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Paramedic injured in hit-and-run urges driver to ‘do the right thing’
COVENTRY, R.I. (WPRI) — Miranda Hennessy is lucky to be alive. The 33-year-old mother of three, who’s a paramedic in Coventry, has been out of work since she was hit by an oncoming car while on the job last month. Hennessy was responding to a medical emergency that...
Coventry Town Council chair hosting conversion events
COVENTRY — The Coventry Senior Center and Booth and Dimock Library are holding a pair of Coffee and Conversation with Lisa Thomas this Thursday. These monthly conversations allow constituents to speak with the Town Council chairwoman and ask her questions. The event is free and open to the public.
How do Stop & Shop's prices compare with local competitors'? We decided to investigate.
WARWICK – When Stop & Shop announced last month that it would be closing an unspecified number of underperforming stores across the Northeast, a company executive laid some of the blame on the supermarket chain not having competitive prices. "The value proposition and pricing at Stop & Shop are...
Rhode Island women's basketball conference schedule unveiled. Here's a look
There will be a lone scheduled rematch of last year’s Atlantic 10 women’s basketball title game, and the University of Rhode Island will play it on the road. The Rams will visit Richmond at a date and time to be determined. That’s courtesy of the conference schedule that was released on Thursday afternoon. The...
One hurt in early morning robbery in Providence
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — A man is hospitalized this morning following a robbery on Friendship Street in Providence. According to officials, police were dispatched to Rhode Island Hospital where a man claimed that he was robbed. According to officials, the robbery happened around 4:30 a.m., when a man was...
Federal Conviction for Fentanyl Peddler
(South Bend, IN) - A Rhode Island man has been sentenced to federal prison for shipping fentanyl to Indiana. Thursday in South Bend’s U.S. District Court, 44-year-old Jesus Martinez-Salas of Providence, Rhode Island was sentenced to 78 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release. He had previously pled guilty to distributing over a pound of fentanyl to a buyer in Indiana back in 2022.
Rhode Island leaders to celebrate affordable housing project in Providence
(WJAR) — Rhode Island leaders will celebrate an affordable housing project in Providence on Friday. One Neighborhood Builders are leading a groundbreaking ceremony for a development known as The Avenue. The project includes 85 units of a affordable housing. That includes 39 newly constructed apartments on 434 Atwells Avenue...
At Journal All-State Awards, Nicole Mendes talks about faith, burnout and teammates
PROVIDENCE – If you asked Nicole Mendes what her favorite sports memory is, you might expect her to regale you a story about how she helped lead Oklahoma’s softball team to two national championships or how it felt to represent Mexico at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. “It honestly had nothing to do with softball at all. Basketball is my true love, I'm just awful at it,” Mendes said. ...
Officials to break ground on affordable housing development on Atwells in Providence
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — U.S. Senator Jack Reed will join Mayor Brett Smiley and One Neighborhood Builders to break ground on a new affordable housing developed called “The Avenue” today. Once completed, “The Avenue,” located on Atwells Avenue, will offer 85 units in total, 39 of them...
Weather Now: Passing Showers Tonight; Late Day Storms Sunday
Hey everyone! Passing showers during the overnight hours with a few rumbles of thunder possible… however a better chance for thunderstorms for Sunday afternoon and evening. Some storms may be strong to severe with the potential for damaging winds, large hail, and heavy rain. TONIGHT’S FORECAST Passing showers overnight with some thunder possible. SUNDAY MORNING […]
RIPTA Board Prioritizes Hunt for Permanent CEO, Hires Firm for National Search
PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority’s board of directors, at a meeting Thursday afternoon, voted to hire a company to start searching for the agency’s next chief executive officer. Merraine Group, based in Florida, will charge RIPTA a $60,000 fee to complete a national search...
Rewilding Roger Williams Park: ‘You Just Might See an Eagle … or Five’
PROVIDENCE — The rehabbing eagles at Roger Williams Park Zoo live in an enclosure without a net. The injured birds can’t fly, and thus can’t escape, but that didn’t stop a thief from sneaking in. The Providence Parks Department recently got word from zookeepers that something...
RIPTA to run holiday schedule in observance of Fourth of July
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) will run a holiday service schedule on Thursday, July 4 in observance of the Fourth of July. According to a release, the schedule will apply to all regular fixed-route service. All RIPTA offices, except for the Newport Transportation...
Honoring the best of the best
Good morning, I'm Will Richmond at The Providence Journal and this is the Daily Briefing. Throughout the school year, our sports department combs the fields, courts, tracks and gyms to highlight the best high school players across Rhode Island. It's not an easy task. While we may not have the...
Most of RI's colleges were ranked top in the country. Which ones made the cut?
A new analysis by the news website Money.com put seven of Rhode Island's 10 four-year colleges and universities in its "best college" designation. It probably comes as no surprise that Ivy League Brown University took the top honors in the state with the highest rating, which was awarded to 53 other colleges and universities. The one- to five-star ratings put three other Rhode Island institutions right behind Brown, with 4.5 stars, and two received four-star ratings. ...
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