Pawtucket News

Erica Davieu, 9, will have plenty of extra time to do her homework. The Potter Burns third grader and her classmates told to stay home from school next week as ceilings are replaced throughout the school.

One woman has been arrested in connection with a Pawtucket Credit Union robbery but police say two other male suspects are still at large.

The police arrested Rawlins Cummings, 35, of 69 Waltham St., Pawtucket, in the hallway of an apartment house at 222 Mineral Spring Ave., Saturday after a resident there said she saw him trying to climb through her dining room window.

A Pawtucket elementary school is closed for the rest of the week after a portion of the ceiling collapsed in a basement classroom.

Steven Bianchini started Stevie B's Deli March 1 of this year, but he said his experience goes back a lot farther than that.

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Officials say no one was in the area of when the ceiling collapsed. According to school superintendent Deborah Cylke the initial engineering assessment Wednesday night is that support nails failed under weight of the gypsum & plaster ceiling.

The new EP by PVD trio Gertrude Atherton, Isle of Lost Skulls , is a gnarled beauty of a debut and proves to be well worth the wait.

A Pawtucket man is accused of using a hot skillet to burn his wife's body, searing her legs, groin, abdomen and breasts, and leaving her disfigured.

The U.S. Attorney's office says Christian M. Araujo, also known as Christian Sanchez, was arrested Friday in a Pawtucket parking lot.

UPDATE: Capt. Robert Nelson of the Warwick Police Department announced Tuesday evening that the victim defended himself.

Investigators are hoping to speak soon with a homeless man who was found badly beaten in a parking lot off Summer Street early Saturday, Major Arthur Martins of the Pawtucket police said Monday.

Police say a Rhode Island woman is facing charges for allegedly stealing from a Good Samaritan who gave her ride after her car broke down.

The city of Providence is a very diverse place. In fact, it's over 62% minority, making it a so-called "minority majority" city.

General Assembly launches easy-to-use bill tracking email system Members of the public who want to track the progress of certain bills throughout the legislative session can now use the General Assembly website to sign up for email updates.

Monica Murray had been visiting her mother in Rhode Island since Monday and was set to return home to New York City by train.

With the temperature expected to scoot up near 80 today, Jayson Rosa, 5, takes his scooter out for a ride along Blackstone Boulevard on Providence's East Side Thursday morning.

Pawtucket plans to move many of its sixth graders into empty junior high school classrooms in the fall to help alleviate overcrowding in the city's elementary schools.

With a deadline only days away, House Speaker Gordon Fox has announced his plan to introduce a resolution on Wednesday to block the compounded pay raises of 3 percent in June and another 3 percent in December that Governor Chafee plans to give state agency directors in June and December.

The federal government via its Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently released data revealing significant disparities in what hospitals charge for common inpatient services.