Bristol News

House Democrats convened at the State House for a closed-door discussion of an issue that was not even on their special-session agenda last week: the state's financial crisis.

A On Oct. 26, 12-year-old Victoria Sousa, a Bristol resident who attended St. Philomena School in Portsmouth, died suddenly after she had started experiencing flu-like symptoms the week before.

Several schools have reported high rates of absenteeism as the flu has spread throughout the state.

My daughter looked up and smiled weakly. I put my hand to her forehead: she was warm, flush with fever.

Rhode Island Health Officials have announced that a girl, under the age of 18, has died after showing flu like symptoms.

The public is invited to hear from Staff Sgt. Stephanie Riotte of the Rhode Island National Guard at a ceremony next week at the Providence VA Medical Center to mark Veterans Day.

About 125 patients with flu-like symptoms visited Hasbro Children's Hospital Thursday.

Our prayers are with the Sousa Family. God bless you and may the Lord's healing presence be with you.

Officials confirmed Wednesday that a Grade 7 student at St. Philomena's School in Portsmouth, who died unexpectedly on Monday, had swine flu.

An information session on prescription coverage under Medicare Part D will be presented by Chris Murphy, a counselor at Westbay Community Action, at 10 a.m. Nov.

They still liked each other. Maybe they still loved each other. But they couldn't stay married.

Glenn Catley is throwing his weight behind amateur boxing in Bristol. The city's former World Super Middleweight champion has joined the committee of Bristol Sporting Club, a group that helps fund the non-professional side of the sport in the region.

Fiery taxpayer groups joined municipal officials Wednesday to attack a proposal one critic deemed the "single most important change in labor relations public policy" in more than four decades.

Recently well known journalist Lisa Ling made a stop in Bristol, Rhode Island, just a couple of months after her sister was freed from custody.

State officials on Tuesday said they plan to borrow $135 million to fund water infrastructure projects across Rhode Island, the bulk of which - " $92.15 million - " will be used by the Narragansett Bay Commission and 10 municipalities to replace old and failing sewage systems.

A second grade teacher from Rhode Island has pleaded no contest to driving to work drunk last month.

After accepting her plea, Magistrate Joseph Ippolito Jr. suspended Kathleen Borgia's license for six months.

The state Department of Environmental Management has announced that seasonal shellfish openings will take effect at sunrise Tuesday.

Brooke Astor's 85-year-old son has been convicted of plundering the philanthropist's nearly $200 million fortune Anthony Marshall now faces a mandatory jail sentence of at least one year for exploiting Astor's failing mind to help himself to her money.

Joyce Almeida and Rebecca Perry walked along the shoreline at Rocky Point on Sunday morning, mother and daughter reminiscing about happy times at this very spot, once home to Rhode Island's most popular amusement park.