Video: R.I. State Police Academy is a long 22 weeks
By maria caporizzo Providence Journal video by Frieda Squires FOSTER, R.I. -- Monday was the start of the Class of 2013 Rhode Island State Police Academy. Among 1,666 applicants, 40 recruits were...
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CVS won't sell Rolling Stone with Tsarnaev on cover
By News staff AP photo / Wenner Media BOSTON (AP) -- A Rolling Stone cover story on Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is generating controversy. The magazine's cover is a photo in which...
View ArticleCranston estate planner Caramadre asks federal appeals court to free him
By Katie MulvaneyPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Cranston estate planner Joseph A. Caramadre is asking a federal appeals court to free him as he awaits sentencing for his role in an investment scheme that targeted...
View ArticleFire captain: Shooting victim was conscious, alert after incident outside...
By Katie MulvaneyPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Capt. Bryan Hawkins, of the Providence Fire Department, testified Wednesday that shooting victim Jamal Cruz was conscious and alert, but scared and in pain in the...
View ArticleTwo men in custody in murder of 12-year-old girl
By W. Zachary MalinowskiPROVIDENCE -- Two men have been charged with last month's murder of  12-year-old Aynis Vargas at the Hartford Park housing project. They are Brandon Castro, 21, and Ricardo...
View ArticleR.I. to revive historic tax credit program for commercial redevelopment
By Philip MarceloPROVIDENCE, R.I. --- The state's historic tax credit program for commercial redevelopment projects is reopening on a limited basis next month, after being closed to new applicants...
View ArticleCentral Coventry fire board votes to return ladder truck
By Andy SmithCOVENTRY, R.I. -- The newly elected board of directors of the cash-strapped Central Coventry Fire District has voted to return a ladder truck which cost $860,724 in 2009. The district has...
View ArticleBoss Ice Arena offers free admission on Thursday, Saturday
By Donita NaylorSOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- One way to beat the heat: Go ice skating. The Bradford R. Boss Ice Arena at the University of Rhode Island is offering free admission on Thursday and Saturday....
View ArticleMosquitos trapped in Connecticut test positive for EEE
By Donita NaylorPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- With EEE, or Eastern Equine Encephalitis, detected in mosquitoes trapped July 10 in Voluntown, Conn., the R.I. Department of Health and the R.I. Department of...
View ArticleGun control advocates disappointed high-profile proposals did not clear...
By Philip MarceloPROVIDENCE, R.I. - Governor Chafee has signed into law three bills that had been part of Democrats' legislative response to the Newtown, Conn., school shooting. But Samantha Richard,...
View ArticleU.S. Rep. Cicilline receives a "Friend of National Parks" award
By Paul DavisU.S. Rep. David N. Cicilline, who is seeking to make the Blackstone River Valley a National Park, received a "Friend of National Parks" award from the National Parks Conservation...
View ArticleMancuso cites 'sufficient evidence of hardship' in letter to Ethics...
By Katherine GreggPROVIDENCE, R.I. - In a letter hand-delivered to the Rhode Island Ethics Commission Wednesday afternoon, Eva-Marie Mancuso argues "there is sufficient evidence of hardship'' to allow...
View ArticleOzone predicted to reach danger level Thursday; RIPTA bus rides free
By Donita NaylorPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Thursday has been declared an Air Quality Alert day, meaning there will be free rides on all regular Rhode Island Public Transit Authority buses and trolleys Lenny...
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Providence council names intersection after HP Lovecraft
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- The Providence City Council has voted to name an intersection after native son and horror writer H.P. Lovecraft. OR H.P. LOVECRAFT The council's chief of staff...
View ArticleA summer scorchah
By Daryl Ann WestPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Prepare to be baked by high temperatures and heavy humidity today. The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning for all of Rhode Island from 11...
View ArticleQuebec premier to visit Chafee today
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Rhode Island's governor is hosting the leader of Quebec. Premier Pauline Marois is scheduled to visit Gov. Lincoln Chafee at the Statehouse on Thursday. The leader...
View ArticleRI energy fund overpaid, mismanaged grants
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- An audit of a renewable energy program at Rhode Island's Economic Development Corp. found the agency overpaid grant recipients and failed to collect $1 million it...
View ArticleRI correctional officer sentenced to 18 months for assaulting inmates
By W. Zachary MalinowskiPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rejecting a motion for leniency, Superior Court Judge Daniel A. Procaccini sentenced a former ranking prison guard to serve 18 months at the Adult...
View ArticleWomen arrested in street-level prostitution sweep in Pawtucket
By Amanda MilkovitsPAWTUCKET, R.I. -- Five women were arrested early Wednesday morning in a prostitution sweep on Dexter Street. Pawtucket Police Maj. Arthur Martins said the crackdown was prompted by...
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Elizabeth Beisel in Spain for world swimming championships
By Mike McDermott Vernon Bryant / Dallas Morning News / MCTElizabeth Beisel with the silver medal in the 400 IM at the 2012 London Olympics. Elizabeth Beisel, of North Kingstown, will compete in two...
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