State budget included $1M for controversial treatment

CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) — House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello’s leadership team has put $1 million into the state budget for a Cranston chiropractor, despite the governor’sRead More

Seekonk man who kidnapped, beat his own mom gets 7 years behind bars

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Massachusetts man has been sentenced to serve seven years in prison in Rhode Island for kidnapping and assaulting his 74-year-oldRead More

Rhode Island school district cuts athletics programs

WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island school district has cut its athletic programs as well as other after-school activities in an effort to balanceRead More

RI veteran hoping to reunite sentimental dog tag with its owner

(WHDH) — A Rhode Island car salesman is on a mission to find the owner of a sentimental piece of military memorabilia. Roger Benoit saysRead More

7 arrested in connection to 2 nightclub shootings

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island State Police have arrested seven people in connection with a pair of gang-related shootings at Providence nightclubs that injuredRead More

Panhandler stabbed to death on Providence street

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island police have arrested a man they say stabbed a panhandler to death on a Providence street. Maj. David LapatinRead More

Rhode Island man gets 10 years on child porn charges

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A registered sex offender who pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography and to sending sexually explicit text messages and images toRead More

Student says Providence College failed to protect her from ‘predator’

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Providence College sophomore says in a lawsuit the school failed to investigate and protect her from being sexually harassed andRead More

Police: Worcester woman who crashed car IDs herself as Hello Kitty

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) — Police in Rhode Island say a Massachusetts woman who flipped her car onto its roof after striking a home identified herselfRead More

4 hospitalized, 1 arrested, after Providence, RI crash

A violent crash in Rhode Island early Sunday morning led to four people being hospitalized and one being placed under arrest. The crash in ProvidenceRead More