Providence RI

Police are investigating after a man was stabbed on Broad Street early Saturday morning.

PROVIDENCE — Troopers arrested Darnisha Ashley, 29, of 22 Pocasset Avenue, Apartment 3R, Providence, Rhode Island, at 9:45 a.m. for an active Sixth District Court Bench Warrant. The warrant was for Failure to Appear for Arraignment on the original charge of Disorderly Conduct originating from the Providence Police...

FALL RIVER, Mass. (WJAR) — One person was injured following a shooting in Fall River Friday night. Around 9:45 p.m. Friday, officers from Fall River's Patrol Bureau, Major Crimes Division, and Community Action and Suppression Team responded to a residence on Orange Street for reports of shots fired. Officers...

PROVIDENCE — Members of the Rhode Island Violent Fugitive Task Force arrested three individuals wanted on various charges in separate operations on Friday, May 9. Justin Silva, 46, of Cumberland, Rhode Island, was arrested by the ACI Investigations Unit as a fugitive from justice from Massachusetts on a charge of...

WOONSOCKET, R.I. (WJAR) — By a 4-3 margin, Woonsocket city council members this week voted yes to establishing a city-wide encampment ban. It was one of two ordinances discussed this past week addressing the city's homeless population. Monday's vote made Woonsocket the latest Ocean State city to enforce a...

Authorities have arrested 10 people after numerous complaints from the public involving a residence. According to police, on Thursday, the Pawtucket Police Department’s Narcotics Unit with the assistance of the Pawtucket Police Patrol Division, and Pawtucket Police K9 Unit, conducted a court-authorized search warrant...

FALL RIVER, Mass. (WPRI) — Fall River police are investigating after they say a man was shot several times Friday night. Investigators say around 9:45 p.m., they were called to Orange Street for a report of a shooting. When they arrived on scene, officer found a man that was shot several times in the leg […]

LINCOLN, R.I. (WJAR) — Several community members gathered Saturday morning to honor the legacy of Paige Moreau, the Roger Williams University student who passed away while studying abroad in Italy. A Mass of Christian Burial was held at Saint James Church in Manville. Moreau, a graduate of Lincoln High...

ATTLEBORO — The case of Gladior Kwesiah, a 26-year-old Pawtucket man accused of body-slamming a woman head-first into the pavement during a January 3rd road rage incident in South Attleboro, has been transferred to Fall River Superior Court. According to The Sun Chronicle, the Bristol County District Attorney’s...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — The Rhode Island Department of Transportation said that overnight installation of the Structural Health Monitoring system on the Washington Bridge will close up to two lanes. The following lane closures will be in effect:. Interstate 195 East from Exit 1A to Exit 1 B-C from...