In observance of National STI Awareness Week, the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is highlighting some of the public health campaigns and interventions it has implemented, in partnership with community-based organizations, to address rising sexually transmitted infection (STI) rates in...
On Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM, Troopers Reyes arrested Lenna A. Perri, age 47, of 40 Cornwall Street, Hartford, Connecticut for 1.) Driving After Denial Revocation for Suspension for Certain Violations, and 2.) Forgery and Counterfeiting of Registration Plates. The arrest was the result of...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) has closed the Laurel Street Bridge in Hopkinton out of an abundance of caution after a routine inspection conducted April 15, detected more deterioration than was anticipated based on the last inspection. The Laurel Street Bridge carries...
On Friday night, April 18, the Rhode Island Department Transportation (RIDOT) will shift all travel lanes to the right for road work where I-95 North and Route 4 North merge in Warwick. The change is necessary as work begins on a project to widen the highway corridor to provide more space for...
On Thursday night, April 17, as part of improvements to Route 146 in North Smithfield, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will shift traffic to provide one lane southbound on the new flyover bridge at the Sayles Hill Road intersection. This work was postponed from April 11...
The North Smithfield Elementary School public water system (2214 Providence Pike North Smithfield, RI) was required to issue a do not drink notice on April 10, 2025, for consumers because manganese was found in the distribution system over the Environmental Protection Agencies (EPA) health advisory.
Providence, RI -- The Rhode Island Film & TV Office is pleased to announce that Academy Award nominated writer/director, M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, Signs, Unbreakable) and best-selling author Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook, A Walk to Remember) are teaming up on a supernatural romantic...
Providence, RI – A senior at Classical High School, Emmanuel Obisanya, was named the Rhode Island 2025 winner of the state's Poetry Out Loud Championship on March 8 at the Providence Public Library. He won with his stand-out recitation of the following poems: Dirge Without Music, Edna St. Vincent...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is recommending that the public limit consumption of native fish caught in certain areas of the Pawcatuck River downstream of Burdickville Road in Hopkinton and to avoid eating any fish from the Grills Preserve Pond in Bradford. Fish caught in these...
