Providence RI

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WEST WARWICK, R.I. (WJAR) — West Warwick police said Friday that an 18-year-old was arrested after striking a pedestrian and leaving the scene of the crash last month. According to police, they responded to 220 Providence St. for a report of a man that had been struck by vehicle at about 9:32 p.m. on Feb. 26.

Opened at the end of last year, in November 2025 by Anthony and Madi, The Grind Craft Coffee at Crook Point Brewing is where you’ll want to be this week. This Rhody rustic space bathed in natural light INSIDE OF CROOK POINT BREWING (CPB is owned by Ernie Watson by the way) is where you can dip into some of the...

(WJAR) — Four people were displaced following a fire at a multi-family home in Pawtucket on Friday morning. The fire was first reported as a mattress fire in a second-floor back bedroom. When crews arrived, the room was fully engulfed, the department said. The fire was quickly knocked out...

CRANSTON, R.I. (WPRI) — A Cranston man is facing charges in connection with multiple break-ins and vandalism incidents reported last month. Police said 33-year-old Martin Gannon was captured on surveillance footage throwing a cinder block through the front door of the Citgo off Pontiac Avenue just before 4 a.m. on...

The Pawtucket Police Department can now confirm that the victim in the Domestic Homicide. that occurred on the evening of March 8th on Sterry Street has been identified as 34-year-old Lida Louis, the spouse of the suspect, Oldon Louis. The investigation has revealed that Oldon Louis has known ties and...

The pastor of Holy Apostles Parish says a scammer impersonated him in an email sent to some church members asking for gift cards.

HOPE VALLEY, RI — A West Warwick man turned himself in to state police on multiple fraud and forgery charges Tuesday evening. Troopers arrested Caine Pincince, 45, of West Warwick, at 6:15 p.m. at the Hope Valley Barracks. Pincince faces charges of giving false document to agent, employee or...

The closing of bank accounts appears not to be as easy as many might think in Rhode Island, as customers were seemingly turned away despite raising concerns about what the bank was using their money for. A video posted on Instagram showed some women inside a bank as they asked...

Some evenings call for dinner and a drink, while others invite you to slip into something a little more glamorous. On April 3, Pawtucket gets the latter when Acute Inflections brings its Harlem Renaissance-inspired experience to Hope Events on Main. For one evening, the venue transforms into a candlelit escape...