Providence RI

CRANSTON — Members of the Rhode Island Violent Fugitive Task Force arrested Victor D. Roots, 28, of Cranston, on Sept. 29 on an affidavit and arrest warrant from the Cranston Police Department. Roots faces charges of domestic assault, domestic refusal to relinquish telephone, domestic vandalism and domestic...

(WJAR) — The Coventry Police Department released video that showed the moment a driver smashed into the side of a local day care. The crash ended up injuring five children who were playing in the playground area behind a fence. The video shows a vehicle leave a parking lot...

NORTH PROVIDENCE – Several weeks after it was announced on social media, Krazy Wings and Things will be soft-launched this week at 2220 Mineral Spring Ave., as confirmed by owner Dave Thomas. The restaurant is located at the former site of Tio’s Pizza in Centredale, which closed over the...

The FBI says a recent search of a Burrillville pond is connected to the disappearance of a 4-year-old boy nearly five decades ago. Andrew Amato was reported missing on Sept. 30, 1978, after he was last seen playing in the woods near his home in Webster, Massachusetts. His sister told investigators that Andrew stayed...

Getting a speeding ticket | Motortion via iStock He got the ticket erased by traffic court back in 1992. Then he found out his license was actually suspended over the unpaid fine. The post ‘Some people think it’s a scam’ 33-year-old speeding ticket comes back to haunt Rhode Island driver appeared first on...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — The Starbucks on Thayer Street in Providence has closed as the coffee chain shrinks its footprint. The signage has already been removed from the store. Starbucks said last week that it would close hundreds of stores in the United States, Canada and Europe as part...

The grace period is over for the school-zone and red-light cameras that went online last month.

The Rhode Island Ethics Commission on Tuesday approved two proposed rule changes regarding gifts given to public officials: one which is likely to please some state lawmakers, and the other to satisfy the wishes of government watchdogs. The first rule change increases the gift cap for public officials, who will soon...

The former Pawtucket city employee who's facing animal cruelty charges has changed his plea, 12 News has learned.

Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee and Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey weighed in on how a government shutdown would directly impact residents in Southern New England. McKee spoke with NBC 10 on Tuesday and said the state is preparing for what may come with a shutdown. "We're focused on the idea...