Video: New England Spring Flower and Garden Show opens in Providence
By News staff Journal video/ Steve Szydlowski New England Spring Flower and Garden Show opens Thursday at the Providence Convention Center and runs through Sunday. The show, which includes speakers and...
View ArticleMortgage settlement aided 1,832 R.I. borrowers in 2012
By Christine DunnPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- In 2012, 1,832 Rhode Islanders with troubled mortgages received financial relief totaling more than $131 million, as part of last year's landmark $25-billion...
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Jurors sent home in Warwick murder trial after phone records are revealed
By Katie Mulvaney Tony Gonzalez WARWICK, R.I. -- Superior Court Judge Bennett R. Gallo sent jurors in the murder trial of Tony Gonzalez home Thursday after the disclosure of previously unknown phone...
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Photo Gallery: Cooking like it's 1799 in Bristol
By News staff The Providence Journal / Kathy Borchers Kids got a chance to learn how to cook a pound cake from an 18th century cookbook, at the hearth of the Tenant Farmhouse at Coggeshall Farm Museum...
View ArticleNumber of passengers using T.F. Green Airport down in January
By Paul Edward ParkerWARWICK, R.I. -- The number of passengers using T.F. Green Airport in January dropped 2 percent compared to January 2012, according to figures from the Rhode Island Airport...
View ArticleLongshoremen picket; Providence recycler defends hiring practices / Video
By News staff Journal video/ Andrew Dickerman PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Providence longshoremen picketed Sims Metal recycling yard on Allens Avenue on Thursday, saying that crane operator and loading jobs...
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Bank Newport suspect arrested by North Kingstown, East Greenwich police
By Donita Naylor Photo courtesy North Kingstown police Thomas N. Shellman, suspect in Bank Newport robbery NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- With the help of East Greenwich officers, police on Wednesday...
View ArticleMan wanted in Georgia murder turns himself in, in Providence
By Amanda MilkovitsPROVIDENCE -- A young man wanted in the murder of a taxi driver in Georgia last month turned himself in Wednesday to a local pastor and the Providence police. Julius Ryan Thomas, 18,...
View ArticleVideo: Warwick militia group drums up funds to bid for charter
By News staff Providence Journal video / Andrew Dickerman Present-day Pawtuxet Rangers tell the history of their charter and how they rallied to buy it. WARWICK, R.I. -- The Pawtuxet Rangers unveiled a...
View ArticleJay-Z and Justin Timberlake to play Fenway Park
By Lynne ChaputJay-Z and Justin Timberlake are taking their Grammy act on the road. The duo announced they'll do a 12-city "Legends of the Summer Stadium Tour" with a stop in Boston at Fenway Park on...
View Article20-year-old indicted for Pawtucket murder
By Tatiana PinaPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence County Grand Jury on Friday indicted Darrell Johnson charging him with the murder of a young father. Johnston was also charged with discharging a...
View ArticleGang member indicted in 2012 Providence slaying
By Thomas J. MorganPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A New Bedford, Mass., gang member has been indicted for murder in the Aug. 26, 2012, shooting death of a Wareham, Mass., man outside the Monet Lounge on Harris...
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In the storm's wake, crews still clearing fallen branches from South County...
By Tom Mooney Journal photo/ Bob Thayer A fallen pine covers a snowmobile trail in the Brook Trail area, in the heart of Arcadia. RICHMOND, R.I. -- While remnants of the powerful northeaster from two...
View ArticleWoonsocket police arrest men they say stole church's hand railings
By Tatiana PinaWOONSOCKET, R.I. -- Woonsocket police have arrested two men they say are responsible for stealing hand railings from the St. Charles Church last week. Woonsocket Police Detective Thomas...
View ArticleRIIL disciplines La Salle, Hope over post-game brawl
By Mike SzostakPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Interscholastic League has disciplined La Salle Academy and Hope High School after investigating a postgame fight Wednesday night at North Providence...
View ArticleWitness tells of jailhouse talk with murder suspect
By Katie MulvaneyWARWICK, R.I. -- A 27-year-old man told jurors Friday about a conversation he had with murder suspect Tony Gonzalez as the two were headed to court from prison in late January....
View ArticleProvidence teacher arrested on vacation in Florida with former student
By Amanda MilkovitsPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Providence school teacher is in a Florida jail on accusations that he took a teenage former student to Miami Beach this week without parental permission. David...
View ArticleNorth Kingstown water main break leaves Wickford Highlands dry
By Donita NaylorNORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- A water main break at 10 Rod Road and Lang Drive has left the whole Wickford Highlands development without water, a supervisor at the North Kingstown Department...
View ArticleTonight's James Hunter concert in Fall River canceled
By Lynne ChaputThe James Hunter concert scheduled for 8 p.m. Feb. 22 at the Narrows Center for the Arts in Fall River has been canceled. The event will be rescheduled at a later date according to a...
View ArticleTime Lapse: 16 years, 4 views, one RI place
By Sheila LennonThis weekend's Rhode Island history mystery at our Time Lapse blog is a foursome -- One RI place, 4 different angles, over 16 years: Where and when? Hazard a guess in comments at that...
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