Category Archives: Local News

Joel Norman appears with his lawyer Robert Mann at left, at Providence Superior Court for sentencing for the wrong-way crash on Rt. 6 in Providence on Easter Sunday that resulted in the deaths of Tiff...

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) - A World War II hero from Rhode Island who lost his life in 1942 while trying to save fellow soldiers from a sinking ship is being honored. The public is invited to attend the wa...

TIVERTON, R.I. (AP) - Fire officials say one firefighter was hospitalized after a two-alarm blaze broke out in a vacant mill building in Tiverton. WJAR-TV reports that the blaze was sparked sometime a...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island school bus driver has been charged in connection with a 1990 cold case murder in New York City. Authorities say 48-year-old Zunilda Rosario was taken into custod...

WOONSOCKET, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island man has been hospitalized after being shot by police. The Woonsocket Police Department says 19-year-old Mitchell Savard of Woonsocket was shot by an officer behi...

A video lampooning the exploits of Providence State Senator Frank Ciccone has surfaced prior to the September 13th primary. The video, uploaded to an account on YouTube called “Nomore DonutsR...

RICHMOND, R.I. (AP) - Officials in a Rhode Island town say they haven’t received notice of the state’s plan to reopen a shuttered rest stop and welcome center on Interstate 95. A state Dep...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A female firefighter is suing the city of Providence, alleging she was harassed and discriminated against by her colleagues due to her sexual orientation and because she’...

Jeannette Bayardelle (Deloris Van Cartier) and the cast of Theatre By The Sea’s production of SISTER ACT playing from August 17 – September 4. Photos by Steven Richard Photography.   ...