Providence RI

5 Massachusetts residents are facing several charges after being implicated in a fraud scheme. According to police, on Tuesday, Somerset Police Officers responded to Rockland Trust Bank, located at 100 Slades Ferry Avenue, for a report of a female suspect actively involved in a potential check fraud scheme. Prior to ar

Warwick, RI Eastern Bank has led the financing of Wood Partners’ Alta Altitude housing project, a 214-unit luxury, 100% market-rate apartment development. Eastern provided a $31 million construction loan for the project, which is located within the City Centre, a 95-acre master plan that calls for more than 1.5 million

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (WJAR) — To kick off NBC 10’s Summer of Fun, Julia Blanchette stopped by Centreville Bank Stadium in Pawtucket to show it's not just soccer drawing in the crowds. Centreville Bank Stadium is home to Rhode Island’s professional soccer team, Rhode Island FC, but it hosts...

(WJAR) — The Burrillville Police Department responded to a rollover crash early Friday morning. Crews responded to Buck Hill Road for the crash. A vehicle ended up on the side of the road with heavy damage. It was not immediately known if anyone was injured.

Rhode Island Health and Human Services Secretary Richard Charest will not be retiring. Charest announced in April that he would be retiring, but a spokesperson said there's new projects now that he will be staying to work on. In a statement, a spokesperson wrote that the major priorities included new...

Pawtucket, RI Global Asset Management Group, Inc. (GAMG), a diversified real estate investment and asset management company, reached a major milestone in the acquisition and redevelopment of the former Memorial Hospital campus located at 111 Brewster St. An already approved amendment to the deed restrictions allowing f

Southwest Airlines confirmed it is investigating an incident involving two of its planes at Rhode Island’s largest airport. The carrier announced the investigation after a passenger claimed a jet clipped a parked plane while taxiing out of T.F. Green International Airport in Warwick, RI, on Thursday evening. Pulitzer P

(WJAR) — A 20-year-old Taunton man has died after being pulled from the waters of a Massachusetts pond on Thursday. The Stoughton Police Department responded to reports of a distressed boater at Ames Pond on Highland Street. After a search was conducted, a dive team found the man about...

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (WJAR) — The former Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island has been sitting, empty and blighted for years. Room after room of the 600,000-square-foot building in Pawtucket tells the same story: damage, decay and neglect. Vandals come in through a fence to leave their mark or steal copper.

Cranston Politician’s Lounge Has Failed to Pay for Outstanding Police Details, But Has Donated to Mayor Smiley. On Thursday, the Providence Board of Licenses took up the case of Paris Bistro, the lounge owned by Cranston City Councilman Andy Andujar. He is also a state employee and a real estate developer.