Three lanes of Route 95 north in Warwick, Cranston to close overnight Wednesday
By Donita NaylorPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- If you're driving north on Route 95 after 7 p.m. Wednesday, you might want to take Route 295 to avoid overnight lane closures, officials at the Rhode Island...
View ArticleN. Providence woman charged with leaving scene of accident, DUI
By Richard C. DujardinNORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A 25-year-old local woman was charged with tailgating and driving under the influence Saturday after an early morning crash on Mineral Spring Avenue....
View ArticlePC Friars wearing green and white in honor of Newtown shooting victims
By Kevin McNamaraPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- With heavy hearts, the Providence College Friars ditched their traditional black and white uniforms for Tuesday's game against Colgate for the green and white...
View ArticleRobbers in black and hot pink hold up Pawtucket Family Dollar
By Amanda MilkovitsPAWTUCKET, R.I. -- Two masked men burst into a Family Dollar store Tuesday evening -- flashing a gun and stuffing a duffle bag full of cash, as one nearly lost his baggy pants, the...
View ArticleWest Warwick Council approves financial plan
By Alex KuffnerWEST WARWICK, R.I. -- The Town Council has settled on a plan to reduce a projected million-dollar deficit in 2013 that includes securing concessions from current town workers and...
View ArticleTwo injured in crash on Route 146 in North Smithfield
By Richard C. DujardinNORTH SMITHFIELD, R.I. -- Two people were taken to Rhode Island Hospital after a two-vehicle crash in the northbound lanes of Route 146 near the Massachusetts line shortly before...
View ArticleProvidence woman charged in assault with car
By Richard C. DujardinJOHNSTON, R.I. -- Police charged a 48-year-old Providence woman with felony assault Friday after she allegedly drove her car into one belonging to a woman claiming to have a...
View ArticleShe asks police officer for a ride, and gets it -- to jail
By Richard C. DujardinJOHNSTON, R.I. --- A Cranston woman who flagged down a police cruiser on Hartford Avenue in an attempt to hitch a ride was arrested as a fugitive from justice Friday after the...
View ArticleAdvocates: RI's new homeless numbers at 'dangerous tipping point'
By Karen Lee ZinerCRANSTON, R.I. -- The most recent numbers of homelessness in Rhode Island show a system at "a dangerous tipping point," the Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless and other advocates...
View Article'Threatening message' in North Kingstown High School bathroom not a credible...
By Maria ArmentalNORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- A "threatening message" on a stall in a girls bathroom at North Kingstown High School appears to have been a hoax, officials said. A high school student...
View ArticleURI: Professor's tweets about NRA don't reflect university's views
By Linda BorgSOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- The University of Rhode Island's president has issued a statement after one of its professors tweeted that he wanted to see the president of the National Rife...
View ArticleFraud charges result from Olneyville complaint about wire transfer service
By Donita NaylorPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Silver Lake man, 51, faces felony fraud charges after representatives of the Olneyville Neighborhood Association complained that Paraiso Multiservices, a wire...
View ArticleRI coalition urges Congress to extend unemployment benefits
By Bruce LandisPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Ocean State Action, a coalition of community organizations, environmental groups, professional associations and labor unions, called on Congress to extend federal...
View ArticleProvidence's new tobacco laws to go in effect Jan. 3
By Alisha A. PinaPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The city will begin enforcing its new tobacco laws on Jan. 3, a month after its victory in federal court. The city regulations bar stores from discounting...
View ArticleCranston and Warwick mayors, ex-state police colonel weighing run for...
By Philip MarceloPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- With John Robitaille, the GOP standard bearer in 2010 ruling out another run for governor earlier Wednesday, at least three prominent Republicans say they are still...
View ArticleTraffic Tribunal panel hears appeal on conviction for refusing chemical...
By Katie MulvaneyCRANSTON, R.I. -- A Traffic Tribunal panel heard arguments Wednesday in a criminal defense lawyer's appeal of her conviction for refusing to take a chemical breath test. At issue, in...
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Feds release photo of woman linked to exploited child
By Donita Naylor WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Federal agents are asking for help in finding a woman who appeared with a 4- to 5-year-old victim in a child porn video. Homeland Security investigators describe...
View ArticlePawtucket police swear in new officers
By Amanda MilkovitsPAWTUCKET, R.I. -- Five new Pawtucket police officers were sworn in Wednesday afternoon, helping fill some of the vacancies at the Police Department. The new officers bring the...
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RI's Miss USA thanks well-wishers before world pageant
By News staff AP photo Miss Rhode Island Olivia Culpo, center, is surrounded by fellow contestants after being crowned Miss USA during the 2012 Miss USA pageant in June. CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) -- Rhode...
View ArticleToddler found alone in Dollar Store in Cranston; mother later reports child...
By Richard C. DujardinCRANSTON, R.I. -- Police are trying to determine how an 18-month-old toddler ended up alone in a baby stroller at the Dollar Store on Garfield Avenue Wednesday afternoon. Police...
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