Effective Friday night, October 17, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will temporarily reduce the number of travel lanes from three to two on a section of Route 37 East over Amtrak's Northeast Corridor in Warwick and shift those lanes to the right. This traffic pattern change...
Starting Tuesday night, October 21, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will temporarily close a section of Route 4 near the Frenchtown Road (Route 402) overpass in East Greenwich. The closures are necessary for the installation of steel beams for the structurally deficient...
Starting at 9 p.m. tonight, Tuesday, October 14, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will implement a temporary traffic pattern for the passage of trucks, buses and other large vehicles through the construction of the mini roundabout at the intersection of Brown Street, Boston...
Starting at 11 p.m. on Friday night, October 17, the Rhode Island Department Transportation (RIDOT) will temporarily close Elmwood Avenue in both directions at the Route 10 overpass, located between Whitney Street and McKinley Street in Providence, close to Roger Williams Park. The road will be...
On October 8, 2025, members of the Intelligence Unit arrested Jason Rodriguez, age 35, of 267 Park Avenue, Apartment #4, Cranston, Rhode Island, for the following: 1) Reckless Driving / Drag Racing / Eluding Police; and 2) Obstruction of an Officer in the Execution of Duty. Mr. Rodriguez was taken...
On Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM, Troopers arrested Jesus Matos, age 33, of 19 Baily Street, Cranston, Rhode Island, for 1.) Manufacturing / Delivering / Possession with Intent a Schedule I to V Controlled Substance (Methamphetamines), 2.) Possession of a Schedule I to V Controlled...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is advising consumers that Sno Pac Foods is recalling Del Mar 35 lb Bulk Organic Frozen Spinach and Sno Pac 10 oz Organic Frozen Cut Spinach because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
The recalled frozen spinach...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) are recommending people avoid contact with Wenscott Reservoir in North Providence due to a confirmed cyanobacteria bloom. Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, are naturally present...
On Wednesday night, October 15, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will begin making repairs to the Chapman Pond Railroad Bridge on Route 78 in Westerly. This will require some traffic pattern changes over the next several weeks with the work expected to wrap up by the end of...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is alerting the public that a rabid bat was found on Humboldt Avenue in Providence in the area of Gladys Potter Park in the late afternoon on October 1st.
The Providence Animal Control Division retrieved the bat after reports that it was acting...
