Providence RI

(WJAR) — The Providence Board of Licenses is set discuss Mi Sueño nightclub this week following a shooting incident over the weekend. On Sunday, the Providence Police Department said it responded around 2:00 a.m. to the restaurant on Broad Street. Security told police that shots were fired after...

CRANSTON, RI — Police have arrested a 61-year-old man in connection with a series of residential break-ins in the Edgewood section of the city. Terrence R. Madden, of Central Falls, was taken into custody on Jan. 12, 2026, without incident on an active arrest warrant. Madden was wanted for...

NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI — A Pawtucket woman turned herself in to state police on fraud charges Tuesday morning. Amanda Cooper, 36, of Pawtucket, was arrested at 11:30 a.m. at the Wickford Barracks on charges of obtaining property by false pretenses/impersonation over $10,000 and fraudulently obtaining public assistance...

An investigation is underway after a fire broke out at a home in Rehoboth early Wednesday morning.

(WJAR) — Rhode Island will see a new Chick-fil-A location open on Thursday in East Greenwich. NBC 10 got an early look inside a day before the grand opening. This new Chick-fil-A is on Division Street in East Greenwich, located just two and a half miles from Rhode Island’s other public Chick-fil-A location in Warwick.

EDWARDSVILLE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A traffic stop in Edwardsville led to police arresting a man accused of manslaughter in Rhode Island. On January 8, troopers conducted a traffic stop on South Wyoming Avenue in Edwardsville for a vehicle code violation. The driver, Deshawn Anderson, 42, of Plymouth, was...

On February 9, 2017, Providence and State Police officers unleashed gunfire on a pickup truck stopped on Route I-95. Dozens of shots were fired into the truck, killing the driver and badly wounding a female passenger. One of the ten officers at the center of the shooting was then-Providence Police...

NORTH SMITHFIELD – North Smithfield police aided the Massachusetts State Police in apprehension of a Providence woman evading officers in a stolen vehicle with two flat tires last month, according to reports. Lazandra Hightower, 32, was charged with felony possession of a stolen vehicle and reckless driving in North...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — A 60-year-old Cranston man was sentenced to two years' probation and the payment of $1.37 million in restitution in U.S. District Court on Tuesday for underreporting income to avoid paying taxes from 2007 to 2013. William L'Europa pled guilty to the charges in 2025. With...

A southeastern Massachusetts family is dealing with an unthinkable tragedy for a second time. According to a GoFundMe fundraiser, 19-year-old Concetta Sherman of Yarmouth died on Friday from the same cause as her sister. 24-year-old Theresa Leary of West Warwick, RI, and formerly of Brockton, died unexpectedly on...