Rhode Island

Rhode Island House Speaker Joseph Shekarchi is pushing a package of more than a dozen bills aimed at addressing the state’s ongoing housing crisis

Police in Providence, Rhode Island, are searching for whomever tried to kidnap a young girl on her way home from school this week. NBC10 Boston affiliate WJAR reports that the Providence Police Department is looking for 45-year-old Marc Pierre, who is being called a person of interest in the attempted abduction. He is 6 feet tall and was last seen&...

A 17-year-old boy was killed in a serious crash Thursday night in Cumberland, Rhode Island, something police are calling “heartbreaking — yet avoidable.” Cumberland police say the teen was driving on Mendon Road around 10:45 p.m. when his vehicle struck another car as it was turning from Vivian Avenue onto Mendon. The teen’s...

There are frustrations over school safety that’s taking center stage in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. However, it’s not targeting just one district. Six people were arrested this week after a fight at a high school in Central Falls. Back in January, four were arrested at Mount Pleasant High School in Providence after a fight broke out during...

A whale was stranded in a pond in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, on Thursday, according to NBC affiliate WJAR. The whale was reported stranded at about 7 a.m. in Potter Pond, Sarah Callan, manager of the Mystic Aquarium Animal Rescue Program, told WJAR. She said the animal is alive and is believed to be a juvenile fin whale. Rescuers told…...

A 25-year-old man allegedly carjacked a woman and set a fire at a mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, Wednesday morning, according to NBC affiliate WJAR. The carjacking occurred just after midnight near Bellevue Avenue, Newport police said. Foster Krupa threatened a woman with a fishing spear and demanded her to get out of the car, WJAR reported. The...

A missing kayaker was found dead in Barrington, Rhode Island, on Sunday, according to NBC affiliate WJAR. The kayaker was reported missing from the Providence River Sunday afternoon, officials said, and his body was recovered that night about five feet from shore at the Barrington town beach. Warwick police told WJAR that the kayaker was Timothy Ch...

A 20-year-old woman was killed in a multiple-vehicle crash on Interstate 95 in Exeter, Rhode Island, early Monday morning. Rhode Island State Police said they responded to reports of a crash on I-95 north just south of Exit 9 around 5 a.m. Their initial investigation revealed that a tractor-trailer was driving in the middle lane of I-95 up an incli...

A nearly 150-year-old stained-glass church window in Rhode Island that depicts a dark-skinned Jesus Christ interacting with women in New Testament scenes — known to many as the “Black Gospel Window” — has found a new home at a museum in Tennessee. The window was installed in 1878 at the now-closed St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Warren. It is the&#8...

A woman’s body was recovered from a river Thursday in Providence, Rhode Island, according to NBC affiliate WJAR. The body was found at about 2 p.m. near Promenade Street, Providence police said. The woman’s body was taken to the Rhode Island Medical Examiner’s Office. Her name wasn’t immediately released. While her death is ...

A Rhode Island man was found guilty of stealing 10 cases of tequila from his employer in 2021, Attorney General Peter Neronha said Wednesday. Brenden Phang, 25, was found guilty of one count of larceny greater than $1,500 and less than $5,000, according to Neronha. He was released on bail pending a sentencing hearing in May. Phang, of Woonsocket, s...

Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee announced Wednesday that new lanes are going to be added to improve traffic patterns on the troubled Washington Bridge. The plans are aimed at improving travel time on Interstate 195 and alleviating congestion leading up to the Washington Bridge. One lane will be added in each direction on the bridge, state officials sai...

Bellingham Police gained custody of a man who allegedly robbed a convenience store at gunpoint in Bellingham, Massachusetts and then escaped after a police car and foot chase that ended near Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Authorities said they retrieved Agapito Davila, a 41-year-old from Woonsocket, from Lowell, Massachusetts and returned him to the Bel...

As engineers in Rhode Island continue building reports on the Washington Bridge, they will be making a recommendation to the state on whether or not to replace the bridge — although, there’s no timeline for the decision. Gov. Dan McKee said he won’t make any decision without the engineer’s reports. “Just not ready to start s...

A Rhode Island man was arrested Thursday and charged with using gasoline to set several fires around the exterior of a predominantly Black church in North Providence early Sunday morning. Kevin Colantonio, 35, of North Providence, was charged with maliciously damaging or destroying by means of fire or explosion a building or other real property, ac...

Four people are facing charges after the death of a 1-year-old child in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, NBC affiliate WJAR reported. Emergency crews responded around 10 a.m. Sunday to Arthur Street, where the child was found unresponsive. He later died at Hasbro Children’s Hospital, according to the outlet. Police said the child had significant faci...