Providence RI

The Municipal Police Training Committee Executive Director Colonel Rick Rathbun (Ret.) and Plymouth Academy Director Eileen Goodick have announced the graduation of 51 police officers from the MPTC Plymouth Police Academy’s 78th Recruit Officer Class including 5 from the Fall River Police Department. The graduates...

Another mosquito sample collected in East Providence has tested positive for West Nile virus.

The real-life farmhouse where the infamous Perron family lived and inspired The Conjuring film franchise will be going up for auction on Halloween. The sale will comes just a handful of weeks after the premiere of the fourth and final film in the main series, The Conjuring: Last Rites. This will be the third time […]...

A man was hospitalized after being stabbed in Providence on Wednesday evening. Providence Police were called to Elmwood Avenue at Princeton Avenue shortly before 6 PM for a report of a stabbing. Police were informed that the victim - a male in his 20s - had been driven to Rhode...

WEST WARWICK, R.I. (WJAR) — An 8-year-old from West Warwick recently ran one mile, every day, for 50 days. Ryan Mulvaney, a now third grader at St. Joseph’s School, said right around the time that second grade ended, he had an idea for the summer. “I was watching...

Chan's Fine Oriental Dining — Woonsocket's self-proclaimed home of "egg rolls, jazz and blues" — is up for sale.

Providence, RI – In a dramatic turn of events, David Mello, a convicted murderer with a previous 40-year sentence, has been arrested in a sweeping Providence drug investigation, which uncovered tens of thousands of dollars in cash and kilogram quantities of cocaine. The arrest sends a powerful message about law...

NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — The mayor of North Providence said Thursday that people cleaning out a home found what they believed was a grenade. The grenade was determined to be inactive. Police, firefighters and a bomb squad responded to the Stone Trail home, which was taped off. The...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Providence police detectives are investigating a reported stabbing incident that occurred just after midnight Thursday. According to Providence City Hall Director of Communications Josh Estrella, Providence police responded to the area of Portland Street at approximately 12:22 a.m. for a...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Providence police are asking for the public's help identifying a man caught on camera breaking into and attempting to break into several East Side businesses. According to police, the break-ins happened on Sept. 4th between 7 and 11 p.m. The man successfully broke into Arrow...