BURRILLVILLE

A man who died in an off-road Jeep crash in Rhode Island over the weekend has been publicly identified by authorities as a Plymouth, Massachusetts resident. Jose Zuniga, 29, was in the front passenger seat of a Jeep that rolled over at about 12:35 a.m. Sunday in the sandpit area of the Munyon Trail in Burrillville, police said Monday. Zuniga…

Police say a Rhode Island 16-year-old has been charged with harassing and extorting girls to send him naked photographs of themselves, which he then shared with other people. Burrillville police said in a statement that the teenager was in possession of a “large quantity of images and videos consistent with child pornography.” He has not been identified because of his…

A Rhode Island high school has been put on probation for one year in connection with alleged racial taunts by fans at a school volleyball team match. The governing body for high school sports in the state handed down the punishment to Burrillville High School on Friday. Students also will not be allowed to attend the next girls’ volleyball game...

The speaker of Rhode Island’s House of Representatives is expressing reservations about communities in the state declaring themselves Second Amendment sanctuaries.

State environmental officials say about 13 percent of the trees in Rhode Island’s forests are now dead because of an unprecedented combination of heat, drought and insect infestations over the past two years. The Department of Environmental Management says the area of dead trees is concentrated across the western half of the state, from Hopkinton to Burrillville, with pockets on...

Some areas saw as many as 6 inches of snow as a result of Tuesday morning’s storm. Here’s a closer look at snow totals from around the region.

The first snowfall of the season blasted New England overnight, leaving as much as 9 inches of snow in some areas. Here’s a closer look at snow totals from around the region.

Police in Rhode Island say a Burrillville man beat and choked a woman who had a no-contact order against him. Burrillville police say the responded to a home Sunday night, where they found the woman.

Monday’s storm only lasted four to five hours and the snow melted in many places before it could really accumulate. Here’s a look at how much snow we got, as of 11 a.m., according to the National Weather Service.

The cleanup is underway around the region after the third major storm in two weeks lashed the Northeast with hurricane-force winds, heavy snow and widespread power outages.

After the third nor’easter in March dumped snow across the region, many Falmouth, Mass. residents are dealing with another night without power, which has some turning to different ways to keep warm Wednesday night.

Police in Rhode Island are investigating after the discovery of an online Dropbox containing sexually explicit photos and videos of dozens of high school girls.