Officer Mark Castiglione, 36, of Milford, appeared Friday in the Sixth District Court in Providence. He and and Renee E. Deans, 48, also of Milford, were each arrested on Dec. 28 by Rhode Island State Police on drug charges.

SouthCoast Wind is moving forward on other fronts. On Dec. 20, the Biden administration announced that the proposal had received approval from the federal government, making it the 11 th offshore wind project to get the green light from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.

Rhode Island police arrested four suspects who led law enforcement officials on a chase that stemmed from an armed robbery of a FedEx driver in Harvard, Massachusetts.

Michael Brier, 62, was accused of defrauding Medicare, Medicaid, and other health insurers out of millions of dollars by billing them for services Recovery Connection Centers of America, Inc., did not provide.

PROVIDENCE – As protesters gathered in the State House to decry government's response to the homelessness crisis, Gov. Dan McKee took the stage Tuesday night to tout the "progress" made on his watch in multiple arenas, from the successful launch of a professional Rhode Island soccer team to a drop in school absences.

Rhode Island State Police identified four suspects arrested after a pursuit that ended in Providence.

Cat declawing is now illegal in Massachusetts after Gov. Maura Healey signed a law Thursday banning the practice in the state. The law, introduced by state Sen. Mark Montigny, D-New Bedford, imposes a fine of up to $1,

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Gov. Dan McKee is no longer attending President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday due to expected snowfall. “After reviewing the latest the weather forecast for Rhode Island, the governor made the decision not to travel out of state at this time,” a spokesperson for McKee said.

Will Richmond has worked in the journalism industry since 2022, starting out at the Chariho Times. He then spent 14 years at The Herald News in Fall River, Massachusetts, where he won awards for government and education coverage, before becoming the digital news editor in 2013.

In Massachusetts, one man creates custom clown shoes, and in Rhode Island, a nonprofit provides new sneakers for kids without housing.

Four people were arrested in Providence after a pursuit on Jan. 10, 2025. (WLNE)PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — The Providence Police Department said it arrested four individuals Friday in connection with an armed robbery in Harvard.

A national think tank says the ACLU of Massachusetts is “grasping for relevance” with a settlement it secured in an argument that certain illegal immigrants should be granted temporary relief