A Rhode Island State Police trooper caught on video punching a man in a holding cell has been fired, his lawyer said Friday. Trooper Jamie Donnelly-Taylor’s dismissal was a non-disciplinary termination, his attorney, Carly Lafrate, said in an email to The Providence Journal. The basis for the termination first reported by WJAR-TV was “his medical condition which was incurred...

A small plane has made an emergency landing on Interstate 95 in West Greenwich, Rhode Island. A photo shows a plane in the middle of the highway, near Exit 6. Emergency officials report there are no injuries.

A small plane made an emergency landing Saturday evening on Interstate 95 in West Greenwich, Rhode Island.

Rhode Island State Police have arrested an elementary school music teacher on a child pornography charge. Anthony Martin was held on $5,000 bond at a court appearance Thursday. He did not enter a plea and was referred to the public defender’s office.

A Rhode Island man has been arrested after allegedly trying to solicit a 14-year-old boy for sex. Korey Morris, a 43-year-old Middletown resident, solicited a person he believed to be a 14-year-old Rhode Island boy for sexual activity, authorities said. He was arrested after an investigation by the Rhode Island State Police/Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

The head of the Rhode Island State Police is assigning additional troopers to enforce seat belt laws.

A body was found Thursday morning at a recycling facility in Rhode Island. Authorities said the body was discovered around 10:30 a.m. at Full Recycling on Green Hill Road in Johnston.

Rhode Island state police have identified the two men killed during a single-vehicle crash on I-95 North as Hyde Park residents Romario A. Cameron, 24, and Johny G. Goyau, 25.

A youth tennis instructor has been arraigned on child pornography charges, Rhode Island State Police say. Thomas E. Gallagher, 75, of Newport, was arrested Friday and charged with possession of child pornography after an investigation by the Rhode Island Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Gallagher was arraigned at Second Division District Court and released on $50,000 personal recognizance with...

Further sexual assault charges have been filed against a former assistant Catholic chaplain who worked at a boy scout summer camp.

A Smithfield, Rhode Island resident died early Friday morning in a car crash, reports Rhode Island State Police.

Rhode Island State Police have arrested a lawyer with a suspended license for allegedly threatening a state Supreme Court justice. Police say 36-year-old Nicholas Gelfuso, of Cranston, was arrested Friday and charged with threatening public officials, cyberstalking and cyberharassment.

Rhode Island State Police say they are targeting dangerous drivers through New Year’s Day. State Police Col. Ann Assumpico says additional patrols have been assigned to provide “intensive traffic enforcement” through the holiday. Troopers are participating in the national Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign sponsored by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Authorities found the body of a missing Stonington woman in the water off Westerly, Rhode Island Wednesday.

Snow melt is flying off hardware store shelves ahead of the season’s first significant snowfall — but so are leaf bags and rakes, as fall and winter collide in this pre-Thanksgiving snow storm, leaving people scrambling to scoop up piles of leaves.

A Providence man suspected of driving while intoxicated has been arrested and charged in connection with a fatal crash on Interstate 95.

Rhode Island State Police have arrested a Providence man they say had hundreds of marijuana plants and a gun in his home. State police executed a search warrant on the home of 31-year-old Anthony Patti on Friday.

Police say a Rhode Island woman has twice been charged with driving drunk with children in her vehicle in two weeks.

Rhode Island State Police say they have arrested a fugitive from Massachusetts in a Providence apartment where they also found nearly two pounds of pure fentanyl with a street value of more than $30,000.

Rhode Island State Police say their annual roadcheck operation netted close to 800 violations over a three-day period.