Cranston News

A 22-foot sailboat with four people aboard overturned in the Providence River early Sunday afternoon but fortunately the warm sunny weather caused several boaters to be on the water at the same time and they rushed to help.

A dog from Iraq has been placed in temporary foster care in North Providence. Barbara Lakeberg was working for a nonprofit in Iraq when she found Lucy in bad shape and pregnant.

Lucy, the dog from Iraq that was up for adoption because her owner must return to Iraq, has been placed in foster care in North Providence temporarily, Linda Monahan of ADOPT, or Animals Depend on People Too, said Thursday night.

District Court Judge Frank J. Cenerini on Friday ordered Michael J. Patino, 27, accused of fatally injuring 6-year-old Marco Nieves of Cranston, held without bail at the Adult Correctional Institutions pending trial, Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch said in a news release.

The complaint was received by U.S. District Court for Rhode Island on Wednesday, according to Kim Keough, the convention center's public relations director.

A 16-year-old girl found unconscious in a Cranston home was taken to Hasbro Children's Hospital Tuesday, according to the Providence Journal.

Wearing their school uniforms, gym sweats or after-school clothes, students at St.

The police are investigating after a teenage girl was found unconscious Tuesday afternoon in a ranch-style home at 5 Aetna St.

In the seven years Mario Santilli has been in the kitchen of Mario's Risto/Bar, two of his dishes have been requested for the Chef's Secret column in the Providence Journal.

The Warwick Police Department, with the assistance of the Providence and Cranston police, arrested two 19-year-olds in connection with a shooting during a home invasion robbery last Wednesday at 8 King St.

The Warwick Police Department, assisted by the Providence and Cranston Police Departments, has arrested two subjects in the investigation of a shooting at #8 King St.

CRANSTON, RI, October 29, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- As previously announced, Verdi-Corrente Productions will produce five major motion pictures in Rhode Island, starting in early 2010.

It began with a simple Halloween party for youngsters at St. Lawrence Catholic parish inNorth Providence.

Warwick police said Thursday that a home where a man was shot was targeted. Matthew McGowan, 22, was shot in stomach at about 11:20 p.m. Wednesday.

The 12th-floor residents of the Knightsville Manor were evacuated to another wing for about an hour after a stove fire in one apartment caused smoke and moderate fire damage just before 3 p.m. Tuesday.

A man working for a cabinet manufacturer in a mill building on Wellington Avenue cut off his hand in an industrial accident Saturday morning, according to the Fire Department.

At least one person was injured, when a motorcycle collided with a vehicle on New London Avenue Sunday afternoon.

Cranston Police are investigating a serious motorcycle accident. The accident took place just after noon Sunday, on New London Ave.

The family of the 9-year-old boy who drowned in a city pool in August is seeking $15 million from the city, according to a wrongful death claim filed in City Hall.

A $5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons believed to have set on fire a boys' bathroom at Stadium Elementary School Thursday morning, school officials said.