Providence RI

Police said the mattresses were dumped off Innovation Way near the Fall River Industrial Park just days before Christmas.

WARWICK, R.I. (WJAR) — A vehicle crashed into a utility pole that brought down some wires in Warwick on Thursday. It happened on Church Avenue off Warwick Avenue at about 8:30 a.m. The vehicle hit a utility pole, splitting it in half. Rhode Island Energy came in to do...

A Florida man received a state prison sentence after an armed robbery and bomb threat at a Fall River Rockland Trust bank led to his arrest.

Three men were arraigned Thursday in Providence District Court in connection with a series of copper wire thefts. Prosecutors identified the defendants as 46-year-old Jason Smith, 39-year-old Jared Smith, and 70-year-old Joseph Fiyod. All three are accused of working together to steal electrical wire from state and...

A Warwick man was arrested Wednesday night after allegedly driving dangerously on the highway and leading police on a chase.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Hundreds of people in Providence joined the protests around the country Thursday condemning the deadly ICE shooting in Minnesota. Protesters marched through the streets calling for justice for Renee Good and for the removal of ICE from local communities. NBC 10's Erin Coogan reports that...

After former Cranston mayoral candidate Maria Bucci's criminal charges for driving under the influence were dismissed when she pleaded guilty to the civil charge of refusing a chemical breath test, people are wondering if the consequences for first-time offenders driving under the influence are severe enough to deter...

NORTH SMITHFIELD – A man asked not to loiter in the parking lot of Walmart gave security an unexpected response last month, shooting at the man twice with a flare gun before stealing his vehicle, according to police reports. Huntley Westcott, 74, of Woonsocket was later arrested by state...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — When a gunman began firing inside an academic building on the Brown University campus, students didn’t wait for official alerts warning of trouble. They got information almost instantly, in bits and bursts — through phones vibrating in pockets, messages from strangers, rumors that felt urgent...

(WJAR) — More than a year after Rhode Island launched a statewide rental registry to curb lead exposure, landlords who fail to comply are still not facing penalties. “Just a very, very small amount of lead can lead to lifelong consequences,” said DeeAnn Guo, a community organizer with the Childhood Lead Action...