Providence businesses two blocks apart broken into
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) -- Police are investigating after two local businesses were broken into early Saturday morning. Seven Stars Bakery on Broadway was the first one hit. Someone...
View ArticleRI bill would repeal new 7-percent tax on pet care
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A group of House lawmakers has introduced a bill to repeal Rhode Island's recently enacted 7-percent tax on pet grooming and other services. The tax on pet care...
View ArticleTwo RI communities picked for pilot kids' initiative
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Two Providence neighborhoods have been picked to participate in a pilot initiative that promotes children's health and well-being. South Providence/Elmwood and the...
View ArticleProvidence police investigating Silver Lake home invasion
By Philip MarceloPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Two intruders forced their way into an apartment at 138 Whitehall St. in the city's Silver Lake neighborhood Friday night. The two assaulted a female resident and...
View ArticlePizzeria and bakery on Federal Hill vandalized
By Philip MarceloPROVIDENCE, R.I -- A pizzeria and a bakery were vandalized in the Federal Hill neighborhood early Saturday morning, according to police. Seven Stars Bakery, 342 Broadway, had a window...
View ArticleCranston police arrest five on drug charges
By Philip MarceloCRANSTON, R.I. -- Police arrested five men on drug charges Friday after a weeks-long investigation. According to police, the department's Special Investigations Unit was investigating...
View ArticleDriver charged with driving drunk after hitting state police cruiser
By Alex KuffnerCranston, R.I. -- A 19-year-old Glocester woman was charged with driving under the influence after she hit a state police cruiser that was stopped on the shoulder of Route 37 early...
View Article75 drawn to gun violence rally at R.I. State House
By Mike StantonPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- About 75 people braved the cold to rally against gun violence in front of the State House Saturday. They heard from U.S. Rep. David Cicilline, North Providence Mayor...
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PolitiFact R.I. rules National Organization for Marriage claim about same-sex...
By Mike McKinneyPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- As the Rhode Island House of Representatives moved toward last week's vote on legalizing same-sex marriage, an ad appeared in some local newspapers asserting that...
View ArticleToday in RI history: Kennedy father, son say they will endorse Obama
By Thomas J. MorganA year ago today: Jessica Ahlquist, 16, a Cranston high school student who successfully sued to remove a prayer banner from her school on constitutional grounds says she is not...
View ArticleTelethon raises $809,993 for Meeting Street School
By News staffA four-hour telethon Saturday night raised $809,993 for Meeting Street School in Providence. The school educates more than 3,000 children of all learning abilities using a variety of...
View ArticleLongtime probate judge in Warren passes away
By News staffLongtime probate judge Morphis Jamiel died Saturday, according to WPRI. He was 91. Jamiel served as a probate judge for 21 years, stepping down in December. Prior to that post, he had...
View ArticleFormer 38 Studios CEO gets new job at start-up firm
By News staffJennifer MacLean, the CEO of 38 Studios when the video game company went bankrupt, starts this week as head of business development for Cambridge, Mass.-based Ovuline, a start-up firm...
View ArticleReed, others applaud lifting ban on women in combat
By Alex KuffnerThe nature of war is changing. And U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., and several women who have served in the military applauded the Pentagon's decision last week to remove the ban on women...
View ArticleSunday's weather: Mostly sunny, cold
By News staffSunday will be mostly sunny, cold and dry with high temperatures from the upper 20's to low 30's. Winds will be from the northwest at 5-15 mph. Sunday night will be partly cloudy and cold,...
View ArticleMultiple shootings, stabbings in violent night in city
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. - A triple shooting on Sackett Street and two unrelated stabbing incidents kept city police busy overnight, and left one man in critical condition. Maisa Akanhay told...
View ArticleTenants plan protest over changes to rent subsidies
By Christine DunnTenants and affordable housing activists plan to rally at the State House Tuesday to protest a change in rent subsidies that will make their apartments harder to afford. About 234...
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R.I. fire expert laments Brazil blaze, eerily similar to The Station fire
By Jennifer D. Jordan AP Photo / Roger Shlossmacker A crowd watches as the Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria city, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, burns Jan. 27. The known death toll is 232 people....
View ArticleHells Angels ``prospect'' arrested on drug charges
By W. Zachary Malinowski PROVIDENCE _ A ``prospect'' from a Hells Angels chapter in Virginia was arrested on drug charges after he was stopped by the state police on Saturday en route to an anniversary...
View ArticleBroken water pipe floods, shuts down Central Falls City Hall
By W. Zachary MalinowskiCENTRAL FALLS -- A water pipe in the city council chambers burst on Sunday and has caused extensive damage to the first and second floors of City Hall. Gayle A. Corrigan, chief...
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