Rhode Island Lottery launches new instant game for America’s 250th birthday
The Rhode Island Lottery has released a new instant game to celebrate America's 250th anniversary. There are five scratch-off ticket designs. Each one showcases a piece of state history with a short description on the back. "The RI 250 Instant Game is a fun way to celebrate and commemorate 250...
Connecticut-Rhode Island Weather Alert: Providence Mid-January Cold and Snow Chances Continue Jan. 15–21
Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Hartford, Connecticut – A steady mid-January winter pattern is expected to continue across Connecticut and Rhode Island beginning Thursday, bringing temperatures consistent with this time of year and...
Woman arrested on fraud charges in Scituate
SCITUATE, RI — A Providence woman turned herself in to state police on multiple fraud charges Tuesday morning. Troopers arrested Odette Delgado, 63, of Providence, at 11:30 a.m. at the Scituate Barracks. Delgado faces seven charges: obtaining money under false pretenses greater than $1,500 and less than $5,000,...
The Death of Rhode Island Retail? Massive Store Closures Confirmed for 2026
As 2026 begins, the Ocean State is witnessing a "hollowing out" of its middle-class infrastructure. The discount furniture stores are vanishing, the neighborhood pharmacies are boarding up, and the grocery landscape has left one of Providence's wealthiest neighborhoods with a massive empty box. Here is the breakdown...
Suspect in Brown University Shooting and Death of MIT Professor Recorded Confessional Videos, D.A....
Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, the suspect in the deadly December shooting at Brown University and the killing of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor two days later, left behind videos in which he allegedly described planning the Brown attack, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of...
RI business leader who sought asylum from Venezuela hopeful after Maduro’s capture
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Oscar Mejias, the founder and CEO of the Rhode Island Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, runs the Ocean State’s second-largest chamber of commerce out of a meticulously maintained historical building on Providence’s Broad Street. “It has been a long road, but it’s very rewarding,”...
Pawtucket receives 6 bids to redevelop Apex property
The Pawtucket Redevelopment Agency and the City of Pawtucket have received six competitive bids for the redevelopment of the former Apex property, which includes the former Apex building, a tire store, two vacant lots, and the former Manning Heffern Funeral Home.
Policy leaders in Providence at odds over how to tackle rent affordability
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Rising rent costs and low vacancy rates leave Providence in a housing crisis, but policy leaders are at odds over how to solve it. According to city council leaders, a rent stabilization ordinance could be introduced in the city this year. “It’s one of those...
Arrest made in connection with shooting in Pawtucket, RI
Police are investigating a shooting that injured a man on Wednesday night in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Pawtucket police told WJAR they responded to Pleasant Street around 8:45 p.m. for a report of a man who had been shot. The man was taken to an area hospital and is in stable...
Crash shuts Henderson Bridge
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — A head-on crash Thursday sent two people to the hospital and temporarily closed the Henderson Bridge. East Providence police said lanes were blocked for about half an hour. Police said the two people hurt had minor injuries. The travel lanes reopened.
