moving up to 800 dozen donuts a day. That […]

Stycos Calls on Johnson & Wales to Make Payment to Cranston for its $40 Million in Property. Cranston citywide city council candidate Steven Stycos is calling for Johnson & Wales University to make voluntary payments to the City of Cranston in lieu of taxes. Styco is a former council member...

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WARWICK, RI — State Police arrested two people on domestic violence charges following a disturbance on Route 95 North early Tuesday morning. Troopers arrested Marques Mosby, 35, of Warwick, at 5:20 a.m. for domestic violence – simple assault and domestic violence – disorderly conduct. The arrest resulted...