Warwick

The National Weather Service in Boston confirmed that Thursday’s severe weather produced a microburst in central Massachusetts. The weather service said it surveyed damage Thursday in Warwick, Orange, Athol and the northern part of Salem. They concluded that a microburst with wind speeds estimated at 90 mph occurred in Warwick. A microburst is a particularly strong downrush of winds that…

The woman who drove into picnic tables at a Rhode Island clam shack last week was identified Monday. The driver is Jacqueline Rougier, 83, the Warwick Police Department told NBC affiliate WJAR.

Police in Warwick, Rhode Island are searching for a man accused of dressing as a UPS employee and stealing packages from a facility in the city. An image obtained by Warwick police shows a man entering a UPS facility at 150 Plan Way shortly after 6 p.m. on June 12 wearing a company t-shirt. Once inside, the man allegedly loaded…

A Rhode Island State trooper was rear-ended in his cruiser when stopped at the scene of a separate crash on Tuesday. The trooper had responded to a crash on I-95 South in Warwick, Rhode Island, at approximately 1:09 a.m., state police reported. While investigating, multiple troopers and members of the Warwick Fire Department closed the three right lanes of the…

The officer was wearing a bulletproof vest, which stopped the knife. The suspect was shot by police and is hospitalized in stable condition.

High school hockey fans in Rhode Island stepped up with their voices to offer an assist after the audio cut out during the National Anthem.

A Rhode Island woman whose adopted 9-year-old special needs daughter was found dead in a bathtub in the family’s squalid home in 2019 has been sentenced to 18 years in prison. A judge on Wednesday sentenced 58-year-old Michele Rothgeb to 15 years for the death of the girl, Zha-Nae Wilkerson, and an additional three years related to neglect charges involving…

Police in Rhode Island shot and killed a man who pointed a rifle at officers and ignored repeated commands to drop the weapon, police said. Officers went to a condominium complex in Warwick at about 10:30 p.m. Monday to perform a well-being check after getting a call from someone who said there was a suicidal male inside one unit and…

A COVID-19 cluster that prompted a Rhode Island high school to move to remote classes for a week may be tied to a recent homecoming dance, health officials said. Pilgrim High School in Warwick started remote classes on Monday, about a week after the dance. “Roughly 25 cases among students and staff have been identified,” state Department of Health spokesperson…

A Rhode Island high school moved to remote learning on Monday in response to an increased number of COVID-19 cases. The state Department of Health alerted school officials in Warwick about the cluster of cases at Pilgrim High School over the weekend. “This is a serious situation that needs cooperation from the entire Pilgrim community,” Superintendent Lynn Dambruch and Assistant…