Providence RI

Advocates say many Rhode Islanders are eligible to have their record cleared, but haven't because of paperwork.

TAUNTON — Every day Jennifer Elsinger and her family stare at freight rail cars sitting on the tracks behind their Fremont Street backyard in Taunton. Many of these cars are hauling away trash coming from the Win Waste Innovations transfer station in the city’s Myles Standish Industrial Park, she said. Depending on...

The man was struck last Wednesday night on Warwick Avenue, according to police.

Police are searching for a presumed truck driver after a crash involving a four wheeler and an abandoned trailer on Wednesday morning. The accident happened on March 4th at around 6 a.m. on the northbound side of Interstate 95 near exit 4 in Attleboro, Massachusetts, reported Turnto10 News. According to Boston 25,...

The Providence Place mall has been listed for sale since December, but its future is up in the air.

NEWPORT, R.I. (WJAR) — Rhode Island State Police said they arrested a man on illegal weapons charges after he allegedly made threats of violence through social media posts. According to state police, they received information from the U.S. Treasury Department in February about a man with "concerning social media...

A New Bedford based fishing vessel was found capsized off the coast of Provincetown on Thursday morning. According to the Coast Guard, at 11:58 a.m., Sector SENE received a report of a capsized vessel from two Good Samaritans who confirmed it was a Fishing Vessel named the Yankee Rose. Further...

CRANSTON, R.I. (WPRI) — Police have arrested a Providence woman accused of carjacking another woman in Cranston last month. Officers were called to the intersection of Dyer and Farmington avenues around 11 p.m. on Feb. 4 after receiving reports of a woman walking in and out of traffic. The...

The Blizzard of 2026 left thousands in the University of Rhode Island community without power and heat, buried under multiple feet of snow. On Sunday, Feb. 22, Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee declared a state of emergency for a blizzard that was forecasted to drop 10 to 20 inches of snow, according to USA Today.

A new report says Rhode Island Catholic clergy abused hundreds of children for decades, while church leaders worked to downplay and minimize the scandal. (AP video by Rodrique Ngowi and Leah Willingham)