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Five towns are planning to combine police and fire dispatching at a central location to save money and handle emergency communications over a wider area, leaders said.

The Rhode Island Supreme Court reversed a landmark verdict against three former lead paint producers Tuesday, dealing a major blow to Woonsocket, Pawtucket, Central Falls and other communities that want the ...

Convicted bribery conspirator Robert R. Picerno was arrested yesterday morning and charged with hiring two men to attack then-Town Council member Dean L. Lees Jr.

Back when he was a runner for Rhode Island College in 1971, Tom Kenwood was looking for a race in early July that would compliment his summer training.

Those with political aspirations for November's town election had until 4 p.m., Wednesday to make their intentions official.

Seven years after the assault of then Town Councilor Dean Lees, Rhode Island State Police have arrested then Town Planning Commission Member Robert Picerno for his alleged role in the assault, and its further ...

The Truth in Music Advertising Act, a bill that seeks to ensure that musical groups using a famous name are connected to the people who contributed to that legend, passed the General Assembly last week as part ...

Despite the state Senate's refusal to even consider a bill to require that state lawmakers pay a portion of their health-insurance premiums, the number doing so voluntarily grew during the closing days of the ...

Democratic Sen. Jack Reed finally has a reelection race, but his Republican opponent, Robert Tingley, does not yet promise the kind of political show that Rhode Islanders enjoyed two years ago in Sen.

By TATIANA PINA Journal Staff Writer LINCOLN -- Town voters made history last night when they elected women to the Town Council for the first time.

The former chief of the Warwick Fire Department has been nominated as the new state fire marshal, a post that has been vacant for several months.

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration yesterday cited a Lincoln manufacturing company for failing to adequately safeguard a high-speed machine in which a Guatemalan illegal immigrant became ...

This ride to the prom was a big step up from a limo. A helicopter carried Smithfield High senior class president Brenden Oates and his date, Mollie McLaughlin, to the big dance on Friday.

Rhode Island Democrats have long been known for contentious primaries and in-your-face fractiousness, but 2008 is shaping up as a year of unity as Democratic leaders and elected officials have move quickly to ...

A package of legislation intended to encourage renewable-energy projects in Rhode Island moved closer to reality with the passage of all four bills by the Senate.

The Economic Development Foundation of Rhode Island is purchasing 12 acres next to the Highland Corporate Park to build what would be the second largest building in the park.

At Joe Figueira's house, it's a rite of spring: you get up early, eat breakfast and load up the kids in the family vehicle to claim your spot on Smithfield Avenue.

In October 2006, just a couple of weeks after he downed some gin-and-tonics, sped away from Bryant University and slammed into two cars, severely injuring a young woman from Lincoln, Joshua Lipton dressed up in ...

Q: I am 62, employed at a company where my only retirement fund is a 401 and, like many company 401 plans, the choice of funds is pretty limited.

From typical cuts and bruises to wounds of the more emotional kind, Linda Mendonca has been treating students' school-day medical needs for 16 years.