Smithfield French and Spanish teacher named region's language teacher of the...
By Linda BorgSMITHFIELD, R.I. -- Margarita Dempsey, a French and Spanish teacher at Smithfield High School, has been named the 2013 Regional Language Teacher of the Year by the Northeast Conference on...
View ArticleRhode Islanders collecting extended unemployment will see a cut in benefits...
By Kate BramsonPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- As many as 8,000 Rhode Islanders collecting extended unemployment benefits stand to lose 12.2 percent of their weekly benefits beginning the week of April 28 because...
View ArticleVideo: Providence first graders get close look at newly-hatched chicks
By maria caporizzo Providence Journal video by Kathy Borchers PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Casey Farm's Dominique chicken eggs have hatched and the first-graders at Robert L. Bailey Elementary School in...
View ArticleAccused killer Pleau asks federal court to take death penalty off table
By Pamela Reinsel CotterPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island man who faces a death sentence if he's convicted of killing a Woonsocket gas station manager is set to ask a federal judge to take the...
View ArticleRI treasurer Raimondo buys new home on Providence's East Side
By Katherine GreggPROVIDENCE, R.I. - While the political pundits speculate on her political future, the state's General Treasurer Gina Raimondo has been otherwise occupied finding -- and buying -- a...
View ArticleBrown launches program to address local issues
By Linda BorgPROVIDENCE, R. I. -- Brown University is launching a program, the TRI-Lab, that will bring together faculty, students and members of the Rhode Island community to focus on local social...
View ArticleReed discusses mental health legislation in Warwick
By Maria ArmentalWARWICK, R.I. -- U.S. Sen. Jack Reed met with health and community leaders at The Kent Center in Warwick to discuss some of the bills introduced this year to improve mental health...
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Lawyers for accused murderer Pleau ask court to declare death penalty...
By Katie Mulvaney Journal file photoPleau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Lawyers for accused murderer Jason Pleau asked a federal judge Wednesday to declare the death penalty unconstitutional, arguing it is...
View ArticleEffort to develop long-term R.I. shoreline plan to begin
By Richard SalitRhode Island officials this week are launching an effort to develop a comprehensive long-term plan for the state's shoreline in response to such issues as erosion, sea level rise and...
View ArticleLetters supporting convicted criminals now public in federal court
By W. Zachary MalinowskiPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- U.S. District Court has adopted a new policy that makes all letters supporting and condemning convicted criminals at sentencing electronically available for...
View ArticleBills to improve safety in R.I. schools to be introduced in General Assembly
By Lynn ArditiPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Chafee and state leaders in education, law enforcement and health care on Wednesday will announce a package of bills being introduced in the General Assembly...
View ArticleFootball great Terry Bradshaw to give commencement speech at New England...
By Tatiana PinaPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback, sports analyst, actor, author and gospel singer Terry Bradshaw will deliver the commencement address for New England Institute...
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Providence teen held wihtout bail in fatal stabbing in Kennedy Plaza / Photo
By Amanda Milkovits Providence Journal / Andrew Dickerman Diamond J. Wilson-Wooten is arraigned Wednesday in District Court, Providence. PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- An 18-year-old Providence man accused of...
View ArticleEast Side developer talked with Chafee about EDC post
By Kate BramsonPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Peter M. Scotti, a longtime East Side resident and real-estate appraiser, spoke with Governor Chafee last week about the vacant leadership role at the Rhode Island...
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Journal executive editor Heslin to retire later this month
By Tom MooneyPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- After a distinguished 41-year career in journalism, Thomas E. Heslin, senior vice president and executive editor for The Providence Journal, will retire later this...
View ArticleAbout 100 charged in drug raids in R.I., other New England states
By News staffNIANTIC, Conn. (AP) -- Federal, state and local authorities arrested about 100 people across southern New England Wednesday, alleging involvement in heroin and cocaine trafficking from the...
View ArticleIn wake of Newtown shootings, R.I. gun control package to be unveiled Tuesday
By Katherine GreggPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island's legislative response to the gun-control issues raised by the Newtown, Conn., school massacre will be unveiled on Tuesday, Governor Chafee said at a...
View ArticleMan surrenders to police after threatening to jump from Providence Place mall...
By Richard C. DujardinPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A man who had been sitting on the roof of the Providence Place mall, with his leg dangling over the side and threatening to jump, has agreed to surrender...
View ArticleBill would require R.I. lawmakers to pay 20 percent of healthcare premiums
By Philip MarceloPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Senate committee on Wednesday heard testimony on Sen. Paul Fogarty's annual proposal requiring lawmakers to pay 20 percent of their health insurance premiums....
View ArticleUnemployed residents call on R.I. lawmakers to help jobless
By Philip MarceloPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A group of unemployed and underemployed Rhode Islanders gathered at the State House rotunda Thursday, calling on lawmakers to address the state's continued high...
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