Providence police: Missing 12-year-old found safe
Police say a 12-year-old boy who was last seen in Providence on Dec. 29, 2025, has been located.
Attleboro firefighters respond to 3 ‘major incidents’ Monday morning
First responders were called to an ammonia leak and two "significant" car crashes in the span of two hours.
Police: 14-year-old taken into custody after Tolman threat
Pawtucket police told 12 News they responded to the school after getting a tip from the FBI about the alleged threat around 11:30 a.m. Monday.
Final Brown University shooting victim released from hospital
The final student treated for gunshot wounds after the deadly shooting at Brown University last month has been released from Rhode Island Hospital, 12 News has learned.
Police and fire respond to rollover highway crash with entrapment in Bristol County
Police and fire crews responded to a rollover highway collision with injuries on Monday morning. According to the department, at approximately 6:26 a.m., Attleboro Fire was dispatched to Interstate 95 southbound for a reported rollover crash. When they arrived, crews located one vehicle approximately 50 feet into a...
Man arrested on domestic violence charge in Hope Valley
HOPE VALLEY, RI — A North Kingstown man was arrested Sunday on a domestic violence charge following an investigation by state police. Nikolas J. Pereira, 33, of North Kingstown, was taken into custody at 11:15 a.m. on an affidavit and arrest warrant for domestic violence-criminal violation of no contact order, first...
RI State Police arrest 26 for DUI over the holidays
More than two dozen people were charged with driving under the influence over the holidays.
Name announced for J.J. Abrams, Glen Powell film shot in Providence
As expected, the movie starring Glen Powell, for which J.J. Abrams shot scenes in Providence in August, has a new name: "The Great Beyond," according to World of Reel , which cited a filing with the Writers Guild of America . Production was under the working title "Ghostwriter" while filming. During a week of filming...
Providence Mayoral Candidate Morales Says He Raised Nearly $130K in Quarter
Providence Mayoral candidate and sitting State Representative David Morales announced on Monday that his campaign raised nearly $130,000 in the 4th quarter of 2025. Moreover, the campaign says the vast majority of those funds — over 60% of Morales’ donors — are from Providence, and over 85% of them are from the state...
Ghost Towns Being Reclaimed By Nature in Rhode Island
You’ll find Rhode Island’s ghost towns quietly disappearing beneath forest canopies, where nature’s reclaimed what humans abandoned. Fort Wetherill‘s military fortifications, decommissioned in 1946, now crumble under coastal erosion and creeping vegetation across 61.5 acres. Meanwhile, Hanton City—a colonial...

















