R.I. Senate unanimously approves 11th hour casino-crime bill
By Katherine GreggPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Senate has unanimously approved an 11th-hour bill described by the Chafee Administration as critical to the launch -- within days -- of live, state-operated...
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Video: Family memories on film, tape, given new lives in digital age
By News staffProvidence Journal video / Andrew Dickerman Since film projectors, cassette tapes, VCRs and VHS video cameras aren't popular anymore, family recordings on film or tapes are difficult or...
View ArticleProvidence School Board expresses outrage over Birch School
By Linda BorgPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence School Board expressed its outrage over the "deeply disturbing findings" uncovered by the Department of Justice investigation into the state's Training...
View ArticleFive more beaches in R.I. closed to swimming
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- State health officials have closed several more beaches in Rhode Island to swimming because of bacteria in the water. The Department of Health said Wednesday that...
View ArticleFlood warnings continue for Pawtuxet and Pawcatuck rivers
By Donita NaylorTAUNTON, Mass. -- Flood warnings continue for the Pawtuxet River in Kent and Providence counties and for the Pawcatuck River in Washington County. The Pawtuxet is above flood stage and...
View ArticleDriver killed in three-vehicle accident in Portsmouth
By Richard C. DujardinPORTSMOUTH, R.I. -- One person was killed and two others were injured in a three-vehicle accident on Bristol Ferry Road Wednesday afternoon. Police were releasing few details of...
View ArticleCentral Falls man, subject of Silver Alert, is located in West Springfield,...
By Richard C. DujardinSCITUATE, R.I. -- The 75-year-old Central Falls man with Alzheimer's disease who became the object of a region-wide "silver alert" on Wednesday has been found. State Police say...
View ArticlePolice dogs track down robbery suspect in woods in North Smithfield
By Richard C. DujardinNORTH SMITHFIELD, R.I. -- A 30-year-old man who police say used a large knife to hold up a Subway restaurant at 99 Eddie Dowling Highway Wednesday was arrested in the woods behind...
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Defense lawyer found guilty in bribery scheme
By Katie Mulvaney Providence Journal photo/ Bob BreidenbachDefense lawyer Gerard Donley leaves the Superior Court building Thursday after he was found guilty of bribery and related charges. At right is...
View ArticleMan gets 17 years in prison for 2011 arson spree
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A former Pawtucket man was sentenced Thursday to 17 years in prison and 23 years probation after pleading no contest to setting five fires in Central Falls and...
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Jurors in Bulger trial shown collection of weapons
By News staff AP photo / U.S. Attorney's Office This 1980 black and white surveillance photo released by the U.S. Attorney's Office and presented as evidence during the first day of a trial for James...
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Chafee nominates ex-Miriam Hospital president to oversee RI health insurance
By Donita NaylorPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Chafee has nominated a former anesthesiologist and Miriam Hospital president to replace the nation's first health insurance oversight position, known as the...
View ArticleFort Adams State Park in Newport joins list of beaches closed for poor water...
By Donita NaylorPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Fort Adams State Park Beach in Newport has been closed to swimming because of high bacteria counts in the water. Fort Adams joins the following beaches that are...
View ArticleBlock files another open meetings complaint against Board of Elections
By Edward FitzpatrickPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Moderate Party founder Ken Block filed another Open Meetings Act complaint Thursday against the state Board of Elections, saying the board failed to list the...
View ArticleR.I. House GOP Leader: 38 Studios holding up budget
By Philip MarceloPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Paying down the debt left after Rhode Island's failed investment in the video-game company 38 Studios may be the reason why House and Senate leaders have yet to...
View ArticleA guide to the trial of James 'Whitey' Bulger
By News staffThe Associated Press BOSTON (AP) -- Reputed gangster James "Whitey" Bulger, a legendary organized-crime figure in Boston, is on trial on a long list of charges, including participating in...
View ArticleWhitehouse says he hopes settlement will improve opportunities for disabled...
By Donita NaylorWASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse also commented on the settlement between the U.S. Department of Justice, the State of Rhode Island, and the City of Providence over...
View ArticleReed, Langevin decry treatment of disabled students revealed in federal probe
By Lynn ArditiPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed and U.S. Rep. James Langevin have issued statements about the findings of an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice into the treatment...
View ArticleBill would allow Speaker Fox to perform one of first same-sex marriages in RI
By Katherine GreggPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- State Rep. Frank Ferri and Tony Caparco were married in Canada years ago. But they want to marry in their home state on Aug. 1, on the first day same-sex marriage...
View ArticleSafety alert warns not to canoe or kayak until Blackstone River subsides
By Donita NaylorWOONSOCKET, R.I. -- The Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor has issued the following safety alert: "Due to high and fast water conditions on the Blackstone River and its...
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