Washington County News

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.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... KENT COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WARWICK... WASHINGTON COUNTY IN RHODE ISLAND... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SOUTH KINGSTOWN... EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN WINDHAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... * UNTIL 300 PM EDT * AT 102 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER ...

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.

Two men and a woman, ages 18, 19 and 20, have been indicted for allegedly raping a fellow University of Rhode Island student on campus on Sept.

Investigators say the man suspected of shooting a police officer in North Kingstown is also the suspect in a deadly hit-and-run accident.

Social service agencies are already dealing with rising demand and less money. PROVIDENCE, R.I. _ The head of United Way of Rhode Island says hard times for the state's social service agencies could extend well into next year.

A 24-year-old Wyoming woman died today and her 6-year-old son was injured in a one-vehicle wreck on Washington County 34 near Millry.

A Washington County grand jury Friday indicted Jesse Rathbun, 35, of Westerly, on a charge of first-degree child molestation, the attorney general's office announced yesterday.

Kelly Blazosky, executive director of the Marietta Washington County Convention and Visitors Bureau, said the agency still receives inquiries about the Showboat Becky Thatcher.

The Superior Court's presiding justice is farming Providence County civil trials out to judges in the neighboring county to help relieve a backlog of cases that is stretching out several months and clogging the ...

A 55-year-old South Kingstown woman has received one year's probation after pleading no contest to breaking into a University of Rhode Island sorority house in Kingston last year, and has been barred from the ...

In early fall, the Turning Pointe Therapeutic Riding facility in Ashaway, R.I., nearly closed.

Things have gone much too far in Exeter where Paul Kelly owns a cabin on Mail Road that he isn't allowed to live in.

As the worst ice storm in years slams into our area, locals are wondering, what to do, as ice on power lines threatens to cut power to a growing number of homes.

In recent years, citizens have passed hundreds of ballot initiatives supporting land preservation, community reinvestment, public transit and other measures to manage growth in their communities.

A barred owl is one of the many birds spending the winter in Rhode Island. Barred owls, bald eagles, eared grebes, Eurasian widgeons, snow geese: They are among a host of winter guests visiting the national ...

An Ashaway man has asked a court to overturn his colleagues' ruling to remove him from the Chariho Regional School Committee.