Male found dead in rowboat near Apponaug Cove, not connected to search for teen
By Tatiana PinaWARWICK, R.I. - - The body of a male was discovered Monday morning in a rowboat near the Apponaug Cove marina, according to the Warwick police chief. Chief Col. Stephen M. McCartney said...
View ArticleNo charges in collision that killed bicyclist in South Kingstown
By Maria ArmentalSOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- No charges will be filed in an accident last week that killed Richard C. Gardiner, 84, of Canton, Conn., the South Kingstown police said. Gardiner was riding...
View ArticleLincoln man arrested in Massachusetts murder
By Maria ArmentalPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Lincoln man arrested as a fugitive from justice on a murder charge in Massachusetts waived his right to appeal extradition Monday, court officials confirmed....
View ArticleAlleged victim's brother curses at Bulger witness
By News staffBOSTON (AP) -- The brother of a woman allegedly killed by James "Whitey" Bulger exploded in anger after Bulger's former partner identified him as a drug user and informant. The outburst...
View ArticlePrudence Island ferry to continue for now out of Bristol
By News staffPORTSMOUTH, R.I. (AP) - The owner of the ferry service that connects Prudence Island to the mainland says he won't end the service in December, as he had previously announced in the...
View ArticleBody found after search for teen off Warwick's Conimicut Point
By Amanda MilkovitsWARWICK, R.I. -- The body of the 16-year-old boy who was swept off a sandbar at Conimicut Point Sunday has been found Monday afternoon. The body of the boy, whose identity was not...
View ArticleWesterly 'Bunny' statue vandalized
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A statue in the image of "The Runaway Bunny" after the children's book of the same name has been vandalized in a Westerly park. The Westerly Sun reports...
View ArticleGov. Chafee on Mancuso nomination: 'We are looking at our options'
By Katherine GreggPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Chafee told reporters Tuesday he remains hopeful the state Ethics Commission will grant a revolving door waiver that will allow the chairwoman of the...
View ArticleR.I. ACLU plans to announce lawsuit over NECAP graduation requirement
By Linda BorgPROVIDENCE, R. I. -- The Rhode Island affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union will hold a news conference Wednesday at 10 a.m. to announce a lawsuit involving the state's testing...
View ArticleProvidence police: Man arrested and gang's 'community gun' seized
By Amanda MilkovitsPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A boarded-up multifamily house in South Providence is a home for illegal guns shared by the M.O.P. street gang, according to the Providence police. Early Sunday,...
View ArticleWorker died in fall from Mount Hope Bridge, OSHA director confirms
By Donita NaylorPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A worker who fell from the Mount Hope Bridge Tuesday morning has died, the area director for the federal Occupational Safety & Health Administration confirmed...
View ArticleRI Ethics Commission dismisses complaint against fire chief in Lincoln
By Mike McKinneyPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Ethics Commission on Tuesday dismissed a complaint against Frank M. Sylvester, chief of the Lime Rock Fire District in Lincoln, that concerned his...
View ArticleSurveillance video helps Warwick police arrest vodka thief
By Tatiana PinaWARWICK, R.I. -- Video surveillance of a vodka-stealing suspect has lead to the arrest of a Warwick man. The video, which aired publicly Monday, lead to the arrest of Tawan Burgess, 32,...
View ArticleLombardi will not fire North Providence controller / Poll
By Mark ReynoldsNORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Mayor Charles A. Lombardi said Tuesday afternoon that he will not fire the town's controller, Maria Vallee, for violations of the state ethics code stemming...
View ArticleRebuilding Liberia: After finding refuge in R.I., many Liberians now hope to...
By Philip MarceloEditor's note: Journal Staff Writer Philip Marcelo will be traveling to Liberia in August to report on that country's progress 10 years after the end of a devastating civil war. This...
View ArticleAtwells Avenue fire damages apartment
By Thomas J. MorganPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Fire trucks blocked busy Atwells Avenue for a time Tuesday after a fire broke out in a second story apartment at 221-223 Atwells, near Dean Street. No one was...
View ArticleProvidence man accused of shooting ex-girlfriend's house
By Amanda MilkovitsPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A local man is accused of shooting up his ex-girlfriend's house in the Charles neighborhood. Gunfire woke up the residents at 279 Langdon Ave. on July 13, as...
View ArticleFlash-flood warning issued for R.I.
By Thomas J. MorganPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The National Weather Service has issued a flash-flood warning for Rhode Island, saying that heavy rain is expected to fall until the early evening hours. Up to...
View ArticleSharing stories of personal hardships, advocates laud new $15-million TDI...
By Katherine GreggPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Chafee's ceremonial-signing of the week-old state law providing an estimated $15 million in new Temporary Disability Insurance benefits to people out of...
View ArticleMan who left hit-run victim lodged in windshield also convicted of 2007 rape
By Donita NaylorPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Superior Court jury has found Christopher Swiridowsky guilty of the 2007 rape of a Providence woman, Atty. Gen. Peter F. Kilmartin announced Tuesday. Swiridowsky,...
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