Providence RI

The community has shown incredible support for a Rhode Island family when they need it most. According to Coventry Police, on Sunday at 1:44 a.m., the Coventry Police along with Coventry Fire and Rescue responded to Audubon Lane for a reported structural fire with a person inside. The Rhode Island...

(WJAR) — Student groups from Pawtucket, Providence, and Jamestown are being recognized for videos they created to promote the importance of going to school. The Rhode Island Department of Education announced the winners of its Attendance Matters RI Student video contest, a statewide effort aimed at getting students to

The photograph spread quickly because it seemed to capture something larger than a graduation. In it, Wheeler School senior Philip Spradlin, wearing a black cap and gown wraps his arms around Deon Lucas, a dining services worker who has spent the past five years at the Providence, Rhode Island, school greeting students

Rhode Island Health and Human Services Secretary Richard Charest isn’t retiring after all. At least, not on July 3, as McKee’s office previously announced. Details of the reversal were first reported in a June 10 social media post by the Providence Journal’s Katherine Gregg and confirmed independently by Rhode Island C

COVENTRY, R.I. (WJAR) — A local community is rallying to support a grieving family after a beloved husband and father was killed in a house fire over the weekend. Friends said Zack Fabbri died on June 14 morning when flames ripped through his home on Audubon Lane. Neighbors and...

WARWICK, R.I. (WJAR) — Showcase Cinemas has a new owner. European company Kinepolis will acquire all 13 Showcase locations in the United States. This includes seven in Massachusetts and the theater on Quaker Lane in Warwick. Kinepolis said they aren't changing the Showcase name or branding.

(WJAR) — The Rhode Island Department of Health said it recommended closing swimming areas at three beaches around the state due to high bacteria counts. The recommendation was for Easton's Beach in Newport, Oakland Beach in Warwick, and Briar Point Beach in Coventry. RIDOH said it monitors beach water...

Explore amazing animal stories – visit Animal of Things Now and follow us! Rhode Island takes rabies prevention seriously, and if you own a cat in the Ocean State, the law applies directly to you. Whether your cat never leaves the living room or roams freely outdoors, state statute treats vaccination as a non-negotia

COVENTRY, R.I. (WJAR) — A credit union employee and an animal control officer helped rescue nine ducklings in Coventry on Tuesday. According to Westerly Community Credit Union, the ducklings fell into a manhole in the parking lot of its Coventry branch. An employee and an animal control officer helped...

Two of the biggest cities in New England have been swarmed by soccer fans who’ve flocked to the region for the World Cup. That includes thousands of diehards hailing from Scotland who’ve invaded Providence, and they’ve pulled an awesome move by donating a sizable amount of money to some charities in Rhode Island. Bosto