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Two non-profits in Attleboro are getting slapped with property tax bills for the first time. The Knights of Columbus and the Moose Lodge both thought they were exempt because they are charitable organizations.
A car ended up in a Cranton building late Thursday night after a police chase that started in Providence. It all started around 10 p.m. Officials thought they spotted a wanted felon driving near Reservoir
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A report on the number of new businesses in Rhode Island is offering glimmers of hope for the state's battered economy.
Massachusetts State Police are investigating a fatal accident involving a single-car crash along Route 140 in New Bedford Thursday morning. The accident happened around 7:30am near Exit 4 on Route 140. State
A Rhode Island family who lost a son and brother to a violent criminal is once again pushing to keep inmates from getting out of prison early for good behavior.
A new car-sharing program was made available this week at Rhode Island College. Zipcar is a leading car-share program that started in Massachusetts. As of today, two zipcars have front row parking outside
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee is set to host a telephonic town hall meeting.
Bags full of toys, clothes and blankets are pouring into the Johnston police station. And, they're all for the two young kids of Stacie Dorego, aho was brutally murdered Sunday.
Please visit the Johnston Fire Department website: www.local1950.com
"I would like people to know he's a really cool brother," said Ethan Cunningham. The 6 year-old remembered his big brother who was gunned down over the weekend.
About 200 relatives and friends filled Carl Cunningham's yard in Warwick Wednesday for a candlelight vigil. The 23 year old was shot and killed over the weekend at his ex-girlfriend's home.
A Central Falls school custodian is charged with animal cruelty after witnesses saw him kicking a cat like a soccer ball. Two people say they saw school janitor Jeffery Doyle kick the cat several times
ABC6 News has confirmed that former Rhode Island Governor J. Joseph Garrahy has passed away. He was 81-years-old. Garrahy was residing in Florida when he passed away Tuesday. Born in Providence, Rhode
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) - State lawmakers in Rhode Island are set to consider giving Pawtucket the go-ahead to borrow $12.6 million to resolve a cash-flow problem.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) - A former Fall River dentist has pleaded guilty to Medicaid fraud for using paper clips instead of stainless steel posts in root canals.
A North Attleborough man is dead and his female roommate is seriously injured. That roommate is doing better, recovering at Rhode Island Hospital. Fire Officials have identified her as 59-year-old Kathryn
WARWICK, R.I. (AP) - A Johnston man facing a domestic murder charge after allegedly stabbing his girlfriend, dismembering her body and trying to incinerate her remains is being held without bail. Donald
We get our first look at the Johnston man who confessed to stabbing his girlfriend, then cutting her body into pieces, and burning it in his fireplace. Donald Greenslit was arraigned on a long list of
Operators claim the Johnston Landfill stench isn't as bad. They said complaints are down. There were thirty this month compared to 260 in November.
The Occupy Providence protestors have agreed to pack up their tents at Burnside park the moment the city opens a homeless day shelter, but what the protestors may do after leaving is coming as a surprise
Kimberly Fry was convicted of murdering her eight year old daughter Camden, after a fight over a bath. Fry did not take the stand during trial...but now just three and a half weeks away from sentencing,
The Oscars will air on ABC6 but the big news in Southern New England is a hometown nominee. Viola Davis Has come a long way from her days at Rhode Island College- IN 2009- She was nominated for
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A former high-ranking union official is set to plead guilty to federal charges that he bilked more than $100,000 from smaller labor and employees groups and withheld nearly $18,000 in income taxes.
Police tell ABC6 News that a Johnston, Rhode Island man has confessed to killing his common-law wife by trying to dispose of her body in a fireplace. Johnston Deputy Police Chief David DeCesare says 52-year-old
ABC6 News Reporter Mark Curtis visited local stores where Patriots fever has most of Southern New England running out to spend their hard-earned cash.
WARWICK, R.I. (AP) - Warwick police say an ex-boyfriend looking for the man dating his former girlfriend shot and killed a man who happened to be at her home.
A Lincoln police officer has been found guilty of kicking a handcuffed woman in the head, an assault captured on videotape. Officer Edward Krawetz was convicted of felony battery. He is seen in the video
A multi-phase and multi-million dollar expansion and redevelopment plan was announced today for Cranston's premiere shopping center, Garden City. The main goal of the expansion plan will be to connect
Friends and family packed a courtroom today to see the man accused of gunning down their loved one.The murder happened on Nausauket Road early Sunday morning, killing Carl Cunningham, 23, of Warwick."This
A fire at a home in Johnston turns into a murder investigation. Firefighters discovered dismembered human remains in the fireplace in the basement. The victim's
Providence Mayor Taveras calls it a done deal. The city and Occupy Providence have agreed on a new day shelter for the homeless, which means protesters should soon be packing up and moving out of
Mass. (AP) - The fire chief says one person has died in a three-alarm blaze at an apartment complex in North Attleborough. At least one other person has been seriously injured in the fire at the apartments
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A suspended Rhode Island police officer accused of kicking a handcuffed woman in the head will soon learn his fate.
Patriots fans who could not get a ticket to the game packed the bars in Providence to root on their team on the big screen."I am the number one fan because I have not missed a game," Sergio Sousa said.
Chief Deputy of the Johnston Police Department David DeCesare says the moral of the department has changed since the brutal murder on Sunday. DeCesare says the usual "buzz" in the station isn't there and
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A national education research group says Rhode Island is among the states that have made the most strides on teacher quality policies over the last two years.
For some, the winter snow meant the wait was finally over."My family skis a lot and we had to cancel a couple of trips because there wasn't any snow," 12-year-old Chloe Hedrick said.Now that there is plenty
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island judge is set to sentence a 50-year-old man convicted of robbing four elderly women in shopping plaza parking lots. Michael Brooks faces up to 35 years in prison
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - School officials in a Rhode Island city are asking the state for permission to place advertisements on the sides of school buses.
The City of Pawtucket is the first in the state to utilize the crime mapping website RAIDS Online. The website is a completely free service to the city and it's users, and will allow anyone to keep up
Restaurants and hotels in Providence have a busy, but much appreciated weekend coming up. The Patriots vs. Ravens AFC Championship game will bring a lot of cash to the city. City officials estimate
Rhode Island Department of Transportation has gotten its practice runs in with the two little systems this week, but tomorrows storm will be a bigger challenge. As for preparations,
Founder and President of Style Week Providence Rosanna Sinel and Designer Jonathan Joseph Peters from Project Runway season 7 stopped by the ABC6 Studios to talk about the series of fashion shows coming
Snow shovels, eggs, and milk are vanishing off store shelves tonight. It's nothing close to a Nor'easter, but since we've barely had any snow this winter, people are a little antsy about
The RI Department of Labor and Training announced today that the state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for December 2011 was 10.8 percent, up from 10.5% in November.
The Cranston prayer banner debate shifts to flowers as businesses refuse to deliver to the teenage girl at the center of the battle. The Freedom From Religion Foundation in Wisconsin had
The controversial proposal to raise tolls on the Newport/Pell Bridge and reinstitute them on the Mount Hope Bridge was tabled. Members of the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority want more time to
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Activists with Occupy Providence are expected to vote on a counteroffer from the city on the opening of a homeless day center the protest movement has made a condition of its departure from a city park.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A federal judge in Rhode Island is set to hear arguments over whether to dismiss claims against a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who met with an immigration detainee a month before he died of advanced liver cancer.
People in Cranston voiced their anger Tuesday night about a ruling that said a prayer banner at Cranston West High School has to be taken down.
The Attleboro Police Association wrote to the mayor asking that Police Chief Kyle Heagney not be involved in the department's investigation of stolen drugs from their evidence closet. In the
The families who lost everything in a four-alarm fire that is being called arson say a man who lives in their neighborhood could be the person responsible. Police will only say they have taken a person
The controversial stench at the Rhode Island landfill has made banner headlines for months, but now ABC6 News has uncovered a lawsuit regarding the landfill, unrelated to the bad smell. The suit has been
The RI ACLU will be holding a news conference tomorrow morning (Thursday) to discuss a favorable federal court decision issued late this afternoon in the ACLU's lawsuit.
Cranston school officials are meeting today to decide how to respond to the controversy over a prayer banner at Cranston High School West. A judge ordered the banner removed last week after 16-year old
It may become harder for unemployed Rhode Islanders to find work. The Pawtucket "Network-RI" Center provides career counseling and job information. But now, State officials say they may have
Bill Seckinger has been stocking the shelves at Muckey's Liquors in Lakeville for 24 years, but right near the checkout, there is one bottle that does not have any booze in it."The Miller High Life bottle
If the Cranston School Committee decides to appeal the federal judge's ruling to take down the "prayer banner," the already cash strapped city will face some costly legal fees. The possibility
For almost fifty years the Blount Small Ship Adventures Company has been cruising out of Warren on trips anywhere from Canada down to the Caribbean. Their motto is "to go where the big ships cannot." Even
A group of Cranston West alumni are planning the future of its controversial "prayer banner. " The banner, which has hung in the school's auditorium since 1963, is now covered with a tarp,
A triple decker that collapsed in flames in Fall River Friday night is now being investigated as arson. Firefighters worked into the early morning hours Saturday to put out the hot spots on Hood Street,
Pawtucket Police are still searching for two men who walked into a convenience store Friday night and opened fire.It happened at the Corner Store on Spring Street in Pawtucket. Two men, armed with guns,
A middle school student is going door to door in Providence with a sob story about a family member with terrible health problems. The whole thing is made up, and now police and school officials are trying to get to the bottom of it.
ABC6's own Karen Meyers went to the Whelan School in North Providence and taught some lucky students how to be a reporter and what makes for a good interview.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The city of Providence has banned the sale of flavored tobacco and made illegal promotional strategies that cut the cost of cigarettes.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island union leaders say state lawmakers should raise income taxes on the state's highest earners to reverse years of budget cuts.
In New England, the overwhelming majority of football fans bleed red, white, and blue for their Patriots. But the "Tebow Effect" has some young New Englanders bleeding navy and orange.
A dark colored sheet now covers the Cranston West High School Prayer Banner. After a federal judge's ruling to have it taken down immediately. Siding with the atheist teenager who called its
A large fire burned one multi-family building to the ground and seriously damaged two others in a three-alarm fire Friday evening. The fire was so intense that onlookers could see the flames shooting into the sky, all the way from Route 195.
Roughly 500 elementary and middle school students descended on Roger Williams University today for the 11th annual Lego Robotics Competition. Students have five months to build and operate a lego robot.
The Tockwotten Waterfront has created 600 new construction jobs and it will soon house hundreds of the state's seniors. Construction crews in East Providence lifted the tallest beam into place at
A Tiverton man is being called a hero tonight after pulling two young men from a burning- car possibly saving their lives. Stephen Jerome was on his way home from work on 495 South around 11:30 last
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The financial problems facing Rhode Island's cities and towns will be on the agenda at a Statehouse meeting.
Leaders from Rhode Island's cities and towns left the state house with a renewed sense of hope today. For the first time in as long as anyone can remember, the governor sat down with the
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The unemployment rate in Rhode Island has shot up to 10.8 percent in December, marking the second month in a row that the number has soared.
Claims of hazing at a local high school has put a sudden stop to the wrestling season. The accusations are serious enough that Bridgewater-Raynham Regional School District has fired
In the grand scheme of things, two inches may not seem like a whole lot of snow, but Rhode Island crews are scrambled Monday night to get ready for the morning commute.
Cheryl Beaulieu rings the bell for the Salvation Army outside a supermarket in Providence. But this season, the customers there are doing more than donate to the charity, they are helping Cheryl find a full-time job.
ABC6 News has learned that Joseph Paterno, Jr., formerly the 46-year coach of Penn State's Nittany Lions, has died today.
50 kids spent their day off from school making improvements to the Gilbert Stuart Middle School in Providence. Among other things, they painted classrooms and murals in the cafeteria. It was
The phenomenon is sweeping the country. Anonymous donors are coming in to stores and paying off layaway accounts for complete strangers. Susan Santurri of Cranston had heard about the trend. She just never thought it would happen to her.
One day after falling into a bucket of water and bleach at his home in Providence, a baby is clinging to life. Tonight, his grandmother is talking about the horrific accident and the family's
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