Cranston Mayor Fung will try to hold the line on taxes in new budget
By Paul DavisCRANSTON, R.I. -- Can Mayor Allan W. Fung refrain from hiking taxes for a second year? "My goal from the beginning has been to hold the line on expenses, and not raise taxes," Fung said...
View ArticleHealth Department allows Cranston dentist's office to reopen after complying...
By Tatiana PinaThe Department of Health shut down a Cranston dentist's office temporarily after inspectors found deficiencies in the infectious disease protocols at the dentist's office. Inspectors...
View ArticleTime Lapse: Easter finery, when and where?
By Sheila LennonThis weekend's Rhode Island history mystery at our Time Lapse blog showcases a well-dressed group of Rhode Islanders leaving church services: Finery on Easter, when and where? See a...
View ArticleSpotlight on some R.I. employees' overtime pay reignites debate
By Lynn ArditiPROVIDENCE, R.I ---Reports published by an locally-run website this week that some nurses and laundry workers at a state-run hospital have been earning six-figure salaries have reignited...
View ArticleWoman injured in rollover on Route 295 in Smithfield
By Richard C. DujardinSMITHFIELD, R.I. -- A woman was seriously injured when her car rolled over in the southbound lanes of Route 295 shortly after 9 p.m. Friday. Lt. Douglas Newberg said the car was...
View ArticleToday in RI history: Tests show 1 in 6 inmates exposed to AIDS virus
By Thomas J. MorganA year ago today: State Sen. Frank A. Ciccone III threatened Barrington police officers with legislative retribution and tried to pull strings to get Senate Majority Leader Dominick...
View ArticleSaturday's weather: Nice
By News staffExpect sunny skies, mild and dry weather Saturday. Temperatures will reach the upper 50s on northwest winds at 5-10 mph. Temperatures will fall through the 40s this evening, but skies will...
View ArticleState prosecutors lay out case against two defense lawyers
By Katie MulvaneyPROVIDENCE -- Just over a year ago state prosecutors, in an highly unusual move, seized defense lawyer Donna Uhlmann's BlackBerry at the courthouse as she met with a judge. Two months...
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Slideshow: Snuggling with bunnies
By News staffProvidence Journal photos / Kathy BorchersClick to view the slideshow
View ArticlePolice: Teacher assaulted Middletown High student in Portsmouth
By News staffPORTSMOUTH, R.I. (AP) -- Police in Portsmouth say they have concluded their investigation into a Middletown high school teacher suspected of assaulting a 17-year-old girl outside a Rhode...
View ArticlePolice: Two N.Y. men found with 100-plus counterfeit gift cards
By Katie MulvaneyEAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Two New York men face more than 100 counts of conspiracy and counterfeiting after police allegedly found bogus gift cards valued in the thousands of dollars...
View ArticleContaminated snack foods might be on southern New England shelves
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Rhode Island health officials say some of the frozen snack foods linked to an outbreak of E. coli that has sickened at least 24 people around the country may have...
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Cape Verde's prime minister makes a stop in East Providence
By Randal EdgarProvidence Journal photo/Steve Szydlowski Cape Verdean Prime Minister José Maria Neves visits with local Cape Verdeans -- U.S. District Judge George N. Leighton and his sister, Virginia...
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PolitiFact R.I. rules Gist's claim on remedial courses at CCRI Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Controversy continues to rage over the requirement that Rhode Island high school students score highly enough on the New England Common Assessment Program test...
View ArticleToday in RI history: RI guardsman's body returned from Afghanistan
By Thomas J. MorganA year ago today: A military honor guard, family members and politicians stand in freezing rain on the tarmac at T.F. Green Airport to watch over the return of Sgt. Dennis P. Weichel...
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Photo story: Easter photos from the past
By News staff Photo courtesy of Amanda Francisco Easter 2013: Providence Journal readers sent in photographs of family and friends in their Easter best. Shown here are Caroline Francisco and Cameron...
View ArticleSun, then clouds and showers for Easter Sunday, high temp will push 60
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Enjoy the sun this morning with temperatures reaching into the upper 50s. Clouds, the National Weather Service says, are to move in later in the day bringing in showers...
View ArticleMan shot on bridge in Woonsocket Saturday evening
By News staffWOONSOCKET, R.I. (WPRI) -- One man was rushed to the hospital following a shooting in Woonsocket. It happened on the Fairmount Street bridge shortly after 10 p.m. Saturday. The victim was...
View ArticleProvidence woman and siblings vandalized girlfriend's apartment after fight
By Maria ArmentalPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Providence woman is wanted in connection with a domestic violence assault against her girlfriend. Tenishe Ortiz, 20, told the police she and her live-in...
View ArticleProvidence police investigate drive-by shooting, no injuries
By Maria ArmentalPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The police are investigating a drive-by shooting in the city's Elmwood neighborhood. No one was injured. Jamel Long, 20, of 230 Friendship St., Donell Kilgore, 18,...
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