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By News Staff news@abc6.com A New Bedford middle school teacher is on paid leave after a parent told police she assaulted her son in class. Police are investigating an incident at the Devalles School. A
By News Staff news@abc6.com A New Bedford man convicted of second degree murder in the stabbing death of Joshua Fitzgerald of Fairhaven has been sentenced to life in prison. Brandon Callender was
by ABC6 News Chief Political Reporter Mark Curtis mcurtis@abc6.com There are lots of streets in busy North Providence, including some with duplicate names. For example there is an Adams street in the Centerdale
By The Associated Press news@abc6.com WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) _ Authorities say a child's body has been found off a Massachusetts highway and it matches the height and weight of a 5-year-old boy who has
By Sean Cahill scahill@abc6.com Freetown Police have seized thirty pounds of marijuana after the security staff at the Stop & Shop distribution facility. Police got the call today at around 11:45 a.m.
By: Alexandra Cowley acowley@abc6.com A community in Bristol is in mourning Friday after a beloved business owner passes away. 51–year–old Steve Elmslie was in a freak accident last week with his dragster.
By Sean Cahill scahill@abc6.com Rehoboth Police are looking for a woman who disappeared while following her husband home from a Burger King restaurant. Police say Joyce Eddy, 57, was last seen at 9:30
By: Dee DeQuattro Email: ddequattro@abc6.com Twitter: @deedequattro Michael's now joining the list of stores dealing with a security breach. The company says about 2.6 million or about 7% of all debit
By Sean Cahill scahill@abc6.com Scientists for the Center for Coastal Studies observed a rare sight in Cape Cod Bay late last week. A bowhead whale was spotted for only the second time in recorded history
By: Dee DeQuattro Email: ddequattro@abc6.com Twitter: @deedequattro A man accused of beating a Chihuahua with a club, killing it plead guilty to charges on Thursday. 22-year-old Chandny Lach admitted
By: Dee DeQuattro Email: ddequattro@abc6.com Twitter: @deedequattro A man is facing several charges after allegedly drunk driving and causing an accident while a seven-year-old boy was riding unrestrained
Police in East Greenwich arrested Tiffany M. Burgess, age 33, of 31 Clym Street, Providence, RI for one count each of Prostitution and Obstruction
Nicole Gerberngerber@abc6.com@nicolegerberBURRILVILLE - Last summer movie–goers all over the world were introduced to a Harrisville farmhouse that is supposedly haunted by evil spirits, causing death and
By: News Staff Email: news@abc6.com The Boston Athletic Association (the BAA) has partnered with the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) to ensure that runners and spectators have the ability
By: Dee DeQuattro Email: ddequattro@abc6.com Twitter: @deedequattro Bryant University is asking students not to selfies with the University President at graduation. While the University is encouraging
By: Dee DeQuattro Email: ddequattro@abc6.com Twitter: @deedequattro The man killed in a suspicious fire in New Bedford has been identified as 29-year-old Justin Downey. Around 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday
courtesy of Tiverton Fire DepartmentThe man responsible for a car crash that send a fire hydrant sailing through a business window is being charged with DUI.
By Mike LaCrosse mlacrosse@abc6.com A New Bedford teacher who had a chair thrown at her by a student no longer has to worry about loosing her job. School administrators are not taking disciplinary action
The Department of Health says 74 people who attended an April 5th wedding at the West Valley Inn in West Warwick got the norovirus.
By The Associated Press news@abc6.com Photo: WCVB BOSTON (AP) _ An injured survivor of the Boston Marathon bombing is celebrating a personal milestone. Marc Fucarile married his longtime fiancee, Jennifer
by ABC6 Chief Political Reporter Mark Curtis mcurtis@abc6.com The raids on the home and State House office of former House Speaker Gordon Fox are still shrouded in mystery, but interesting clues are emerging. ABC6
By: Alexandra Cowleyacowley@abc6.com 85 people have now died from drug overdoses in Rhode Island this year. On Thursday Governor Chafee joined other state leaders to announce new efforts to deal with the
By: Dee DeQuattro Email: ddequattro@abc6.com Twitter: @deedequattro Unemployment in Rhode Island drops to the lowest since September of 2008. In March of 2014 the Rhode Island Department of Labor says
By: Melissa Randall mrandall@abc6.com Julie Phillips has fond memories of her 90th birthday which she recently celebrated. The Raynham woman spent the milestone day jumping out of a plane. "Once I make
By Matt Blanchettemblanchette@abc6.comtwitter: @mattblanchetteNew Bedford police say the manager of the McDonald's on Hathaway Rd. was robbed at gunpoint Thursday morning at approximately 9 a.m. She was
By: Dee DeQuattro & MArk Curtis Twitter: @deedequattro Email: ddequattro@abc6.com Providence Mayor Angel Taveras confirms that the city received a federal subpoena for documents and information related
By: The Associated Press Email: News@abc6.com Twitter: @abc6 A Pawtucket man has pleaded guilty to murder, avoiding a third trial in the shooting death of his 26-year-old ex-girlfriend in 2008. Juan
By: Dee DeQuattroEmail: ddequattro@abc6.comTwitter: @deedequattroA New Bedford teacher could face disciplinary action today after a student threw a chair at her and the whole incident was caught on camera. Joanne
By: Melissa Randall mrandall@abc6.com Kevin "KayVon" Edson, 25, is in a state hospital undergoing a court ordered mental evaluation. Doctors say he was off his medication when he allegedly carried out
In September, it is not going to matter who voted for who, or who had a scandal in their police department, but rather who can get out the vote. The Republicans are faced with a difficult task in the September
By The Associated Press news@abc6.com BOSTON (AP) _ Boston officials say two elderly people have been seriously injured in an explosion and fire at a house in the Dorchester neighborhood. Fire Commissioner
By News Staff news@abc6.com The six candidates hoping to become Providence's next mayor met for the first of a series of forums Wednesday night. The forum was hosted by the Providence Community Library
By: Samantha LavienSlavien@abc6.comTwitter: @samanthalavienA decision by the Providence Superintendent of Schools to move Pre–K classes from Vartan Gregorian Elementary School to Asa Messer is not sitting
By News Staff news@abc6.com The folks behind ABC's hit show Shark Tank are holding an open casting call. Only the first 500 people in line will get the chance to make a 1 minute pitch of their business/product/idea
By The Associated Pressnews@abc6.com PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) _ A House panel is considering several marijuana bills, including one to legalize the drug and regulate and tax it like alcohol. The Judiciary
By News Staff news@abc6.com A Rhode Island man, who served nearly two decades in prison for killing his girlfriend back in 1992, was arraigned today for another murder. Andrew Jett, 55, pleaded not
By News Staff news@abc6.com A second wave of flu has forced the Department of Health to declare it as widespread again in Rhode Island. Director of Health Michael Fine, M.D. made the declaration
By Dana Griffin dgriffin@abc6.com @danaRgriffin DARTMOUTH, MA-Today's vigil was held a day after the actual anniversary due to weather. One year ago, when two bombing suspects were America's most wanted,
by ABC6 News Chief Political Reporter Mark Curtis mcurtis@abc6.com City Hall isn't just the seat of government it's a mini–art museum, with portraits of just about every providence mayor. Now friends
By: Alexandra Cowley acowley@abc6.comThree sisters, all over 100 years old, are reunited in Bristol. The sisters live hundreds of miles apart and haven't seen each other in ten years. That is until, one
By: Alexandra Cowley acowley@abc6.com A Providence officer and his K9 have been callled to help with security on Marathon Monday. Lincoln Sisson and Kyra will be reporting to Boston at 3 AM and will be
Samantha DwyerNicole Gerber ngerber@abc6.com @nicolegerber PAWTUCKET - In Pawtucket's City Hall there are buckets set up to catch dripping water, and ceiling tiles that are completely rotted through...
By: Melissa Randallmrandall@abc6.comThe mother of the man who carried out a terrifying hoax at the finish line of the marathon Tuesday says her son suffers from mental illness. The security scare occurred
By Alana Cerroneacerrone@abc6.comProvidence Police are asking for the public's help in finding a missing woman.Police say Paula Salvo, 57, was reported missing by family on April 14.She was last seen driving
One year later, ABC6 News Anchor John Deluca sits down with Trooper Bastajian who ran in the Boston Marathon in 2013 and after the bombs went off he assisted victims at the site. John Deluca: I read somewhere
By: Dee DeQuattro Email: ddequattro@abc6.com Twitter: @deedequattro The lawsuit over the pension reform overhaul will go forward. On Thursday, Superior Court Judge Sarah Taft-Carter rejected a motion
By: Michelle Smith / The Associated Press Email: news@abc6.com Twitter: @abc6 The Rhode Island Board of Elections says it has been contacted by law enforcement about former House Speaker Gordon Fox,
By: Melissa Randall mrandall@abc6.com A Boston man is due in court Wednesday following a terrifying security scare at the Boston Marathon finish line late Tuesday afternoon. Two suspicious backpacks
By: Dee DeQuattro Email: ddequattro@abc6.com Twitter:@deedequattro Charges against a North Kingstown lawyer for violating the state's social host law have been dropped on the condition that she donates
Two suspicious backpacks dropped near the Boston Marathon finish line were found just hours after the anniversary tribute.
By Alana Cerrone Acerrone@abc6.com Over the last year people have gotten to know Heather Abbott and her story. Just past the finish line, when the bombs went off, she lost part of her leg. Yet through
By News Staffnews@abc6.comThe Associated PressSurvivors, first-responders and public officials have observed a moment of silence near the Boston Marathon finish line to mark the moment two pressure cooker
by ABC6 Chief Political Reporter Mark Curtis mcurtis@abc6.com As people pulled up to pay their taxes on the last day in Cranston, across town the Mayor – who's running for Governor - was also proposing
By: Alexandra Cowley acowley@abc6.com Two Providence firefighters will be in the crowd of 36 thousand running in this years marathon. The seasoned marathon runners say last year was going to be their final
By Dana Griffin dgriffin@abc6.com @danaRgriffin NEW BEDFORD, MA- The District's Attorney's office is suspecting foul play after a man was found dead inside his burning home. Around 8:30 this morning,
Nicole Gerberngerber@abc6.com@nicolegerberNEW BEDFORD - They walked out chanting "caseloads, caseloads they're too high, reduce them now so kids don't die!" Dozens of social workers in New Bedford took
By: Dee DeQuattro Email: ddequattro@abc6.com Twenty-nine property owners have been cited for violating the Rhode Island Cesspool Act of 2007. The act specifically prohibits the use of cesspools located
By: Dee DeQuattro Email: ddequattro@abc6.com Twitter: @deedequattro A man under investigation after three pigs and a cow were found frozen to death on his South Kingstown farm will serve 11 months probation
By: Dee DeQuattro Email:ddequattro@abc6.com Twitter: @deedequattro Officials are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal fire this morning in New Bedford. Around 8:30 a.m. the fire department
By: Dee DeQuattro Email: ddequattro@abc6.com Twitter:@deedequattro As many Rhode Islanders are lining up to pay their taxes, Cranston Mayor Allan Fung rolled out his tax reform plan if he is elected
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