Interscholastic League postpones boys indoor track class championships
By John Gillooly PROVIDENCE - The R.I. Interscholastic League boys indoor track class championships meet has been postponed again and rescheduled for Tuesday at 4 p.m. at the Providence Career and...
View ArticleSome RI towns extend parking bans
By Maria ArmentalMiddletown is extending its parking ban to 5 p.m. Monday. South Kingstown has extended the ban until further notice. For updated information, check the Rhode Island Broadcasters...
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Providence Bishop Tobin: Pope's decision to abdicate 'an act of great humility'
By Maria Armental Journal photo/ Mary MurphyBishop Tobin, speaking to the media Monday morning, says he was "stunned by the news" of Pope Benedict XVI's decision to step down. PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The...
View ArticleRI highway maintenance chief says travel ban was key
By Bruce LandisPROVIDENCE, R.I. - - The Rhode Island Department of Transportation said that by morning, there were no roads on the state highway system that were impassable and that it was widening...
View ArticleJudge denies request by Providence detective's killer for restraining order
By Katie MulvaneyPROVIDENCE -- A federal judge refused to grant an order barring a man who fatally shot a Providence detective at police headquarters in 2005 from serving time in a Rhode Island prison...
View ArticleAAA: RI gas prices jump another 8 cents
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Gas prices have gone up another eight cents in Rhode Island in the past week. AAA Southern New England reported Monday that the average price of regular gasoline...
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Photo: Backed up on the East Side
By Jack Perry Journal photo/ Mary MurphyCars trying to travel down Thomas Street to North Main Street Monday morning were backed up because snow piles narrowed the streets. Correction: An early post...
View ArticleDrivers report treacherous conditions in Cranston
By Barbara PolichettiCRANSTON, R.I. -- Driving is treacherous throughout the city, including the main roads, as sleet and rain falls on streets covered with packed, icy snow. The traffic on the...
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Providence police believe same man behind two bank robberies in two days /...
By Amanda Milkovits Providence Police Department Surveillance camera photographs of the suspect in Tuesday's robbery, above, and Monday's robbery. Providence Police Department PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The...
View ArticleMan sought in Providence rape caught during blizzard
By Amanda MilkovitsPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The blizzard was just beginning Friday morning when a homeless man sought for weeks on rape charges was seen traipsing through Mount Hope. The U.S. Marshals sex...
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Jury acquits Providence woman in vicious 2008 slashing
By Katie Mulvaney Journal files Reanel Cassell PROVIDENCE -- A Superior Court jury Tuesday acquitted a city woman of slicing a foe's face from her hairline to chest with a weapon believed to be an...
View ArticleSeveral hundred in RI without power Tuesday
By Maria ArmentalPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The number of customers without power after last week's storm is down to about 766 as of 12 p.m. Tuesday, but utility officials have pushed back the estimated time...
View ArticleConvicted sex offender accused of attacking girlfriend in Providence
By Amanda MilkovitsPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A violent sex offender is accused of beating and trying to strangle his girlfriend with a scarf. Anderson Price, 47, was convicted of raping a woman in Georgia in...
View ArticleFour new education board members approved by Senate
By Jennifer D. JordanPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Senate on Tuesday approved four of Governor Chafee's appointees to the state's new 11-member Board of Education, which will oversee K-12 schools and the...
View ArticleVideo: Too much snow or too little plowing? Opinions differ
By News staff Providence Journal video by Andrew Dickerman On Monday afternoon, North Providence Mayor Charles Lombardi explained the difficulty of clearing town roads after the unusually heavy...
View ArticleProvidence police seize 14th gun
By Amanda MilkovitsPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Four men in a speeding car tried to flee in reverse when police stopped them in South Providence early Monday. Patrolman Francisco Colon Jr. saw why when he ran...
View ArticleNational Grid says RI homes and businesses without power down to 151
By Richard C. DujardinPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The number of homes and businesses without power has dwindled to about 151 as of 4:45 p.m., according to National Grid. The remaining scattered outages...
View ArticleRI gun victims' families invited to State of the Union address
By Amanda MilkovitsPROVIDENCE -- They won't have to speak a word, just be there, in view of the most powerful lawmakers of the nation, as President Obama gives the State of the Union address Tuesday....
View ArticleRoute 195 commission narrows executive director candidates
By Andy SmithPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Route 195 Redevelopment District Commission, charged with marketing and selling the land in Providence freed by the relocation of Route 195, has narrowed the...
View ArticleClergy to distribute ashes in unusual venues statewide on Ash Wednesday
By Richard C. DujardinPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- With Ash Wednesday at hand, more than a dozen clergy including Episcopal Bishop Nicholas Knisely plan to give out ashes in some unusual venues Wednesday as...
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