Providence man sentenced to nearly 6 years in prison
By Mike McKinney PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Providence man has been sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison on cocaine and firearm charges. Juan Addison, 27, must serve three years of supervised...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Veteran football players coach wounded military veterans at Gillette Stadium...
By Paul Edward Parker Providence Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach Veterans walk onto the field at Gillette Stadium just like the players, at the start of the football skills clinic sponsored by CVS...
View ArticleToday in RI history: 'Superbug' hits RI prison
By Thomas J. MorganA year ago today: It's hard to see, because the workers stripping the steel, repairing and painting it are working under the bridge deck, but the Pell Bridge, between Jamestown and...
View ArticleDriver strikes parked truck, injures two teens in Pawtucket
By Andy SmithPAWTUCKET, R.I. -- Two teenage girls were taken to the hospital following an accident in Pawtucket. Pawtucket police said a driver hit a parked truck along Cottage Street about 5:00 p.m....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Photo Gallery: Honoring RI veterans through the years
By Visuals staff Providence Journal file photo A contingent of Waves from Fort Adams, Newport swings along in a martial stride in this 1944 photo. View a photo gallery of historical RI veterans day...
View ArticleMan stabbed outside bar in East Providence
By Andy SmithEAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Police report that a 25-year-old Pawtucket man, Nuno Veiga, was stabbed early Sunday morning outside the East Bay Tavern at 305 Lyon Ave. Lt. Thomas Rush of the...
View ArticleObama declares Kent County a disaster area in wake of Sandy
By Gregory SmithPresident Obama has approved a request by Governor Chafee that Kent County be added to the list of counties declared a disaster area in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, Chafee has...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Volunteers still coping with Sandy in RI
By Gregory Smith Providence Journal photo / John Freidah Volunteer Megan Frayne of Mystic, Conn. helps clean up behind a home on Winnapaug Road on Nov. 4 in Westerly. The sting of Hurricane Sandy may...
View ArticlePatriots hold on to beat Bills, 37-31
By Mike McDermottDevin McCourty intercepted a Ryan Fitzpatrick pass in the Patriots' end zone with 23 seconds remaining to seal a 37-31 win for New England over the Buffalo Bills at Gillette Stadium....
View ArticleElections staff to review what worked, what didn't
By John HillPROVIDENCE, RI -- After taking a couple of days to figure out who got the most votes in Tuesday's elections, state officials say their focus now shifts to how those votes were cast....
View ArticleChamber speaker sees promise in Providence for developing health and science...
By Paul GrimaldiPROVIDENCE. RI -- The head of a global medical-device company says Providence has the ingredients to be a hub of health and science-based commercial developments. It has the...
View ArticleToday in RI history: Iconic RI weatherman snowed in by storm
By Thomas J. MorganA year ago today: The police in Pawtucket and Providence are collaborating in the investigation of a number of holdups at convenience stores and Family Dollar stores in their cities....
View ArticleWoman killed in North Kingstown crash
By News staffA car crashed into a tree stump in North Kingstown Saturday night, killing a woman, according to police.. A 41-year-old North Kingstown woman was extricated from the car. She was taken to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Holiday Giving: Where to give, go for help in RI
By News staffThanksgiving: Cell Phones for Soldiers Drive Southern Rhode Island Volunteers in collaboration with the Stop & Shop Supermarket in Richmond, People's Credit Union branches in Wakefield...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Arizona still counting ballots, former combat pilot McSally of Warwick now...
By News staff MARTHA McSALLY With thousands of early and provisional ballots still to be counted, Democrat Ron Barber has pulled ahead of Warwick native and former Air Force Col. Martha McSally, a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Alex and Ani's owner buys Newport mansion
By Gregory SmithProvidence Journal photoBelcourt Castle, the former summer cottage of Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont, on Bellevue Avenue in Newport. Journal photoCarolyn Rafaelian.Carolyn Rafaelian,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Veterans praised for their service at Women Warriors fundraiser
By G. Wayne MillerProvidence Journal photo / G. Wayne Miller Operation Stand Down founder Tony DeQuattro with Gold Star mothers at a Veterans Day observance Monday. NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- It may have...
View ArticleToday in RI history: Former RI attorney general dies
By Thomas J. MorganA year ago today: Julius C. Michaelson, a lawyer who built a long, distinguished career in public service, including serving as Rhode Island's attorney general from 1974 to 1978,...
View ArticleA big drop in the temperature
By Jack PerryPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- After a warm start and rain showers on this Tuesday, the temperature will drop nearly 20 degrees by the time the sun sets. The day starts out with temperatures in the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Trial of Cranston philanthropist accused in investment scheme to begin today
By maria caporizzoPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The jury trial of Cranston lawyer and philanthropist Joseph A. Caramadre, who with his former employee is alleged to have defrauded terminally-ill people in a...
View Article