Rhode Island

The Rhode Island Housing Department is proposing to put up temporary pallet shelters for unhoused residents, according to NBC affiliate WJAR. The pallet shelters would be located on less than one acre of land on Victor Street, near the Route 146 and Interstate 95 south on-ramp, reported WJAR, citing state housing officials. The temporary community ...

A Rhode Island Senator will be touring multiple areas in Rhode Island damaged by flooding. Senator Jack Reed will speak with community leaders and Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency officials before taking the tour on Friday, according to WJAR. Reed’s tour will include a stop in West Warwick and other areas impacted by the first snowfal...

A Rhode Island man involved in a brawl in Newport last year pleaded guilty to charges this week, according to NBC affiliate WJAR. David Onik, of Barrington, pleaded guilty to two counts of simple assault, trespass and disorderly conduct, WJAR-TV reported, citing the Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office. Onik, 45, was sentenced to one-year p...

A U.S. fugitive known as Nicholas Rossi, who is accused of faking his own death and fleeing the country to avoid rape charges, is in a Utah jail after he was extradited from Scotland last week, jail records showed on Monday. Rossi, whose legal name is Nicholas Alahverdian, is charged with sexually assaulting a 21-year-old woman in Orem, Utah,......

After several storms hit the state of Rhode Island, including flooding and tornadoes, four months ago, President Joe Biden approved a major disaster declaration for the state, reported NBC affiliate WJAR. The severe storms affected the Ocean State from Sept. 10 to Sept. 13, 2023. The federal funding will be made available to affected residents in P...

Two adults and two youths were arrested after a fight broke out during a basketball game at a high school in Providence, Rhode Island, this week, according to NBC affiliate WJAR. The fight happened Thursday night at Mount Pleasant High School. A gun was confiscated from inside the school, WJAR reported. It wasn’t immediately known where that ...

Rhode Island lawmakers met Tuesday for the start of the state’s new Legislative session, with the top issues under consideration including investing in public transit and safe affordable housing, defending against climate change and weighing a call for same-day voter registration. Advocates are also pushing lawmakers to act on gun safety initiative...

Students in Smithfield, Rhode Island, are mourning the unexpected loss of a cherished music and theatre teacher after a very brief illness. The Smithfield High School Music Booster Club announced with heavy hearts on Saturday that Katherine Young had died, calling her a beloved teacher, colleague and friend. She was 37. “Her fierce and passio...

A stabbing suspect led police on a chase through Woonsocket, Rhode Island, on Friday which ended in a crash that sent two other people to the hospital, according to WJAR-TV. The station reports that the stabbing happened on Park Avenue at the Ocean State Job Lot Parking lot. The male victim was stabbed in the leg and taken to the…

A woman in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, was accused of stabbing her roommate this week over a tattoo, according to NBC affiliate WJAR. The incident happened on Lonsdale Avenue at about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. When police arrived, officers found a woman with serious cuts to her arm, WJAR reported. She was taken to the hospital, where she underwent surgery....

Come Jan. 1, 2024, several new laws will go into effect in Rhode Island, including a plastic-bag ban and increase minimum wage, according to NBC affiliate WJAR. PLASTIC BAG BANLike many other states, Rhode Island is banning single-use plastic bags as part of the Plastic Waste Reduction Act. Paper bags will have to be recyclable, WJAR reported. MINI...

A woman is dead and one was seriously injured after a stabbing in Providence, Rhode Island on Wednesday morning. Police are investigating the back parking area near a home on Adelaide Avenue in the Elmwood neighborhood of the city, according to reports from WJAR. A woman told WJAR that the victims were mother and daughter and she heard screams and&...

After spending almost year at Boston Children’s Hospital, a Charlestown, Rhode Island, baby was able to go home just in time for Christmas, according to WJAR-TV. Jeralyn Zwolinski told WJAR-TV that her son, Joey, was diagnosed with congenital heart disease at 21 weeks in utero. Joey underwent three open heart surgeries and 284 days later, he ...

It might be cold outside, but this story out of Warwick, Rhode Island, will surely warm your heart. A father and son are adding more magic to the holiday season for local kids by handing out “magic” keys from Santa for children who live at homes without chimneys. Jon Issa started his business, Jon’s Locks Inc., in 2013, and his&#8...

A woman was found shot and killed in her North Providence, Rhode Island, home this week, according to WJAR-TV. A family member of the 63-year-old woman called 911 at about 3 p.m. Wednesday, according to North Providence police. The man who called said he hadn’t heard from the victim since Thanksgiving, WJAR-TV reported. He then went to the wo...

A Powerball ticket that was sold in Rhode Island won one million on Wednesday night. According to the Rhode Island Lottery, the ticket was sold at Kingstown Liquor Mart in North Kingstown. The winning Powerball numbers were 27-35-41-56-60 and the Powerball was 16. Powerplay was X2. No one won the jackpot, so it is up to an estimated $620 ...