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PAWTUCKET —A Prospect Street man was charged Sunday in the Saturday shooting of a man and a woman in his apartment, according to Detective Sgt. Christopher E. LeFort of the Pawtucket police major crime unit.The two victims, a 29-year-old man and 30-year-old woman, were taken to Rhode Island Hospital with injuries not reported to be life-threatening.Jose Rodriguez, 30, of 560 Prospect St., Apt 365, was charged with two counts of felony assault, possession of a firearm by [...]

Providence public schools will be closed Monday in anticipation of a snowstorm expected to hit Sunday night and continue into the day, dropping eight inches on most of the state, the mayor's office announced Sunday afternoon.Also, about a dozen communities had already posted parking bans for the storm.

PAWTUCKET — The police are investigating a shooting late Saturday evening that injured an unidentified man, not seriously. According to the police, a call was made at about 10:50 p.m. about possible gunshots "in the area of Bloodgood Street." A short while later, the police said, a call was received regarding "a victim of a gunshot wound" at an address on Appleton Avenue."The victim, a 24-year old male of Woonsocket ... was found to have sustained a minor (non-life [...]

Medical Transportation Management, a St. Louis company recently put in charge providing transportation to medical appointments for needy Rhode Islanders, has agreed to a $1-million penalty for poor performance during the first two months of its contract with the state.The state Executive Office of Health and Human Services made the announcement on Thursday afternoon, just before MTM officials were scheduled to appear before the House Committee on Oversight.The state said MTM on [...]

The dog belongs to a Woonsocket woman.

PROVIDENCE -- The Rhode Island League of Charter Schools said that the leader of Times2 STEM Academy has lost the hearts and minds of the charter school's teachers, students and parents. Although the league stopped short of calling for Rudy Moseley's resignation, it said he no longer has credibility with his school community."We're not going to call for his ouster," said Keith Oliveira, the league's executive director. "That's up to the board of Times2. But we think he has lost the [...]

PROVIDENCE — The Senate has confirmed James Manni as the new head of the Rhode Island State Police and director of the state's Department of Public Safety.His appointment by Gov. Gina Raimondo was overwhelmingly approved by the Senate, on the same day it voted to confirm the reappointment of Scott Jensen as the governor's second-term director of the Department of Labor and Training.Manni is the former state police major,  SWAT team commander and head firearms [...]

Environmental advocates gathered on the State House steps on Thursday in support of bills aimed at reducing plastics pollution and tackling climate change. “We’re here today to act on climate,” said Amy Moses, director of the Conservation Law Foundation Rhode Island.

PROVIDENCE — Police say that a Providence man is in custody in Delaware in connection with the disappearance of a Boston woman, and that a body was found in the suspect's car.Providence Police Chief Hugh T. Clements Jr. said at a news conference Thursday evening that authorities are treating the case as a homicide. He did not name the suspect who is being held in Delaware, but a news release from Boston police identified him as Louis D. Coleman III, 32, of Providence."A [...]

PROVIDENCE — A three-alarm fire in a house that was unoccupied to allow construction on all three floors engaged firefighters at 133 Providence St. for about two hours Wednesday night.Battalion Chief Stephen Houle said the third floor was in flames when the first [...]