Cranston News

Looking for a summer program for your kids - or, at least a few ideas to get the kids out of the house for awhile? Johnston Patch has the answer - we've already collected information on seven overnight and 11 daytime camps around the Johnston area , including their websites and phone numbers to see whether there's still space in their programs.

Hundreds of Cranston schoolchildren could be walking into a different school next year after the School Committee voted 4-3 Monday night to approve the first reading of a revised permit policy that makes it harder for parents to send students to a school other than their home school.

BOOKING ON JOBS: Senator Jack Reed addresses a group of trainers in the Digital Literacy class at Cranston Central Library on Friday.

Mike Stenhouse and his team at the Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity are one step closer to seeing the sales tax rate in Rhode Island drop to zero.

Do you know this woman? If so, Cranston Police wouldn't mind if you pass along her name.

Six new red bricks bearing the names of East Providence residents will be laid in One Citizens Plaza in Providence -- the plaza outside the headquarters of Citizens Bank.

A Warwick man is facing charges of driving under the influence after he allegedly was caught driving 105 mph on Route 37 and told the officer who pulled him over that it was his first time "drinking drive."

The city is taking steps to clean up the inside and outside of the Preston Drive house raided by police last week that brought to light deplorable conditions where children were living in squalor.

Legislation sponsored by a Cranston senator to allow doctors to issue temporary disabled-drivers placards to patients is heading to the governor for his signature.

Hulk Smash? Getting arrested can be an incredibly angering experience for some. For one New Jersey man, the rage that followed his arrest could be described asa€¦Hulk-ish ? Smithfield police arrested a 21-year-old man on DUI charges after he had allegedly crashed his car into a tree.

Nicole is Dylan's mother and Theresa and Henry Moretti are his grandparents from Cranston, R.I. Long Lots Principal Rex Jones is at rear.

Wheelstrong, be strong, that's the motto of a new adaptive sports clothing line that was recently launched by Matthew Celebreto, a paraplegic from Cranston, Rhode Island.

The National weather service in Taunton has extended the flood warning for Kent and Providence Counties, especially the Pawtuxet River at Cranston, as well as southwestern Washington County, especially Westerly and Hopkinton.

They'll Never Find Me in the Boys Room Speaking of double trouble, one Providence woman is in a bit of trouble after she fled from one car accident, only to end up in another accident .

Olivia Culpo won the Miss USA crown last year, en route to also claiming the Miss Universe title.

On average, 1 to 2 inches of rain fell across the region over the past 24 hours, although heavier amounts approaching 3 inches fell in central and western Massachusetts.

Providence County - and all of Rhode Island, actually - was spared a significant outbreak of West Nile Virus last summer.

Another week of on-and-off weather just might have you thinking of weekend activities.

Every Friday, Dan Lawlor breaks down who's rising and who's falling in the world of Rhode Island politics.

Three small children were removed from a house and their parents are being charged with cruelty and neglect after a drug raid led Cranston Police to a scene on Preston Drive that can only be described as horrifying, inhumane and disgusting.