West Warwick News

Firefighters from Coventry, West Warwick and Warwick doused the cab of a 54-foot tractor trailer truck with heavy foam to extinguish the flames that had fully engulfed it just moments before after responding Tuesday afternoon to the side lot of Home Depot located in the Centre of New England, where the cab was fully involved.

A Warwick resident has filed a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission alleging Rhode Island State Rep. Patricia Morgan, also the Deputy Minority Leader, used two names to make campaign contributions in violation of campaign finance laws.

A West Warwick man who is serving a life sentence in the 1995 murder-for-hire of a pregnant teenager is asking for new DNA tests on evidence gathered at the crime scene.

A tractor trailer burst into flames outside the Home Depot in Centre of New England Boulevard in Coventry Tuesday afternoon, destroying the truck but causing no significant damage to the store thanks to quick actions actions by firefighters.

Herman E. Smith III, 37, of 50 George Ave., Apt. 1, was charged Sunday with possession of narcotics, possession of narcotics within 1,500 feet of a school, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving with a suspended license or registration, misuse of markers, failure to have minimum insurance and driving an unregistered motor vehicle.

Beth A. Caeica, 42, of 680 Washington St., Coventry, pleaded no contest to shoplifting.

Full-day kindergarten may be a possibility in Coventry as Governor Lincoln Chafee signed legislation earlier this week allowing state aid to be provided to those Rhode Island cities and towns that have not implemented the day-long program starting in 2017.

The Portsmouth Town Council tonight will issue a commendation to the Portsmouth Fire Department's Lt.

WE'LL HAVE THEM, TOO: Three new Warwick Cumberland Farms stores will look like this Johnston store and regional headquarters on Route 6. Paul Freeman knows Rhode Islanders are chemists.

Rhode Island cities and towns that have not implemented all-day kindergarten programs but are working to implement them by the next school year will get a big boost in the form of state aid in the 2016-2017 school year.

A West Warwick man was ordered held without bail after being charged with the murder of his estranged wife on Mother's Day.

Twelve bows were stolen during a break-in at a Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management facility and the agency says some of them may have been sold on Craigslist.