Make It Happen participants share ideas that resonate
By Kate BramsonPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Near session's end on Saturday, designated speakers stood to share ideas generated by their small groups that they hope will get done. Barbara L. Bennett, senior vice...
View ArticleBefore you vote Tuesday, check PolitiFact R.I.'s rulings on Cicilline, Gemma
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The lively and occasionally bizarre primary fight between U.S. Rep. David N. Cicilline and business man Anthony Gemma in the 1st Congressional District has generated...
View ArticlePolice investigate shooting in Cranston
By Alex KuffnerCranston, R.I. -- Police are investigating a shooting Saturday afternoon in which a 19-year-old Providence man was wounded in the leg. Police were called to Montgomery Avenue at about...
View ArticleFamily uninjured in crash that brings down power line in East Providence
By News staffEAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) -- A family escaped injury after a crash brought down a live power line on top of their car Sunday around 9 a.m. on Massasoit Avenue. The police say the driver...
View ArticleOne dead in suspected drunken driving crash in South Kingstown
By Alex KuffnerSouth Kingstown, R.I. -- A 24-year-old Harrisville woman is dead after the car she was riding in struck a utility pole off Moonstone Beach Road Saturday night in what police believe was...
View ArticleCity of Providence releases details of streets to be paved if voters approve...
By Alisha A. PinaPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Residents can now see which street and sidewalk repairs will occur if the $40 million bond is approved in November. The map shows the estimated 62 miles of streets...
View ArticleChildhood poverty rate increasing in Rhode Island
By Linda BorgPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- More children are living in poverty in Rhode Island since the recession -- more than one in five children in 2011. The number of Rhode Island children living in poverty...
View ArticleWarwick man arrested for counterfeit sports jerseys taken into custody as...
By Karen Lee ZinerPROVIDENCE, RI -- Shortly after a federal judge released a Warwick man charged Wednesday with smuggling and selling counterfeit sports jerseys, state authorities took him into custody...
View ArticleBusinessmen get exposure in Westerly-Pawcatuck calendar
By Andy SmithWESTERLY, R.I. -- The Greater Westerly-Pawcatuck Area Chamber of Commerce is working to provide more exposure for area businessmen. Literally. For the third time, the chamber has produced...
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Providence tow-truck driver accused of leading police on chase held without bail
By Amanda Milkovits Providence Journal video by Frieda Squires PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Olneyville tow-truck driver accused in a wild police chase that left five officers and his sister injured was was...
View ArticleWhitehouse, Reed among Democrats aiming to block changes to Social Security
By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureauWASHINGTON, R.I. -- Rhode Island Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse are among 29 U.S. Senate Democrats who have signed a letter serving notice that they...
View ArticleRhode Island gets $3.3 million grant to help disabled gain employment
By Andy SmithCRANSTON, R.I. -- Rhode Island will receive a $3.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor's Disability Employment Initiative. The money, distributed through the state's Department...
View ArticleVideo: Patience and gravity turn rocks into sculptures in Narragansett
By John Freidah Providence Journal video by John Freidah With the precision of a jeweler and the passion of an artist, Joe DiPietro of Warwick seems to defy gravity with his delicately balanced rock...
View ArticleRhode Island exports grow in first half of 2012
By Andy SmithPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island exports increased by 9 percent in the first half of 2012, compared with a comparable period in 2011, according to figures released by the federal...
View ArticleR.I. unemployment rate drops slightly in August to 10.7 percent
By Kate BramsonPROVIDENCE -- Rhode Island's unemployment rate dropped slightly to 10.7 percent in August, and the state gained 1,100 jobs, according to data released Friday by the Rhode Island...
View ArticleR.I. Labor Dept. struggles to meet demand after its own layoffs
By Kate BramsonCRANSTON, R.I. -- Two months after the state Department of Labor and Training laid off 67 people because of declining federal money, the department is struggling to keep pace with the...
View ArticleToday in RI history: Mobster 'The Saint' goes to prison
By Thomas J. MorganA year ago today: Anthony M. St. Laurent Sr., known as "The Saint," for years a key New England mob figure with a record of extortion and gambling crimes, is sentenced to seven years...
View ArticleFire damages two apartments in Cranston's Pocasset Apartments
By Richard C. DujardinCRANSTON, R.I. -- Two of a dozen units at the Pocasset Apartments at 947 Dyer Ave. were damaged by a fire that began on the building's 3rd floor around 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Deputy...
View ArticleWarwick police charge man with felony, say he killed pregnant cat
By Tatiana PinaWARWICK, R.I. - - The police say they charged a man with malicious killing of an animal Thursday after concluding that he'd put a pregnant cat in a sealed box, placed her in a bag and...
View ArticleHighs in the low 70s on the last full day of summer
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Once again the morning gets off to a chilly start but the temperature should warm to a pleasant 70 to 73 degrees on the last full day of summer, according to our...
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