Two other R.I. medical marijuana dispensaries plan to open soon
By W. Zachary MalinowskiPROVIDENCE -- The day after the Health Department gave the Thomas C. Slater Compassion Center the green light to begin selling medical marijuana, two other dispensaries are...
View ArticleTiverton crash injures 2
By Thomas J. MorganTIVERTON, R.I. -- Two cars collided in a head-on crash on Crandall Road Friday afternoon, trapping both drivers, according to Tiverton police Capt. Patrick W. Jones. Firefighters cut...
View ArticleNewport festivals added $5 million to RI economy in 2012
By News staffNEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - The Newport jazz and folk festivals contributed nearly $5.1 million to the Rhode Island last year, according to a new analysis commissioned by the nonprofit group...
View ArticleRaimondo: State will seek retirement money owed by Coventry fire district
By Andy SmithWARWICK, R.I. -- State General Treasurer Gina M. Raimondo said Friday the state will take whatever legal steps are necessary to recover money owed to the state retirement system by the...
View ArticleRI State Police: Woman's scream led to shooter scare at URI
By Amanda MilkovitsSOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- It turns out, no one yelled about having a gun at a University of Rhode Island lecture hall. But a female student who screamed, "Oh, my God!" when she heard...
View ArticleDisciplinary Board hears ethics case against lawyer Keven A. McKenna
By Tracy BretonWARWICK, R.I. -- A three-member panel of the Rhode Island Supreme Court's disciplinary board continued a series of pretrial hearings Friday regarding ethics charges that have been...
View ArticleTime Lapse: A R.I. waterfront spot with a past
By Sheila LennonThis weekend's Rhode Island history mystery at our Time Lapse blog may look like anywhere to some, others will know it immediately: Waterfront R.I., where and when? Hazard a guess in...
View ArticlePawtucket man injured after car hits granite wall at Route 295 on-ramp
By Richard C. DujardinSMITHFIELD, R.I. -- Rescuers had to use a mechanical device Friday night to extricate a 21-year-old Pawtucket man whose car crashed into a granite wall that borders the Route 295...
View ArticleChurch leaders to speak out in support of marriage equality
By Richard C. DujardinPROVIDENCE. R.I -- The national presidents of the United Church of Christ and the Unitarian Universalist Association will preach at a joint event Sunday afternoon in support of...
View ArticleToday in RI history: Freighter runs aground in Narragansett Bay
By Thomas J. MorganA year ago today: The University of Rhode Island acknowledged Friday that its former president, Robert L. Carothers, OK'd a tuition waiver - reserved for full-time URI employees -...
View ArticleSaturday's weather: Nice, but breezy with fire warning
By News staffSaturday will be breezy with mostly sunny skies and temperatures reaching into the upper 40s to low 50s. The combination of wind and low humidity has prompted a Red Flag warning for an...
View ArticleWitnesses help Pawtucket police nab a bank robber
By Alisha A. PinaPAWTUCKET, R.I. -- Witnesses and shoppers helped the Pawtucket Police Department catch an alleged bank robber Friday afternoon. When the police arrived at 5 p.m. at the Citizens Bank...
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Pulitzer-winning writer Vargas urges immigration reform
By G. Wayne Miller Providence Journal photo / G. Wayne Miller PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Drawing on the power of his own remarkable story, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and filmmaker José Antonio Vargas...
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Rifles, shotguns, pistols exchanged at statewide gun buyback
By Alisha A. PinaProvidence Journal photo / Andrew Dickerman Providence police Patrolman Steven Cileli, left, and Sgt. Kenneth Vinacco take manufacturer and serial number information from a rifle...
View ArticlePawtucket man sentenced in heroin bust
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A Pawtucket man has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for receiving a delivery of more than 1 kilogram of heroin from Venezuela that was hidden inside...
View ArticleOpen houses held on Sakonnet bridge tolls
By Alex KuffnerPORTSMOUTH, R.I. -- About 130 people showed up over two sessions on Saturday to comment on a plan to enact tolls on the Sakonnet River Bridge. The Rhode Island Bridge and Turnpike...
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In Providence, a Habitat house becomes a family's first home
By Bryan RourkeProvidence Journal photo/ Andrew Dickerman Edwin and Eyvett Mercado look over the new kitchen in their house on Union Avenue in Providence. PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- This weekend, at 531 Union...
View ArticleElderly woman killed after being hit by car on Route 295
By Alex KuffnerCRANSTON, R.I. -- An 81-year-old woman was killed Friday night after she was hit by a passing vehicle on Route 295, according to Cranston police. The woman was taken to Rhode Island...
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PolitiFact R.I. rules claim on same-sex couples raising children False
By Mike McKinneyPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Senate Judiciary Committee heard 12 hours of testimony recently on bills to legalize same-sex marriage. Read the PolitiFact ruling One of the many...
View ArticleToday in RI history: Police recover drugs, submachine gun in raid
By Thomas J. MorganA year ago today: Twice as many people took the train from T.F. Green Airport in Warwick from January to March 2012 compared with last year. Mayor Scott Avedisian says officials...
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