Providence RI

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — A woman accused of hitting and killing a man on North Main Street in Providence in 2023 was sentenced in court Wednesday. A judge sentenced Alisha Pina to 10 years in jail, of which she’ll have to serve three, a three-year license suspension, and a $5,000 fine.

WEST WARWICK, R.I. (WJAR) — West Warwick police said two people were arrested after a larceny incident at a laundromat last week. According to the police report, officers responded to 22 Monterey Drive on May 18 for a report of a larceny in progress. The caller stated that a...

NORTH SMITHFIELD, R.I. (WJAR) — Authorities said a driver whose pickup truck went off the road, over an embankment, and into the river under the Railroad Street Bridge in North Smithfield Tuesday morning, may have experienced a medical episode before the crash. The driver, who was not identified, was...

Ringling Bros. is bringing circus performances and nonstop energy to Providence this May.

Four individuals have been sentenced after pleading guilty for their roles in a major drug smuggling operation at the Bristol County House of Correction and Jail in Dartmouth — described by authorities as the largest employee-involved drug bust in the facility’s history. The scheme centered on the smuggling...

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — East Providence police said a man was arrested after he vandalized the newly painted American flag-themed crosswalk over the weekend. According to officials, they responded to the crosswalk on Turner Avenue after receiving reports of a black BMW intentionally accelerating through the cros

An investigation into the largest employee drug bust in Bristol County jail history has so far netted four convictions, court records show. Brandin Barbosa Mayo, Ginger Hook, Bestlee Vazquez, and Axel Hazard have all pled guilty. On May 27th, Barbosa Mayo pled guilty to Conspiracy and was sentenced to three...

The owner of Caffe Itri and Campanella's is wrapped up in a lawsuit involving his ex-fiancée.

JAMESTOWN 127 Longfellow Rd, $1,300,000, B: Alyssa Karam, S: Geoffrey R. Waters MIDDLETOWN 36 Center Ave, $940,000, B: Gilded Nest LLC, S: Michael Raffa 103 Gossets Turn Dr, $900,000, B: Gloria Guinguing, S: Sherrad Acquistions LLC 476 Green End Ave, $957,000, B: Jonathan Gardner, S: Edward F. Mcgourty 22 Ludlow Rd, $5

Gov. Dan McKee has nominated the state’s top cannabis administrator to chair the panel that oversees Rhode Island’s cannabis industry, which has not been without a leader for over seven months McKee on Tuesday nominated Michelle Reddish to the Cannabis Control Commission seat left vacant last October after then-Chairpe