PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Providence man has been sentenced in Kent County Superior Court to serve 12 years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) for sexually assaulting a female victim in Warwick in 2021. On October 20, 2023, Superior Court Justice Luis M. Matos sentenced Francisco Vasquez (age 38) to […]Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. –Attorney General Peter F. Neronha today announced that a Providence man was sentenced in Providence County Superior Court to serve 25 years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) for committing child molestation against a female victim under the age of 14 between 2013 and 2019. On October 30, 2023, Superior Court Justice Stephen […]Read More
Cranston Man Arrested Charged After Accidentally Shooting Four-year-Old Son
Colonel Michael J. Winquist, Chief of the Cranston Police Department, announces the arrest of a Cranston man who is alleged to have accidentally shot his son at their residence in Cranston. On 10/31/23, at approximately 10:12 a.m., the Cranston Fire Department received 911 calls that a four-year-old boy had been shot at 25 Queen Street. […]Read More
Governor McKee RIHousing Announce Over 1300 Rhode Islanders Received Support
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Dan McKee, in partnership with RIHousing, announced today that over 1300 Rhode Islanders have received support from the state’s Statewide Down Payment Assistance Program. The program, which launched in January of this year, offered $17,500 in down payment and closing cost assistance grants to eligible first-time homebuyers across the state. Given […]Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that a Woonsocket woman has been sentenced in Kent County Superior Court to serve eight years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) after pleading to driving under the influence and causing a crash that killed 25-year-old Caleb Winfrey in 2021. At a hearing on October […]Read More
The press conference at 10pm from Lewiston, Maine, which authorities only confirmed that the suspect of the mass killings, Robert Card died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was found at 7:45 pm near the Androscoggin River in Lisbon. Maine Governor, Janet Mills told reporters that she called President Biden to inform him of the […]Read More
Mayor Brett Smiley Announces that Providence is One of Five
NewDEAL selects five state and local leaders that put forth policy ideas that maximize the impact of federal funds PROVIDENCE, RI– Mayor Brett P. Smiley announced that NewDeal named Providence as one of five finalists in the 2023 National Ideas Challenge in the category of effective use of federal funds for its Early Learning Infrastructure […]Read More
SOUTHWEST ANNOUNCES NEW DALLAS AND DENVER NONSTOP ROUTES FROM RHODE
Service to DAL and DEN to launch Summer 2024 Warwick, RI – October 27, 2023 – The Rhode Island Airport Corporation today welcomed the news that Southwest Airlines will offer two new nonstop routes at Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport (PVD). The new seasonal routes, which will begin in June of 2024, include Saturday […]Read More
On July 25, 2023 the Pawtucket Police Department took a report of a confidence scheme where an 85-year-old city resident was scammed out of approximately $18,000 dollars. The victim received a call from an individual identifying himself as an attorney that needed money to bond a relative of the victim out of jail. The scam […]Read More
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed issued the following statement on the mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine: “I deeply mourn the victims of this tragic, senseless and horrific mass shooting. I have been in touch with my colleagues, Senators Collins and King, to let them know I will support any and all available federal […]Read More