PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced federal disaster assistance has been made available to the Ocean State following the severe storms and…
Rhode Island FC announced today it has signed Albert Dikwa to a multi-year agreement, pending league and federation approval. Dikwa’s 2023 USL Championship accolades include the…
Matchup: No. 11/10 Providence (18-11-3, 11-8-3 HEA) vs. No. 2 Boston University (22-8-2, 16-4-2 HEA) Faceoff: 7 PM (Thurs.) – Schneider Arena – Providence, R.I. U.S.…
Shooting struggles doomed Rhode Island in a 69-51 senior night loss to George Mason on Wednesday at The Ryan Center. The Rams (11-19, 5-12 Atlantic 10) shot a season-low 29.4% from…
The Providence College men's basketball team was defeated by the Villanova Wildcats (17-12, 10-8 BIG EAST), 71-60, on Saturday, March 2 at the Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence, R.I. The Friars fell…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Mayor Smiley, Colonel Oscar Perez, Jr., and City Council President Rachel Miller will join members of the police department and its community to celebrate the legacy of retired Chief Police, Colonel Hugh T. Clements, Jr., for…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The impact inflation is having on going out to eat in addition to the state's meal and beverage tax -- on top of the Washington Bridge closure -- is wearing businesses as well as local economies,…
CRANSTON, R.I. (WLNE) -- Six correctional officers were injured in an assault in the medium security section of the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) Sunday morning. According officials, the incident…
The Providence College men's basketball team defeated the DePaul Blue Demons (3-22, 0-14 BIG EAST), 81-70, on Saturday, Feb. 17 at the Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence, R.I. The Friars…
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WLNE) -- Big Y Foods, Inc. said that a number of its Massachusetts stores were affected by card skimmers in December of last year. The company said that, between Dec. 19 and Dec. 21, 2023, a checkout terminal…
Sunday's game will be just the second all time between Rhode Island and Loyola Chicago. Last season, Rhody won 79-77 at Loyola. The Rams led…
NEW YORK (AP) — A verdict is expected Friday in Donald Trump’s New York civil fraud trial, adding to a consequential week on the former president’s legal calendar. Trump could be hit with millions of dollars in penalties and other…
Alexei Navalny, the fiercest foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests, died in prison Friday, Russian authorities said. He was 47. Navalny, who was serving a 19-year sentence on charges of extremism, felt…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Providence College Press Release) - The Providence College men's basketball team defeated the St. John's Red Storm (14-11, 6-8 BIG EAST), 75-72,…
METHUEN, Mass. (WLNE) -- The MSPCA at Nevins Farm is looking to home more than a dozen goats rescued from a property in New York. The MSPCA shared that they sent two staff members to assist the ASPCA in removing…
The Providence College men's basketball team was defeated by the Butler Bulldogs (16-8, 7-6 BIG EAST), 75-72, on Saturday, Feb. 10 at the Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind. The Friars fell…
EAST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. (WLNE) -- Chief Michael Jenkins shared today that the East Bridgewater Police Department has partnered with Local Outreach to Suicide Survivors (LOSS) Team Plymouth County to support those impacted by suicide. LOSS launched in Jan. 2023 and…
BELLINGHAM, Mass. (WLNE) -- The Bellingham Police Department released today on their social media a video of a man who stole a truck from his job, crashed into another vehicle, and then fled the scene while under the influence. The…
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) – The city of East Providence has announced a $1,000 donation to the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RISPCA). The donation comes in honor of a beloved East Providence family dog,…
BOSTON, Mass. (WLNE) – Massachusetts State Police (MSP) announced today that one of the state troopers involved in a years-long bribery scheme has been dishonorably discharged.…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- A Bristol woman has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for murdering her boyfriend's 62-year-old grandmother in 2017. Selena Martinez, 28, murdered Eudora Gustafson in her Sowams Drive home by asphyxiation before robbing her to…
BY PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Freshman guard Stephon Castle scored a season-high 20 points and top-ranked UConn held off Providence 74-65 Wednesday night in a foul-filled…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) – The Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office announced Tuesday that a man has been sentenced to state prison for first-degree sexual assault in Coventry. Austin Davis, 29, was sentenced 13 years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI)…
EDGARTOWN, Mass. (WLNE) -- A female North Atlantic right whale was found dead on a Martha's Vineyard beach, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), shared Tuesday. On Jan. 28, NOAA Fisheries was informed of a dead whale near Joseph…
