Providence RI

The Fall River Police Department is warning residents about a potential scam involving someone falsely claiming to be a National Grid employee. Officers are currently investigating and want to make the public aware. A recent report involved a resident on Arizona Street who stated a person claimed to represent...

RAYNHAM — The Raynham Police and Fire Departments responded Tuesday afternoon after a vehicle crashed into a house. At just before 1:00 p.m., the Raynham Police and Fire Departments responded to a 911 call reporting that a vehicle crashed into a home at 1577 Broadway. When first responders arrived,...

The Cranston Police Department has identified the pedestrian who was fatally struck by a motor vehicle in the early morning hours on Sunday. The victim has been identified by the Rhode Island Medical Examiner’s Office as Vaune Vacarro, age 56. Her last known address was in Utica, New York.

Will Flanagan is advocating for a bill that would create a registry for people with violent convictions and a mental health issues.

WEST GREENWICH, R.I. (WJAR) — In a surprise trip, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon stopped in Rhode Island Monday on her Returning Education to the States tour. It was McMahon's 26th stop on her 50-states endeavor. She popped into classrooms at Exeter-West Greenwich Regional Junior Senior High School.

PROVIDENCE – After the demolition of the Duck and Bunny building on Wickenden Street, dreams of the "snuggery" restaurant coming back to Wickenden Street have been shattered after the vacant land was sold to a local developer. Duck & Bunny, a beloved restaurant on Providence's East Side, self-described as the city's...

Amy Henion doesn’t live in a tiny house, per se, but her apartment is about as close as you can get to that in Providence. She lives in the Arcade , the first indoor mall in America , which has been partially repurposed for residential living (there are 24 apartments each on the second and third floors of the old...

Providence’s tree canopy is getting a community-powered boost, and this time, local residents are leading the charge. The Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council (WRWC) is now accepting applications for Nuestros Bosques (Our Forests), a bilingual, paid urban forestry program that grows Providence’s tree canopy while...

CRANSTON, R.I. (WJAR) — Cranston police said Monday that a man was charged in the hit-and-run death of a woman whose body was found on Scituate Avenue. Police said the woman was struck early Sunday morning in the breakdown lane and thrown about 42 feet. They said an Amazon employee found her.

BOSTON – A Rhode Island man was sentenced on Jan. 7, 2026 in federal court in Boston for drug possession and distribution charges. According to a release from the Massachusetts Department of Justice, 39-year-old Star Sirikhom of R.I., was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge William Young to two years in...