Providence RI

FALL RIVER, Mass. (WLNE) — A man accused of repeatedly stabbing former Fall River Mayor Will Flanagan is expected to face a judge Thursday. 31-year-old Corree Gonzalez will appear for a hearing stemming from two felony charges in the October 20 Hartwell Street incident. Gonzalez was arrested and arraigned...

The minimum wage for workers will increase in 19 states and 49 cities and counties next month, with the wage floor reaching $15 per hour in dozens of localities, a new report found. Though the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour has not increased since 2009, many state and...

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (WJAR) — Speed camera citations are declining across most of Rhode Island, but Pawtucket is an exception, and the increase is boosting city revenue. Last school year, every city with automated speed enforcement saw citations fall except Pawtucket, according to data obtained by the NBC 10 I-Team.

PROVIDENCE – A Battle Ground, Washington woman has pleaded guilty in federal court in Rhode Island to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, and one count of possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, announced Acting United States Attorney...

The Rhode Island State Police’s second-in-command will step down from his $250,000-a-year job to ensure the state’s Roman Catholic clergy and staff adhere to the law and their own internal policies. Lt. Col Robert Creamer was tapped by the Diocese of Providence Tuesday to be its next director of compliance, a role...

Hidden among the strip malls and busy streets of Cranston lies a breakfast paradise that locals guard like a treasured family recipe. Cranston Diner, with its modest exterior on Oaklawn Avenue, might not catch your eye at first glance, but those fluffy, perfectly-crafted omelets inside are worth slamming on the...

For the first time, state housing officials will take an active role in gathering data for the annual census of Rhode Island’s unhoused population likely in late January. The Executive Office of Housing will be the lead coordinator of volunteers who fan out across the state to conduct the yearly Point in Time Count,...

PROVIDENCE, RI — A Providence man was arrested early Wednesday morning on two outstanding warrants following a traffic stop. Kenneth Irizarry, 45, of Providence, was taken into custody at 2:18 a.m. on Royal Little Drive. Irizarry was arrested on a Kent County Superior Court bench warrant for failure to...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — A Guatemalan national who resisted arrest by federal law enforcement officers was sentenced Wednesday, according to Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom. Cristian Aroldo Pineda Diaz was sentenced to time served. According to Bloom, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and...

A boat owner was arrested in Rhode Island last month after he was allegedly found poaching fish with two other people. According to Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management officials, Rhode Island Environmental Police Officers intercepted three Massachusetts men in Newport, Rhode Island for multiple marine...