At approximately 5:28 PM on December 28, 2021, a Trooper conducted a motor vehicle stop on Route 95 South, just south of the Service Road overpass, in the City of Warwick. Both vehicles came to a stop completely in the breakdown lane located on the right side of the highway. The cruiser’s emergency lights were […]Read More
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — Chief Steven Pinch and the Union Fire District of South Kingstown would like to provide the community with an update on a parcel of land owned by the department. The land at 446 High St. was purchased by the UFD in 2019 for just under $300,000. Last week, the existing structure on […]Read More
An indictment, information, or complaint is merely an allegation. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. On December 10, 2021, the Providence County Grand Jury returned a secret indictment charging Johan Quinones with one count of first-degree murder, one count of discharging a firearm when in commission of a crime of violence […]Read More
U. S. Department of Justice grant announced by Congressional delegation will help fund program to equip more than 700 patrol officers across 12 police departments in Rhode Island with body-worn cameras PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Office of the Attorney General (RIAG), Department of Public Safety (DPS), and the Rhode Island Police Chiefs’ Association (RIPCA) […]Read More
Arrests made as part of Attorney General’s Urban Violent Crime Initiative Attorney General Peter F. Neronha and Pawtucket Acting Public Safety Director Chief Tina Goncalves announced that a Lincoln man and Foster woman were arrested on Monday on a multitude of drug and firearms charges. The Pawtucket Police Departments Narcotics Unit, as part of the […]Read More
UPDATE: Erwin Rivera Ochoa was found by police today at 12:30 p.m. inside a parked car on Joslin Street, near his Atwells Avenue home. The boy appeared unharmed and was transported to Hasbro Children’s Hospital for evaluation. Providence Police are seeking assistance from the public regarding a missing 11 year old male, Erwin Rivera Ochoa. […]Read More
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) recommend lifting the recreational advisories at Spectacle Pond in Cranston, Roger Williams Ponds in Providence, and Melville Upper and Lower Ponds in Portsmouth. Two recent surveys conducted at these sites found no evidence of cyanobacteria blooms. The recreational advisories […]Read More
PAWTUCKET- Following significant winds on Sunday, December 19th, the lights on the Fairlawn Christmas Tree at Nathanael Green Elementary were damaged beyond repair. Pawtucket Public Works crews worked on Monday to see if the lights were able to be repaired or salvaged, however they found that the system was unable to be fixed. “We know how […]Read More
PROVIDENCE, RI- General Treasurer and gubernatorial candidate Seth Magaziner today issued the following statement regarding the measures Governor McKee took today to address the hospital staffing shortage: “Yesterday, I proposed a plan to address the staffing crisis in Rhode Island emergency rooms. Today, Governor McKee adopted some of my suggestions, specifically to allow out-of-state […]Read More
Estimates show the slowest population growth in the country on record DECEMBER 21, 2021 – According to population estimates and components of change from the 2021 edition of the U.S. Census Bureau released today, last year the population of the United States grew by 392,665, or 0.1%, the lowest rate since the country’s founding. This […]Read More