Former star pitcher turned television analyst Curt Schilling announced Wednesday that he is battling cancer. After retiring in 2009 after spending 20 years in the major leagues Schilling, 47, announced in a statement released through his employer, Bristol-based ESPN, that he has cancer. It was not indicated what type of cancer Schilling has, when he […]readmore
Providence – A 17-year-old boy died of a gunshot wound in Providence Tuesday night. The Providence Police were called to a home on Colfax Street shortly before 9 p.m., and officers discovered the boy with a gunshot wound in the Kitchen. The boy was later pronounced deadreadmore
Colonel Steven G. O’Donnell, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety and Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announce the arrest of thirteen (13) individuals involved in an intricate, large-scale criminal gambling operation. During the past several months, members of the Rhode Island State Police Intelligence […]readmore
Providence, R.I. (February 4, 2014) – As part of the strategic direction of the Providence Public School District articulated by the Providence School Board and Superintendent Dr. Susan Lusi in recent months, the Board’s policy committee began last night to refine a draft policy allowing stakeholders at the building level (administrators, teachers, students, parents and […]readmore
Colonel Steven G. O’Donnell, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Commissioner of the Department of Public and Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announces the arrest of 13 individuals as the result of an investigation conducted by the Rhode Island State Police and Rhode Island Department of Attorney General of an illegal […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, RI – With the approach of the Season Four Finale of the popular television drama Downton Abbey, Providence Public Library invites fans of the show to join cultural historian Madelyn Shaw for a discussion of the season’s fashion and a look at where — sartorially — the Grantham family has been and where they […]readmore
The Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence (RICADV) is launching Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month 2014 with a campaign created and depicted by teens from a Providence organization called Young Voices. Prior to February, these high school students met and brainstormed ideas for a public service announcement (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP_xLhsvl-c) that focuses on dating abuse […]readmore
The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) reports today that two influenza-related deaths occurred in January, the state’s first two of the 2013-2014 flu season. The first individual, a male in his 50s who had underlying medical conditions, died on January 1. The second individual was a male in his 80s who also had underlying […]readmore
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PROVIDENCE – Aquidneck Island businessman and Democratic candidate for Secretary of State Guillaume De Ramel applauded President Obama’s call to minimize the time voters spend waiting to cast ballots. Obama, citing the results of a bipartisan Presidential Commission on Election Administration that he convened to address challenges voters faced casting ballots in 2012, said “Citizenship […]readmore