Kent County News

A West Warwick man convicted in September of slaying a neighbor over a debt was sentenced to life in prison, the attorney general's office announced.

Two friends who worked with Michael J. Woods and two nurses who dealt with him at Kent Hospital's emergency room the day he died took turns on the witness stand in Kent County Superior Court yesterday, as lawyers for Woods' estate laid the groundwork for their claim that he died because of hospital negligence.

Two-time Oscar-nominated actor James Woods has sued a Rhode Island hospital over the 2006 death of his younger brother.

WHERE A HOUSE WILL SOON RISE: As shovels stood at the ready, community and business leaders gathered Monday outside the Thomas Wilbur Homestead in Apponaug to break ground for five new housing units for people with disabilities being built by The House of Hope.

Robert A. Notarianni faced a 17th charge of driving on a suspended license Wednesday, but what really tripped him up was number 16.

A Rhode Island legislator has pleaded no contest to driving under the influence of alcohol.

House Deputy Majority Leader Raymond J. Sullivan, charged with driving while under the influence of alcohol, changed his plea to no contest in mid-trial Thursday.

Town police stopped two cars over the past week and discovered that the drivers had suspended licenses and were frequent offenders.

The man who bilked hundreds of thousands of dollars from friends, strangers and "future" family members by purporting to variously be a Red Sox scout, real estate investor and a cancer patient, was sentenced Thursday after reaching a plea agreement with prosecutors.

A Warwick man accused of posing as a Boston Red Sox scout, a real estate investor and a cancer survivor to scam thousands of dollars was sentenced to serve five years in prison Thursday and to pay more than $682,000 in restitution.

A 220-ton transformer crawls down Post Road early Tuesday morning. Journal photo/Bob Thayer South County development may have cooled in the last few years, but the region's desire for air conditioning hasn't chilled.

Electricity utility National Grid plans to move a humongous piece of equipment from Quonset Point to Warwick by truck in the early morning hours of Tuesday, and has planned an elaborate traffic scheme to accomplish the task.

The Kent County YMCA invites parents in Warwick, East Greenwich, Coventry and West Warwick to enroll their children in after-school programs as a part of the organization's ongoing commitment to youth development.

Closing arguments in the murder trial of Robert Payette will begin Tuesday morning in Kent County Superior Court.

A Rhode Island nightclub burst into flames during a pyrotechnics display at a rock concert, killing 60 people and injuring more than 150 as mobs of concertgoers frantically rushed to escape the raging fire.

Upon cross-examination, public defender Colin Geiselman pressed Delo Repose, who said that roommate Robert Payette told him that he'd gone back into the house to retrieve another knife after the one he was using to stab Ronald Dufour broke off at the handle.

There's a problem at the Kent County Court House, a water problem. In recent months, ground water on the Quaker Lane property has exceeded what a system of sump pumps, drains and cisterns at the courthouse and the neighboring garage can handle, court spokesman Craig N. Berke said.

A Cranston woman has been charged with stealing more than $28,000 from her company, the Rhode Island State Police said.

Rocky Hill School will launch its 75th anniversary celebration with the Blue & White Regatta on Sunday, Sept.

State police delivered the goods Wednesday, a baby who decided not to wait until his parents got to a hospital.