PROVIDENCE, RI – Mayor Jorge O. Elorza will join BELL (Building Educated Leaders for Life) Chief Executive Officer Lauren Sanchez Gilbert Ed.D., Vice President of Organizational Effectiveness Dan Dobin, and summer program students, known as scholars, at Young Woods Elementary School to declare Thursday, July 13, 2017 Summer Learning Day. Press is invited to tour […]Load more...
SCITUATE, RI — Colonel Ann C. Assumpico, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Director of Public Safety, announces that members of the Rhode Island State Police Detective Division arrested a Coventry woman in connection with an investigation into a fatal hit-and-run pedestrian crash that occurred on July 3, 2017, on South Road in […]Load more...
Providence – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency celebrated the recipients of four Brownfields grants in Rhode Island. This year, Rhode Island entities in Woonsocket received $600,000 for cleanup of brownfield sites, and the City of Providence received $200,000 for an Area Wide Planning grant. ARTech Hub LLC will receive two grants totaling $400,000 for cleanup […]Load more...
JOHNSTON – A Woonsocket teenager was killed and two passengers in her car were injured after the car went off the road on Interstate 295 in Johnston and struck a tree around 2:30 p.m. yesterday. The driver, Lungpalinya Phouvong, 17, of 26 Cross St., Woonsocket, was taken to Hasbro Children’s Hospital, where she later was […]Load more...
EXETER, RI — Rhode Island State Police are seeking the public’s assistance with information relating to a fatal pedestrian hit-and-run crash that occurred on South Road in Exeter between the hours of 9 p.m. on Monday, July 3, 2017 and 6 a.m. on Tuesday, July 4, 2017. The victim in the crash has been identified […]Load more...
WEST WARWICK, RI – Rhode Island State Police are searching for a suspect who allegedly resisted arrest and fled from police, striking several unmarked police cruisers, other cars and a building before fleeing on foot after his car crashed in West Warwick earlier today. The suspect is identified as a Vincent D’Ambra, age 27. D’Ambra […]Load more...
RICHMOND, RI – Rhode Island State Police arrested a Providence man on gun and child abuse charges during a traffic stop on Interstate 95 yesterday (Friday). Karon Williams, 21, of 11 Handy St., Providence, was charged with possession of a loaded handgun inside of a vehicle and license or permit required to carry a pistol. […]Load more...