Providence RI

WARWICK — Members of the Rhode Island Violent Fugitive Task Force and the Warwick Police Department arrested Albert Kielczewski, 25, of Warwick, on Sept. 30 on an affidavit and arrest warrant. Kielczewski was charged with domestic violence cyberstalking and unauthorized dissemination of indecent material. He was...

SCITUATE — Rhode Island State Police made two arrests Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning on charges including driving under the influence and outstanding warrants. At 8:42 p.m., troopers arrested Kelly Lechman, 43, of Johnston, Rhode Island. Lechman faces charges of driving under the influence of intoxicating...

Last week, Jeffrey Cahoon, 34, was placed on administrative leave after appearing in court on a disorderly conduct charge in connection with the incident at the Starbucks on Johnson & Wales University's (JWU) Downcity campus.

On Sept. 17 at about 9:50 a.m., Patrolman Thomas Santurri was dispatched to the area of 2071 Plainfield St. for the report of a motor-vehicle accident involving an electric bicycle. Communications personnel advised that the suspect vehicle fled the scene traveling westbound and that there were possible injuries....

A federal detainee who admitted to conspiring with a fellow detainee and now former correctional officer to distribute drugs at the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility was sentenced in U.S. District Court.

Growing up in the Ocean State, I’ve heard many stories of hauntings and paranormal activity at some of the most popular historic attractions. With so many preserved buildings that are hundreds of years old, whether a mansion, an inn, a tavern, or a house, stories from the past are hiding in their walls. Of course, […]

The Providence City Council voted to ban the use of gas-powered leaf blowers in the city. Councilors granted first passage to the ordinance, but it requires a second passage to phase out the use of the devices. It was introduced due to the noise pollution and toxic gases produced by...

Police have arrested three men in Cranston who are believed to be involved with a South American Theft Group.

A new reptile shop with an extraterrestrial name has opened on Warwick Avenue. ET Reptiles, co-owned by Emily Arpin and Taylor Faria, is looking to engage the public through its new storefront. ET Reptiles is located in the same plaza as a former reptile business, where both owners had previously...

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation has determined the overpass that was hit by a truck on I-95 South in Cranston Tuesday afternoon is structurally sound.