Providence RI

LINCOLN, R.I (WJAR) — Lincoln police said a man was arrested after a stabbing at Bally's Twin River Casino on Tuesday. According to police, they responded to the casino at around 10:30 p.m. for a report of a stabbing. When they arrived at the scene, police said the victim...

Providence-based Rhode Island Hospital, part of Brown University Health, has appointed Mark Cunningham, MD, as chief of cardiac surgery. Dr. Cunningham is a cardiovascular surgeon specializing in mechanical circulatory support, valve surgery, TAVR and complex aortic surgery, according to a Feb. 27 news release from...

A jury in Monterey County, California determined that the state’s failure to properly train and supervise a state park docent was a substantial cause of the incident that left a former Providence city councilor with serious injuries.

Warwick Police are alerting the public to a grandparent scam. The phone scam targets older adults with callers pretending to be an attorney by the name of Michael Dempsey who claims that a grandchild has been arrested and needs money for bail or legal fees. The victim is told to...

Rulla Nehme Pontarelli, from Royal One Financial Group, was a guest on this edition of Spotlight New England.

First responders knocked down a fire at a home in Central Falls on Monday afternoon.

As payloaders and heavy trucks struggled to move the mountains of snow from last week’s record-setting blizzard, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management issued guidelines allowing for the dumping of snow into certain waterways in the state, citing the “extreme conditions” after the storm. In most...

A portion of Old Louisquisset Pike in Lincoln was down to one lane for several hours Tuesday after a tractor-trailer leaked diesel fuel.

People in Providence still have chances to weigh in on a proposed rent stabilization ordinance.

An internal affairs report says a Mansfield police sergeant sexually harassed female high school interns in the department's law enforcement career-pathways program. The investigation describes a pattern of blurred boundaries, including an unauthorized evening ride-along last April that ended with a 17-year-old...