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Scattered thunderstorms swept through Southern New England Thursday night, leaving behind damage in some areas.

Jeff Zurowski has been waiting on a kidney for eight long months.

While Fall River may have been spared from yesterday’s severe thunderstorms, many communities in southern New England were not. One of the communities impacted was Seekonk in Bristol County. According to the Seekonk Fire Department, crews battled a house fire on Massasoit Drive. The homeowner reported a lightning...

Kylee Monteiro, 18, recently graduated from Attleboro High School. She's been missing since Aug. 7. A teen from Rehoboth has been missing since last week, police said, and her family said she is three months pregnant. Kylee Monteiro, 18, was last seen Aug. 7, according to police in Rehoboth, which...

A Bristol County man who was in the armed forces has died. According to an obituary, 24-year-old Senior Airmen Jacob Nicholas Foster-Cole, a resident of Norton and a member of the United States, Air Force, stationed in Alaska and more recently Georgia, passed away on Sunday, August 3, 2025. Born...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Providence residents may have noticed new anchors throughout downtown. The City and Downtown Providence Parks Network have placed five anchors throughout Providence. All five of the anchors play music from local artists. A spokesperson said the first artist featured is part-time resident...

A Cranston man is facing charges after the vehicle he was driving crashed into a small school bus Wednesday afternoon.

HOPE VALLEY — Troopers arrested Connor Bannon, age 37, of Rhode Island, at 9:41 p.m. for possession of a controlled substance schedule I-V – ten grams or less (cocaine). The arrest was the result of a motor vehicle stop on Quaker Lane in the city of Warwick. Bannon...

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — While cruising down the East Bay Bike path in East Providence, riders say it's not uncommon to hear an electric bicycle as it whizzes by. "The only thing I pay attention to is the speed," said rider, Ed Medieros. "If it seems like they are going excessively fast, that gives me a red flag."

Prosecutors in Massachusetts said three Rhode Island men pleaded guilty for their roles in a burglary ring. Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Massachusetts State Police Col. Geoffrey Noble said Jovan Lemon, 30, of Providence; Paul Lemon, 31, of Warwick; and Steven Berdugo, 29, of Providence, pleaded guilty...