Dominican Festival? Organizers must pay $31,000 owed to the city
By Alisha A. PinaPROVIDENCE, R. I. -- The city licensing board approved an outdoor entertainment license for next month's Dominican Festival, the 26th annual, but the okay will be vacated if event...
View ArticleProvidence denies Gourmet Heaven's request to stay open nearly 24 hours
By Alisha A. PinaPROVIDENCE, R. I. -- Despite support from the public safety commissioner, the city licensing board unanimously denied a request to let Gourmet Heaven remain open nearly 24 hours....
View ArticleSecretary of State Mollis planning to run for lieutenant governor
By Randal EdgarPROVIDENCE -- Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis said Monday that he is planning to run for lieutenant governor next year and hopes, if we wins, to expand the office's responsibilities...
View Article2 Providence nightclubs remain closed after shootings
By Amanda MilkovitsPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Two nightclubs will remain closed, as the city license board calls for more information about shootings outside both establishments early Saturday. Jovan's...
View ArticleFeds want fine, not service, for RI mercury spill
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Federal prosecutors have suggested a judge fine a Texas natural gas firm $500,000 after a U.S. Supreme Court decision struck down the original $18 million penalty...
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Ex-FBI agent says Bulger denied informant role
By News staffBy DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer BOSTON (AP) -- A former FBI supervisor who wrote a book on reputed gangster James "Whitey" Bulger testified Monday that he tried to terminate him...
View ArticleCranston police will monitor same-sex marriage protest at City Hall
By Paul DavisCRANSTON, R.I. -- Cranston police officers on Thursday will monitor a church group's protest over the state's same-sex marriage law at City Hall, Mayor Allan Fung said Monday. The police...
View ArticleRI nursing home ordered to accept no new patients, install thermometers in...
By Donita NaylorPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The R.I. Department of Health has ordered the Charlesgate Nursing Center at 100 Randall St. to admit no new patients and install thermometers in each resident's room...
View ArticlePawtucket police investigating body found off Blackstone Ave.
By Amanda MilkovitsPAWTUCKET, R.I. -- The Pawtucket police are investigating the death of an unidentified man whose body was found in a wooded area near a church off Blackstone Avenue Monday afternoon....
View Article20 in RI recommended for rabies-exposure treatment
By News staffTIVERTON, R.I. (AP) -- Twenty Rhode Islanders have been recommended for treatment for rabies exposure following the unexplained death of a calf housed near an ice cream stand in Tiverton....
View ArticleVideo: Police officer describes 'chaotic' scene at nightclub shootings
By Tim Barmann Providence Journal video by Andrew Dickerman PROVIDENCE, R.I . -- Providence Police Officer Robert Kells Jr. testifies as the Providence Board of Licenses holds an emergency hearing on...
View ArticleCicilline losing his Providence-based press secretary
By Katherine GreggPROVIDENCE, R.I.-- Rep. David Cicilline is losing his press secretary and social media specialist, former Providence Journal photographer Connie Grosch. In an interview on Monday,...
View ArticlePortsmouth woman charged in drunken-boating incident
By Donita NaylorSCITUATE, R.I. -- A Portsmouth woman was arrested Sunday and charged with operating a watercraft while intoxicated and refusing to submit to a chemical test for alcohol. Troopers...
View ArticleReporter's query: Are you getting married in RI later this week?
By News staffWe'd like to interview gay and lesbian couples who plan to get married this week. If you'd like to share your story, please email us at news@providencejournal.com.
View ArticleCumberland Mayor McKee preparing to run for lieutenant governor
By Randal EdgarPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Cumberland Mayor Daniel McKee said Tuesday that he is preparing to run for lieutenant governor next year and expects to make a formal announcement this fall. McKee,...
View ArticleCourt orders Central Coventry fire truck returned
By Andy SmithPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Over the objections of the firefighters union, a Superior Court judge Tuesday ordered the cash-strapped Central Coventry Fire District to return an aerial platform...
View ArticleHasbro hospital offers tips for protecting children from heatstroke
By Donita NaylorPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- For National Heatstroke Prevention Day on Wednesday, Hasbro Children's Hospital offers these tips. Heatstroke, which occurs when the body isn't able to cool itself...
View ArticleRebuilding Liberia: Ten years after war's end, basic services still far from...
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 ArticleNew Jersey man ordered held on charges he lured teen
By News staffPROVIDENCE -- A federal magistrate judge Tuesday ordered a man accused of taking a 13-year old girl from Portsmouth to his home in New Jersey intending to have sex last week held without...
View ArticlePolice: Mass. trooper under investigation kills self
By News staffDEVENS, Mass. (AP) -- A Massachusetts State trooper who was the subject of a criminal investigation has been found dead in an apparent suicide at a hotel in Devens. State police say the...
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