PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Rhode Island American Civil Liberties Union said that Mario Monteiro, the namesake of a state law designed to give youthful offenders a chance at parole, was released from the Adult Correctional Institutions after serving 22…
WARWICK, R.I. (WLNE) -- Rhode Island State Police are now investigating after Warwick schools were accused of awarding hundreds of thousands of dollars to a moving company…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- A Providence man received two consecutive life sentences in prison on Tuesday stemming from an April 2022 murder outside of a night club. Robert Komhlan, 38, was found guilty April 5 of first-degree murder, discharging a…
WOONSOCKET, R.I. (WLNE) -- A massive fire burned for hours this morning through a mill on 20 Privilege Street in Woonsocket. The fire was called in around…
BRISTOL, Conn. (WLNE) -- The Cranston Western Little League Team won the Little League Softball New England Regional Championship Friday. Congratulations to Cranston Western Little League!…
In Rhode Island: Newport Folk Festival Fort Adams State Park, Newport Friday, July 26 to Sunday, July 28 Join us in 2024 for our 65th Anniversary. An American original since 1959, Newport Folk has been delivering legendary performances while working…
CRANSTON, R.I. (WLNE) -- A complaint against Mayor of Cranston Ken Hopkins has been dismissed by the Rhode Island Ethics Commission. In a vote on Tuesday, the commission voted 5-0 to dismiss the complaints over the hiring of Hopkins' son-in-law…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Nonviolence Institute has appointed a new executive director. On Facebook, the non-profit organization announced that Lisa Pina-Warren would be the successor to Keith Morton, who served as the interim director since August of 2023. Cedric…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Local officials gave their reactions to President Joe Biden's announcement that he would no longer seek reelection for 2024 on Sunday. Gov. Dan McKee said that Biden's presidency will be remembered as one of the "most…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Due to a major IT outage, there are currently 31,000 delays and over 3,000 cancellations at airports across the United States. A ground delay has now been put into effect until further notice. CNN has reported…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Rhode Island Department of Education, Providence Public School District, and the Rhode Island Center for Justice said that all involved parties have reached an agreement on the class action lawsuit filed about the closure of…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Traffic on Interstate 95 was affected by a crash near the Smith Street bridge on Saturday. Rhode Island Department of Transportation cameras showed multiple fire engines blocking a lane where the crash took place. This is…
LINCOLN, R.I. (WLNE) -- Police were seen responding to the area of Lincoln Woods State Park on Thursday night. Rhode Island State Police aid they received a call around 9:30 p.m. reporting a 51-year-old woman who had spent the day…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Former Executive Director for the Non-Violence Institute and community advocate Cedric Huntley has died. Huntley worked with the institute for more than 20 years, and served…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Attorney General Peter Neronha said that a hearing on the operations of a scrapyard on Allens Avenue in Providence which has burned twice in…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Mayor Brett Smiley and members of the Providence City Council and state legislature called for the State of Rhode Island to take "immediate action" against a scrap yard that caught fire for the second time in…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Providence Fire Department is working to contain and extinguish a scrap metal fire on Allens Avenue. In a post on Twitter, Chief…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- "The Big Blue Bug," also known as Rhode Island's Nibbles Woodaway, turns 44-years-old today. The Rhode Island icon on I-95 sits on top of Big Blue Bug Solutions pest control company. The 58-feet-long, nine-feet-tall, weighed in…
RICHMOND, R.I. (WLNE) -- A large police presence is near Dawley Memorial Park in Richmond. The Hope Valley - Wyoming Fire District said a road closure took…
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- It has been the same story for the past six months since the closure of the westbound side of the…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island said it has filed three lawsuits on behalf of families of inmates who committed suicide while incarcerated at the Adult Correctional Institutions. The ACLU said all three suicides…
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- No companies have submitted bids to rebuild the westbound side of the Washington Bridge, a spokesperson for the Rhode Island Department of Transportation…
NARRAGANSETT, R.I. (WLNE) -- They were up one day, then gone the next. The Town of Narragansett had recently started putting up restricted parking signs alongside Narragansett and Ocean Avenue. An ABC 6 NOW App user, Mary Tobin, shared a…
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Police are responding to a rollover I-195 west bound at Exit 1D in East Providence. Crews could be seen on cameras from the Rhode Island Department of Transportation responding to the scene. According to RIDOT,…
