Lincoln News

A North Providence man was arraigned Tuesday on charges stemming from an accident he allegedly caused while driving with what the State Police say is the highest blood alcohol count in the agency's history.

Police have converged on Millbury Street in search of a man who bolted from a car that had been pursued into the city from Lincoln, R.I. A second occupant of the car, a late-model Pontiac, was taken into ...

A woman wrote to tell me of the rude intrusions she has to endure when visiting her son's grave at Arlington National Cemetery.

Coastway Credit Union is considering changing from a credit union to a Rhode Island-chartered mutual savings bank, officials said today.

CENTRAL FALLS A Warren man was arrested on drug and assault charges on Friday, after officers responded to a report of an assault at a Clay Street apartment.

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Cumberland Mayor Daniel J. McKee and those who support his plans for a new-fangled Charter School they say will revolutionize education may have hurdled a major obstacle last month, but the school is still far ...

Citing legal concerns over the conduct of some of its employees, the Rhode Island Public Broadcasting System said PBS employees will stop taping town meetings on the company's time.

Thirty years ago, Newport Grand's 3000-seat jai alai fronton was packed with fans wagering on brightly uniformed players whose scoop-like cestas hurled little balls against a mas-sive granite wall at speeds of ...

Lincoln residents - and the police chief - say they've seen some strange things, but never anything quite this strange.

It's been a tough stretch in Cranston. The City Council has abolished the municipal engineering department.

Five towns are planning to combine police and fire dispatching at a central location to save money and handle emergency communications over a wider area, leaders said.

The Rhode Island Supreme Court reversed a landmark verdict against three former lead paint producers Tuesday, dealing a major blow to Woonsocket, Pawtucket, Central Falls and other communities that want the ...

Convicted bribery conspirator Robert R. Picerno was arrested yesterday morning and charged with hiring two men to attack then-Town Council member Dean L. Lees Jr.

Back when he was a runner for Rhode Island College in 1971, Tom Kenwood was looking for a race in early July that would compliment his summer training.

Those with political aspirations for November's town election had until 4 p.m., Wednesday to make their intentions official.

Seven years after the assault of then Town Councilor Dean Lees, Rhode Island State Police have arrested then Town Planning Commission Member Robert Picerno for his alleged role in the assault, and its further ...

The Truth in Music Advertising Act, a bill that seeks to ensure that musical groups using a famous name are connected to the people who contributed to that legend, passed the General Assembly last week as part ...

Despite the state Senate's refusal to even consider a bill to require that state lawmakers pay a portion of their health-insurance premiums, the number doing so voluntarily grew during the closing days of the ...

Democratic Sen. Jack Reed finally has a reelection race, but his Republican opponent, Robert Tingley, does not yet promise the kind of political show that Rhode Islanders enjoyed two years ago in Sen.