Washington County News

A West Warwick man convicted in September of slaying a neighbor over a debt was sentenced to life in prison, the attorney general's office announced.

A University of Rhode Island student pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges that resulted from an incident Oct.

Six months ago developers looked at a parcel behind Town Hall and thought it would be a great spot for affordable homes and apartments.

The arraignment of a North Kingstown man accused of killing a gas station attendant with his car and shooting a police officer has been postponed.

Plans for an elderly housing complex in Charlestown have been abandoned after an Indian burial ground and other archaeological finds were discovered on the site.

The arraignment of the North Kingstown man accused of killing a gas station attendant and shooting a police officer has been rescheduled for Oct.

Washington County Superior charges Henry Lamb, of Charlestown, with counts related to an accident July 12 on Beaver River Road, Richmond, that killed Kimberly Barbera.

A 21-year-old Charlestown man was indicted Friday in a motorcycle fatality in Richmond, Atty.

Perhaps she didn't want to be looked at as a piece of meat. Video More projo videos Whatever the reason, Islay, a six-month-old Scotch Highland calf, bolted from her barn at the Washington County Fair and has not been seen since Tuesday night.

A hospital employee who tended to the mother charged with killing her 8-year-old daughter says in court papers the woman said she did it because the child refused to take a bath.

The Frys blended easily into the family neighborhood on Ricci Lane when they moved in two years ago.

Singer Crystal Shawanda performs Thursday. Have fun at the fair, again. The Washington County Fair is back, for the 43rd consecutive year.

An Exeter man has been indicted in a fatal car crash on Block Island that prosecutors say was alcohol-related. A Washington County grand jury on Friday charged 56-year-old Craig Huntley with one count of driving under the influence, death resulting, and related offenses.

Washington County authorities are revealing new information about a homicide in a remote patch of desert near here.

The body of a Latino man was found Friday in a remote area of Washington County and police are investigating the suspicious death as a homicide.

The sea level around Rhode Island's coastal communities, including Warwick, continues to rise, but the maps don't necessarily show it, yet.

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The state Supreme Court on Monday overturned the conviction of a former Rhode Island state trooper who was accused of assaulting a man in the South Kingstown police custody as he sat in the back of a police cruiser.

The woman indicted in a Sept. 14 alleged rape at the University of Rhode Island has had her case transferred to Family Court, the attorney general's office said Friday.

A number of witnesses testified that they saw former Charlestown Town Council President James M. Mageau slap a video camera held by a critic of the official, as testimony concluded Wednesday in the simple assault trial stemming from a 2008 incident.