Pawtucket News

April 17--PROVIDENCE -- The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority plans to curtail weekend service on three of its bus routes that have low ridership and use those resources in other areas that have shown demand on the weekends.

Seven more people in Rhode Island have died of accidental drug overdoses, bringing the total this year to 85, state health officials said Thursday, as they announced some new initiatives to deal with the crisis.

Betts has began his run in Double-A much like he ended his time at both Low- and High-A: by hitting everything, and hitting it well.

A Senate task force proposes using 1 percent of the state's 7-percent sales tax to pay for school construction projects in an effort to reduce the state's reliance on costly bonds.

VILLAGE MURAL: Amie Hannon Boesch, standing, and Violet Major inspect the mural Boesch is restoring before being returned to the city for display.

Ocean State Theatre Company , currently celebrating its first full season in its new state-of-the-art theatre in Warwick is proud to present the tap-dance extravaganza, 42nd Street from April 23 - May 18. Based on the 1933 movie musical of the same name, this timeless, inspiring story focuses on a naive young chorus girl named Peggy Sawyer, who is ... (more)

The treasurer said she would, if elected, conduct a comprehensive review of all regulations in her first year, speeding up the work the Office of Regulatory Reform has begun.

Providence police were able to get a number of weapons off the street with arrests this week.

The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management stocked local ponds with 80,000 trout for the opening of fishing season, which began on Saturday.

The 46-year-old Democrat says he'll have a formal announcement of his re-election bid Monday evening at the Portuguese Social Club.

Police said 21-year-old Tyron Wilcox was arraigned Friday in Providence District Court and charged with murder and conspiracy.

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

His hood covering his face, DaQuan Watts is led into the Pawtucket Police station...after detectives drove him from Maine.

PVD lyricist/producer Mertz recently dropped his official debut solo platter titled The Good In the Bad .

Our local music community was dealt a devastating blow with the announcement that Brown Bird's David Lamb had succumbed to his second bout with leukemia, at age 36. Lamb passed away at Memorial Hospital in Pawtucket last Saturday while surrounded by friends, family, and longtime musical partner and wife, MorganEve Swain.

Cross Insurance, a subsidiary of Cross Financial Corp., and one of the largest independent insurance providers in New England, announced Wednesday the acquisition of Troy, Pires & Allen Insurance , a 78-year-old insurance agency based in East Providence, specializing in a wide variety of personal and business insurance coverage through more than ... (more)

Wednesday's scheduled arraignment stems from an arrest made on Thanksgiving of 2013, his ex-girlfriend claims he raped and choked her.

When cancer comes into your life in any form of the disease, it's always a hard battle to fight.

A Pawtucket man was charged with felony assault with a dangerous weapon in connection with a shooting in Central Falls on March 20. Police said 20-year-old Addison Brito was arraigned in District Court on Monday.

A former Army captain from Pawtucket who served two 15-month tours in Iraq has launched his campaign to challenge Rhode Island Congressman David Cicilline for the Democratic nomination in this year's election.