West Warwick News

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.

A local man was charged with impersonating a police officer and unlawfully possessing a weapon.

Police say their conditions are serious but non-life threatening. The Jaws of Life were used to extract one person.

Rescue efforts are underway in West Warwick after a car crash. Units from West Warwick and Cranston are on the scene.

The decision to hire a special prosecutor to look into the 38 Studios debacle was overwhelmingly defeated by the House Finance Committee last Thursday, and District 26 Representative Patricia Morgan is extremely disappointed.

VANDALISM On June 9, a Long Street woman told police that someone scratched the side of her car.

After narrowly being defeated by Rep. Patricia Morgan in the House District 26 race in 2012, lawyer, fraud examiner and West Warwick Pension Board Chairman Nick Denice is once again in the running for the seat.

A Providence County Grand Jury reported out an indictment Wednesday charging a West Warwick man with killing his estranged wife.

Hearing scheduled for this week on the proposal for the Kent County Prep charter school have been indefinitely postponed at the request of Mayor Scott Avedisian.

By Jennifer Petracca news@abc6.com West Warwick Police were investigating a vehicle crash at the intersection of Cowesett and Coit Avenues on June 14th when they arrested Tracy L. Sutherland, 44, of .

East Greenwich police charged a 36-year-old West Warwick man and local waiter for allegedly stealing money from customers by altering tip amounts written on customer credit card slips.

GO bonds, series 2002A at 'BBB-'. Fitch has removed the town's GO rating from Rating Watch Negative and assigned a Stable Rating Outlook.

West Warwick, Rhode Island, has avoided falling into junk bond territory with voter approval of a budget that includes plans to resolve the town's public pension crisis, Fitch Ratings said on Tuesday.