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Editor's Note: Beginning this week, Andy Gresh will be part of The Providence Journal’s Patriots coverage for the season. "Gresh's Grades" will appear each week in print, on providencejournal.co...

The Rhode Island State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By JENNIFER McDERMOTT and MICHELLE R. SMITH, The Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island's Democratic governor faces a spir...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – An Ohio man has been sentenced to 4-years in federal prison for his role in a heroin distribution ring that stretched into Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Federal prosecu...

By JONATHAN DREW, The Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Hurricane Florence churned Tuesday toward the Eastern Seaboard as a storm of "staggering" size, forcing a million people to evacuate the coa...

Donald Farish. Photo courtesy Roger Williams University By WPRO News Roger Williams University is inviting the public to an event commemorating their 10th President, Donald J. Farish, who passed unexp...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Rhode Island voters are sending a higher number of mail-in ballots ahead of the upcoming primary. The secretary of state’s office says 6,265 mail ballots were sent ...

Police investigate after an officer-involved shooting in Pawtucket. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News. By Steve Klamkin and Tessa Roy, WPRO News Police confirmed 28-year-old DaShawn Cole died after bei...

Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A 16-year-old boy reputedly associated with a gang is facing murder and other charges in the shooting death this week of a 15-year-old s...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Rhode Island officials are working to add the names of more than 5,000 potential primary voters to the rolls who were caught in an electronic registration snafu. The Boar...

Burt Reynolds as Bo ‘Bandit’ Darville, in ‘Smokey And The Bandit’, 1977.**Full Credit:Silver Screen Collection/Moviepix/Getty Images** NEW YORK (AP) - Burt Reynolds, the handso...