Smiley, Harrop in running for chairmanship of state GOP
By Richard C. DujardinCRANSTON, R.I. -- Barring any last minutes surprises, the Republican Party's next state chairman is likely to be either businessman Mark Smiley, who heads the GOP Town Committee...
View ArticleRI teachers unions hold vigil for Sandy Hook
By News staffWEST WARWICK, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island educators are holding a vigil in support of students and teachers of Newtown, Conn., where a gunman last month killed 26 people at an elementary...
View ArticleAlexion Pharmaceuticals says Chafee tax plan 'jeopardizes' growth
By Paul GrimaldiSMITHFIELD, R.I. -- Tax code changes often divide taxpayers as people calculate whether revisions will help or hurt them financially. Count Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. in the latter...
View ArticleEx-convict arrested after he, others use kids as 'shields' against Providence...
By Amanda MilkovitsPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- An ex-convict suspected of carrying a gun was arrested early Thursday after he and three other ex-cons held children as "shields" against the police. Eric...
View ArticleVerizon phone service restored in Pawtucket
By Thomas J. MorganPAWTUCKET, R.I. -- Telephone service has been restored to a "small number" of Verizon customers in Pawtucket whose lines went dead Friday afternoon, company spokeswoman Michele...
View ArticleR.I. health department lists free flu-vaccination clinics online
By Donita NaylorPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A list of flu vaccination clinics offered by the R.I. Department of Health is available online, health officials said Friday in a news release. The vaccinations are...
View ArticleMayor appoints 2 members to Providence School Board
By Linda BorgROVIDENCE, RI - Mayor Angel Taveras has appointed Phanida Phivilay and Nicholas Hemond to the Providence School Board. Hemond was appointed to the School Board in 2011 to fill a vacancy....
View ArticleBoiler room fire in North Providence's Greystone School extinguished
By Donita NaylorNORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A boiler room fire in the Greystone School may have injured a civilian, Fire Chief Leonard Albanese Jr. said Friday. Albanese said an automatic alarm alerted...
View ArticleSex offender indicted in slaying of Providence woman
By Amanda MilkovitsPROVIDENCE -- A convicted sex offender is accused of murdering a woman and stealing her flat-screen television last April. Douglas White, 34, of 84 Allston St., was indicted Friday...
View ArticleEpiscopal bishop urges support of gay marriage in Rhode Island
By Richard C. DujardinPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Acknowledging that there may be clergy in his diocese who will disagree with him, Rhode Island Episcopal Bishop W. Nicholas Knisely came out in support Friday...
View ArticleBarrington police sergeant indicted on felony obstruction of justice
By Donita NaylorPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Barrington police sergeant was indicted Friday by a Providence County Grand Jury on one felony count of obstructing the judicial system and one count of...
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Cowsills, Cohan, Eddie Zack among 9 named to R.I. Music Hall of Fame
By Bob Kerr LAURA COLANTONIORhode Island Music Hall of Fame inductees from 2012 -- from left, Gerry Granahan, Michael Antunes and John Cafferty of the Beaver Brown Band, Peter Andreoli of Anders &...
View ArticleWriter says he plans 'Downton Abbey'-like Newport movie called 'Bellevue Avenue'
By Michael JanusonisNEWPORT, R.I. -- Playwright-author Ken Dooley Friday laid out plans for a feature film called "Bellevue Avenue," about the Gilded Age in early 20th-century Newport, which he hopes...
View ArticleInterior attack with fire extinguisher credited with limiting Providence fire
By Donita NaylorPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A first-on-the-scene firefighter who ran up the stairs to a third-floor apartment at 146-148 Colfax St. was able to knock down the flames with a fire extinquisher...
View ArticleTime Lapse: Who shaped a building like a slice of pie?
By Sheila LennonThis weekend's Rhode Island history mystery at our Time Lapse blog centers on a distinctive building: R.I.'s own tiny 'flatiron building' -- whose, where, what now? Hazard a guess in...
View ArticleToday in RI history: Cutting municipal aid to close budget gap
By Thomas J. MorganOn Jan. 19 A year ago today: U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse announce that the federal government is releasing $6.45 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture money...
View ArticleSaturday's weather: Windy and mild
By News staffSaturday will be partly sunny and windy, with temperatures climbing from the 30s this morning into the mid and upper 40s by this afternoon. Strong southwest winds will blow at 15-20 mph,...
View ArticleMan shot in reported robbery in Providence
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) -- A man was rushed to the hospital after being shot in an apparent robber Friday. Police were called to the scene on Bergen Street around 10 p.m. A neighbor said...
View ArticleOne hurt in Johnston crash
By News staffJOHNSTON, R.I. (WPRI) -- One person was rushed to the hospital following a serious accident in Johnston around 3 a.m. Saturday The accident happened at the intersection of Greenville...
View ArticleProvidence man shot during attempted robbery
By Lynn ArditiPROVIDENCE, RI -- A 29-year-old Providence man is hospitalized in critical condition, the police said, after he was shot during an attempted robbery Friday night at his house on Bergen...
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