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A trip to the beach in Rhode Island this weekend might also end being good for your health. The state Department of Environmental Management and the state Department of Health are partnering to host a free COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Misquamicut State Beach in Westerly starting at 11 a.m. on Saturday, officials said in a statement. The clinic — which…

An 11-year-old Rhode Island boy clamming with his grandfather found a giant quahog that is thought to be one of the largest ever harvested in state waters. Cooper Monaco, of Wakefield, found the massive mollusk Monday in the Weekapaug section of Westerly and donated it to the University of Rhode Island’s Marine Science Research Facility in Narragansett, the university...

A Rhode Island man who police say fatally shot one woman and wounded two others before killing himself left behind a note apologizing for the “mess” he made, police say. Joseph Giachello, 66, was found dead of a gunshot wound to the chest in his Babcock Village apartment in an affordable housing complex in Westerly on Dec. 19, according to…

A memorial service is planned for the victim of a housing complex shooting in Rhode Island that injured two others.  The “celebration of life” honoring 47-year-old Julie Cardinal will be held Dec. 27 at the Westerly Yacht Club, according to her obituary. The Westerly resident played a key role in pushing the private club to allow women to become full…

Authorities are continuing to investigate what could have motivated the deadly shooting that shocked the Westerly, Rhode Island community Thursday morning. Two people, including the gunman, are dead and the two surviving victims suffered injuries in the violence. Here’s what to know about the incident: The shooting Police received a call sometime around 10:30 a.m. of a shooting at...

Police have identified the alleged gunman in Thursday’s fatal shooting at a living facility in Westerly, Rhode Island.

Investigators are still trying to determine what motivated the deadly shooting that killed one woman and injured two others at a retirement home in Westerly, Rhode Island.

A man fatally shot a woman and critically wounded two others before killing himself at an assisted living facility in Westerly, Rhode Island, Thursday, police said. The shooting at the Babcock Village Apartments retirement home about 10:30 a.m. prompted a lockdown of nearby schools as police secured the building and searched for the gunman. Police said at a news conference…

Forty-seven-year-old Julie Lynn Cardinal was shot and killed Thursday at the Babcock Village Assisted Living Facility in Westerly, Rhode Island.

A gunman opened fire at a retirement home in Westerly, Rhode Island, Thursday, killing a woman and seriously wounding two others before killing himself.

The shooting happened in an assisted living facility in Westerly, Rhode Island. The gunman died from a self-inflicted gunshot.

A suspect remained at large Thursday afternoon after three people were shot at a retirement complex in Westerly, Rhode Island.

Police in Rhode Island are investigating after a woman died and another person was injured when they fell down a staircase at a bar in Westerly. WJAR reports authorities responded to a call Friday night of a person falling at the Hill Top Cafe. There, officers learned two women had fallen down concrete steps that led to the basement and...

Rhode Island officials have confirmed a fourth finding of the potentially deadly mosquito-borne virus eastern equine encephalitis and the first finding of West Nile virus. State environmental and health officials said Tuesday a second mosquito sample trapped at Chapman Swamp in Westerly, Rhode Island tested positive for eastern equine encephalitis and mosquitoes trapped in Tiverton are the first to test...

An Iowa man police say came to Rhode Island with a backpack full of burglary tools to visit Taylor Swift has been held without bail pending a competency hearing. The Sun of Westerly reports 32-year-old David Page Liddle was held at a court hearing Thursday after authorities said there were concerns he was a flight risk and had previously been...

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

Police in Rhode Island say a call about an intruder led to an hours-long investigation involving the bomb squad and a hazmat team.

Authorities in Rhode Island are warning residents after a small dog was snatched from a backyard by a coyote.

Firefighters have helped save a 15-month-old from a home fully engulfed in flames in Rhode Island.