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Gallery, video: The Dancing Cop returns to downtown Providence
By Jack Perry Journal photo/ Steve SzydlowskiTony Lepore, the Dancing Cop, is back on the streets of Providence, directing traffic and entertaining passersby. To see more of Lepore's moves, view our...
View ArticleVideo: In Warwick, photographing dogs can get under the collar
By maria caporizzoWARWICK, R.I. -- Rescue dogs large and small are being photographed at Graystone Studios in Warwick by Perry Day for a catalog of pet products by Up Country. Providence Journal video...
View ArticleNorth Kingstown approves contract with school support workers
By Andy SmithNORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- The School Committee Tuesday night approved an agreement with the North Kingstown Education Support Professionals, the union representing teaching assistants,...
View ArticleRI is vulnerable to fiscal cliff, leaders say
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Rhode Island faces disastrous consequences if lawmakers in Washington can't strike a deal to avoid the combination of tax increases and spending cuts known as the...
View ArticleProvidence police seize 121 guns so far this year, on track to reach last...
By Amanda MilkovitsPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Providence police have seized 121 guns so far this year -- closing in on last year's record of 134 guns taken off the streets. The police have already seized more...
View ArticleState of RI on path to end fiscal year with $47.3 million surplus
By Randal EdgarPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- If current trends hold, the state could close the current fiscal year with a $47.3 million surplus, providing money that would help to reduce the deficit projected...
View ArticleLoud TV commercials be-CALMED as Whitehouse law takes effect
By Richard C. DujardinWASHINGTON, D.C. -- If starting Thursday you find you don't have to reach for the remote control to lower the volume of blaring commercials on your TV set, you may consider a...
View ArticleBicyclist, 54, struck by car on Providence's East Side
By Richard C. DujardinPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A 54-year-old bicyclist was injured around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday when he was struck from behind by a car at Butler Avenue and Waterman Street on the city's East...
View ArticleFour injured, one seriously, in four-vehicle crash in Portsmouth
By Richard C. DujardinPORTSMOUTH, R.I. -- Four people were injured -- one seriously -- when a car traveling north on West Main Road near King Charles Drive left the center lane around 5:30 a.m....
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RI Governor Chafee's top adviser Hourahan to leave for nonprofit human...
By Maria Armental Journal file photoHourahan PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A senior adviser to Governor Chafee is leaving state government for a top post at one of the state's largest non-profit human service...
View ArticleFormer Cadillac Lounge employee pleads guilty to minor role in mob extortion...
By Mike McKinneyPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The last defendant in the federal case against mobsters and mob associates who were involved in the shakedown of adult-entertainment businesses in Providence pleaded...
View ArticleNurses, union members OK new contract at Women & Infants
By News staffPROVIDENCE (AP) - Nurses and other unionized workers at Women & Infants Hospital have approved a new four-year contract that calls for wage increases and the start of employee...
View ArticleCentral Falls man charged in Pawtucket carjacking
By Amanda MilkovitsPAWTUCKET, R.I. -- A Central Falls man has been charged in the carjacking case outside the downtown Pawtucket post office on Monday. A woman told Pawtucket police that she was...
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R.I. Supreme Court: Swain's grown children cannot inherit from drowned...
By Tracy BretonPROVIDENCE, RI -- The grown children of David Swain, who was found civilly liable for causing the drowning death of his wife, Shelley Tyre, won't be allowed to inherit any money from...
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Video: Block Island bell ringers perform at State House
By News staff Providence Journal video, photos / Kathy Borchers Grace O'Neill, a senior, plays the bells along with her classmates at the State House. PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- As part of the continuing...
View ArticlePawtucket police correct name of man they say killed girlfriend, himself
By Amanda MilkovitsPAWTUCKET, R.I. -- Federico Alberto Rico-Mendez is the name of the man who killed his girlfriend and committed suicide at The Lofts in Pawtucket on Dec. 5, Pawtucket Police said...
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Central Falls mayor elect names leader of transition team
By News staffCENTRAL FALLS, R.I. -- Central Falls Mayor-elect James A. Diossa has named Anna Cano Morales to lead his transition team. ANNA CANO MORALES Cano Morales, who chairs the city's...
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Toll Gate, North Kingstown students win Langevin's service academy...
By maria caporizzo Photos courtesy of Congressman Langevin Nina Yu and her family with Congressman Langevin Sam Finneran, his family, and the congressman Congressman Jim Langevin has nominated two...
View ArticleRI man draws 6 months in prison for Conn. bomb threat
By News staffHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A Rhode Island man has been sentenced to six months in prison for threatening to bomb a Connecticut company. Shaneel Jain of Cumberland was sentenced Thursday in...
View ArticlePolice identify driver of car that hit truck head-on in 4-vehicle crash in...
By Richard C. DujardinPORTSMOUTH, R.I. -- Police have identified the driver of the car that hit a pick-up truck head-on and side-swiped another car in a four-vehicle crash on West Main Road at 5:30...
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