Former Cranston special education employee in court on assault charge
CRANSTON, R.I. (WJAR) — A former Cranston special education school employee appeared in court. Thirty-two-year-old Timesha Harley was accused of hitting a six-year-old with special needs multiple times. Harley was released on a promise to return to court. She can't have contact with the victim. Her next court date...
Single Dad Cries as He Wins Grandparents’ Rights Trial Over Visitation of Daughter Just...
“I'm very emotional and am just trying to keep it together here,” Scott Naso said after the judge's ruling on Thursday, April 23
Mother says former Cranston teaching assistant hit her nonverbal autistic child
A former employee at Ocean State Academy was arraigned after allegedly assaulting a 6-year-old student.
Providence police investigating after man stabbed in leg
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — The Providence Police Department said that it was investigating a stabbing that occurred on Douglas Avenue on Thursday. The department said an adult man suffered a stab wound to his upper left thigh. An officer on scene applied a tourniquet and the victim was transported...
Local pedestrian found deceased on highway by State Police after being struck by multiple...
A local man who was found deceased after being hit by multiple vehicles on an area highway is being remembered. According to Rhode Island State Police, at just before 8:45 p.m., on Tuesday, Troopers responded to multiple 911 calls for a crash involving a tow truck and a pedestrian in the first lane of travel on Route 295 Northbound in Cumberland.
Mon Kou in Attleboro to close for good next month
A popular Chinese restaurant in Attleboro will close its doors after nearly 55 years in business.
The Collins Report on Rehoboth Employee Compensation
The Edward Collins, Jr. Center for Public Management was hired to evaluate the workings of town government in Rehoboth. Last June, the report was completed. The Classification and Compensation Study noted Rehoboth’s rural qualities: “One of the unique challenges of operating in a rural setting is the significant variation in community size, which directly affects available resources and staffing capacity. While this doesn’t necessarily...
A look at the history of the Bristol 4th of July celebration
The United States of America has a big birthday coming up, and Bristol is getting ready to shine.
Embattled scrap metal yard wants judge to dismiss case with Providence
Providence has been in a legal battle with Rhode Island Recycled Metals for more than two years.
The financially troubled Croft School has potential buyer to avoid permanent closure
Parents of The Croft School’s South End and Jamaica Plain campuses are encouraged that the school will remain open through the end of the year, and that there is now a potential buyer after weeks of financial uncertainty. The private, for-profit early childhood and elementary school with the two...
