Posted: Mar 03, 2015 8:28 AM ESTUpdated: Mar 03, 2015 10:23 AM EST By Associated Press Former House Speaker Gordon Fox has agreed to plead guilty to charges of bribery, wire fraud and filing a false tax return following an investigation that included a dramatic federal raid on the Statehouse, according to court documents unsealed Tuesday. The details […]readmore
Pawtucket – Fire destroy a multi-family home on Thornton Street early Tuesday morning. National Grid was called in to assist in turning the gas off in the area. Firefighters battled the fire in extremely icy conditions, slush and running water covering the road. Everyone in the home was able to get out safely. Firefighters rescued some […]readmore
With opening arguments scheduled to begin Wednesday in the Boston Marathon bombing trial, prosecutors have made a strong case in pre-trial evidentiary filings tying the lone survivor, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, to the blasts that killed three and maimed scores. If prosecutors can persuade a jury that Tsarnaev is guilty, however, it’s an open question whether jurors […]readmore
On March 1, 2015, Troopers assigned to The Lincoln Woods Barracks conducted a motor vehicle stop for speeding and several other moving violations on Route 95 in the City of Providence. Troopers seized a loaded stolen .22 Caliber Smith & Wesson-Walther pistol from under the driver’s seat during the motor vehicle stop. The pistol was […]readmore
Colonel Steven G. O’Donnell, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Commissioner of Public Safety, announces the arrest of three (3) men on drug distribution charges by the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force. On March 2, 2015 members of the HIDTA Task Force, the United States Bureau of Immigration and […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Mayor Jorge O. Elorza, Public Safety Commissioner Steven M. Paré and Colonel Hugh T. Clements, Jr. were joined today by United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha, Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin and the heads of federal, state and local law enforcement from across Rhode Island to detail multiple coordinated simultaneous investigations that […]readmore
Rhode Island – Governor Gina Raimondo on Thursday issued an executive order to establish a «Working Group for Reinventing Medicaid .» This was announced at a press conference . Raimondo said spending on Medicaid accounts for one third of the state budget , and added that the cost per person is among the highest in […]readmore
PROVIDENCE — Mayor Angel Taveras has proposed agreements under which the tax-exempt tenants of the proposed South Street Landing development project will pay taxes to the City of Providence. As currently envisioned, the former South Street Power Station on Dyer Street would be leased to Rhode Island College and the University of Rhode Island for […]readmore
A Newbury man was going for a walk with his dog on Plum Island Beach Saturday when he stumbled upon the unexpected—a human leg. Carrie Kimball Monahan, spokeswoman for the Essex County District Attorney’s office, said the leg was the first body part of several others to wash ashore this weekend. The remains were confirmed as […]readmore
FOXBORO — There was a point when the Patriots’ Sunday afternoon matchup with the Dolphins looked like it would be a close one. There was a time when Tom Brady and the offense looked inept. There was a moment when it looked like the Patriots wouldn’t clinch their sixth consecutive AFC East title. Then the third quarter […]readmore