Big Nazo-created suits helps nurses compassionately care for patients at...
By Visuals staff Providence Journal video by Sandor Bodo Big Nazo Lab, creators of all sorts of crazy puppet creatures, has made a "girth suit" for use at Women & Infants Hospital in Providence....
View ArticleToday in RI history: White water in Narrow River
By Thomas J. MorganA year ago today: Twenty-seven officers have left the Providence police or plan to leave. But the number is less than what is needed to avert layoffs. 5 years ago today: The...
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PolitiFact R.I. rules Twin River jobs claim Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- On Nov. 6, Rhode Island voters will decide whether the Twin River and Newport Grand slot parlors should be allowed to become full-fledged casinos, with table...
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As gambling referendum nears, shifting odds for R.I. casinos
By Katherine Gregg Providence Journal photo / Bob Thayer Twin River Board Chairman John Taylor addresses questions from locals about the bond issue at Shanna's Country Kitchen, a popular breakfast spot...
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Gathering at park benefits Warwick coach/ Gallery
By Andy Smith Providence Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach Members of Schmeider's family gather and listen to a song sung for him by Frank Hurd at the start of the benefit event. Left to right are: Sue...
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Reinvent RI: Using vacant lots to cultivate a greener city
By Alex Kuffner Providence Journal photo / Mary Murphy Ray Perreault of Groundwork Providence at the former site of Sprague Industries which is a brownfield site. Groundwork Providence is turning it...
View ArticleCranston police arrest 5 in neighborhood car break-ins
By Mike StantonA neighborhood watch program in Cranston's Glen Woods neighborhood has paid off. The Cranston police arrested five people early Saturday on charges of larceny, attempted larceny and...
View ArticleNorth Smithfield police probe twin stabbings
By Mike StantonSMITHFIELD, R.I. -- Detectives in North Smithfield are investigating a stabbing early Sunday morning in the parking lot of a local bar. Two people were hurt in the incident, which...
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Curbing the violence: Providence mayor seeks more crime watch groups
By Alisha A. Pina Providence Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach Providence Mayor Angel Taveras talks to Debra Martin and Mike Reilly, parents of homicide victim Mike Martin, after a Providence Police news...
View ArticleMassachusetts man killed in Foster motorcycle crash
By Mike StantonFOSTER, R.I. -- Police in Foster are investigating a fatal motorcycle crash Saturday that claimed the life of a 47-year-old Massachusetts man. The victim, who has not been identified...
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Providence native, Grammy-nominated singer Osborne to give checks to R.I....
By News staff Journal file photo / Sandor Bodo Jeffrey Osborne at Amos House in July. He was in town to talk about his charity golf tournament that happened in August. He'll present checks from the...
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PolitiFact R.I. rules Doherty claim on Cicilline's votes on domestic...
By John HillPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Republican Brendan Doherty, the former superintendent of the state police, has been mining incumbent U.S. Rep. David Cicilline's past votes in the state legislature and...
View ArticleToday in RI history: Pension loophole for Central Falls firefighters exposed
By Thomas J. MorganA year ago today: Sixty percent of the retired police officers and firefighters in the bankrupt city of Central Falls were granted disability pensions that allowed nearly all of them...
View ArticleMild, chance of showers later
By Jack PerryPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The high temperature should reach 73 degrees on this Monday and clouds will build, bring the chance of showers late this afternoon and tonight, according to our weather...
View ArticleR.I. crime lab again linking guns to crimes, but facing more cuts
By Amanda MilkovitsSOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- Two years after a financial crisis forced the Rhode Island State Crime Laboratory at the University of Rhode Island to stop its work on firearms, the...
View ArticleFisherman rescued after falling in water off Jamestown
By Maria ArmentalJAMESTOWN, R.I. -- A 34-year-old Cranston fisherman was rescued off Fort Wetherill Sunday afternoon, the Coast Guard and Jamestown police said. The fisherman, identified as Maudil...
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R.I. Gov. Chafee remembers Specter as putting people's business above...
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Governor Chafee is hailing Arlen Specter for working against political extremism and toward bipartisanship during his years in the U.S. Senate. Specter died Sunday...
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Gallery: Tiverton church rides back in time to celebrate 300th
By News staff Journal photo/ Kris Craig The Rev. John Higginbothom, rector at Holy Trinity Church in Tiverton, heads inside to start a Sunday service marking the parish's 300th anniversary. He rode to...
View ArticleR.I. unemployed can get help through new library computers
By Kate BramsonPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Unemployed Rhode Islanders have new options for accessing computers around the state because the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training is using federal grant...
View ArticleRI Foundation to release report on 'Make It Happen' summit envisioning ways...
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- The Rhode Island Foundation is releasing a report on a two-day summit it convened in September on ways to fix the state's struggling economy. The report on the...
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