The House of Representatives voted 43-28 on Thursday in favor of legislation sponsored by Rep. Jason Knight to ban assault weapons in Rhode Island. The legislation now moves ...

The Jesse M. Smith Memorial Library’s knitting and crocheting group will meet Thursdays, June 5-26, from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m., at the library, 100 Tinkham Lane.

The Cumberland Public Library will hold a preview event with New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell as she introduces readers to her forthcoming title “Don’t Let Him ...

Fire Chief Kevin Roy reports that the Blackstone Fire Department, Blackstone Board of Health and Massachusetts Department of ...

A Rhode Island man who intentionally set multiple fires around the exterior of a predominantly black church in North Providence last February, and while detained at a federal ...

In Rhode Island, a summertime backyard cookout doesn’t need much. Toss a few “hots and hams” on the grill, set out the ...

When the Lincoln High boys’ volleyball team dropped its first set and trailed late in the second in its Division II semifinal ...

Five days after defeating Tiverton in its playoff opener, the Woonsocket High baseball team welcomed the Tigers back to ...

Despite a groundswell of public outcry, the Woonsocket City Council on Monday approved a fiscal year 2026 budget preserving ...

Smithfield’s opponents in the Division I high school baseball playoffs were the reigning Division II champion, the state’s ...

The Misfits, who play in Sunday’s Division II, and the Scooby Snacks, who compete in Tuesday’s Co-ed ‘A’ division, appear to ...

The toppled train cars didn’t have anything dangerous on them this time, but on any given night, a freight train heading ...