PAWTUCKET, R.I. (WJAR) — Police across Rhode Island executed multiple raids Thursday in connection to recent shootings reported in several cities, seizing guns and taking several individuals ...

A Rhode Island man will spend two decades in prison for producing and intending to distribute tens of thousands of fentanyl-laced pills disguised as pain medication, the Justice Department announced.

Around 85 protesters gathered at Rhode Island Hospital due to the presence of ICE officers with a detainee. The detainee's lawyer and Providence Police Chief Col. Oscar L. Perez confirmed the man ...

There are hundreds of outstanding players in Rhode Island, and these lists are not intended to be comprehensive. Let us know about other athletes worthy of fans’ attention. Note: Some players ...

Rhode Island Senate President Dominick Ruggerio (D-North Providence, Providence) passed away Monday morning after a monthslong battle against cancer. He was 76 years old. Ruggerio, a 41-year veteran ...

(WJAR) — A powerful figure in Rhode Island politics has died. Senate President Dominick Ruggerio passed away early Monday morning at the age of 76, after he went back into the hospital last week ...

Protesters gathered at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence Thursday afternoon after Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were reportedly present. “ICE is targeting a patient, and they are ...

(WJAR) — Rhode Island College announced it has been designated as the National Security Agency Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense. According to school officials, the designation is ...

Rhode Island nonprofit leaders discussed the challenges facing their organizations during a panel discussion hosted by United Way of Rhode Island and The Providence Journal. Panelists expressed ...

Dominick Ruggerio, Rhode Island’s longest-serving legislator at nearly 44 years and its Senate president since 2017, died Monday, his office said. He was 76. Ruggerio, a Democrat, died at Fatima ...

This week we have Gretchen Miller, owner of Martin House Books in Westerly, Rhode Island. What’s your store’s story? I was proud to open this bookstore a year ago. My mother owned a bookstore ...