Providence Metro News

Three local men were charged with stabbing a city resident early this morning in an incident police are calling a "home invasion." Police were called to 161 County St.

A Rhode Island Supreme Court ruling clears the way for next month's state Senate race in Warwick.

A woman allegedly muzzled her two pit bull dogs with tape and left them in her apartment without food or water for two days while she went to the hospital to give birth, police said.

Eric Steffens and Karen Brown, both from Illinois, watch the presidential debate last night at the lounge of the Hotel Providence downtown.

Police and animal control officers already have seized dozens of cats from a noxious, filthy South End triple-decker, and they know there are more lurking about, looking for food.

John Edward Workman Shaw, 71, of Warren, died Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008, after a battle with cancer that was hopeful to the end.

Main Category: Pediatrics / Children's Health Also Included In: Respiratory / Asthma ; Autism ; Diabetes Article Date: 03 Oct 2008 - 10:00 PDT Brown University, with lead partner Women & Infants Hospital of ...

Bright headlights racing head-on at you on a darkened strip of highway: It's a motorist's nightmare.

An alleged drunken driver traveling the wrong way in the southbound lanes of Interstate 95 collided with another car early this morning just north of the Rhode Island border.

Police say a 45-year-old woman with her mother's help bought luxury cars and a boat worth thousands of dollars by fraudulently obtaining credit cards and a loan in an alleged identity theft scam.

Only on ABC 6: Local Man Accused of Stealing Checks from Swansea, West Warwick and Coventry Mailboxes John Eagan Story Created: Sep 30, 2008 at 6:14 PM EDT Story Updated: Sep 30, 2008 at 6:16 PM EDT It started ...

Frequent bank mergers over the past few years might have some residents weary of change, but the recent joining of Fall River's Lafayette Federal Savings Bank and Taunton's Mechanics Cooperative Bank is one ...

Tropical storm Kyle looks to be passing east of southern New England, but that doesn't mean the area is going to be spared a soaking.

The effort to name the post office in Seekonk in honor of a local Marine who died in Iraq is one step closer to reality.

The event, held annually on Boston Common to push for legalization of marijuana, also yielded the arrests of two men for possession of heroin with intent to distribute: Matthew Montagne, 25, of Reading, and ...

After four days that brought nearly a foot of rain to Central Massachusetts, the sun came out for just a few minutes in the early afternoon 70 years ago today.

Bristol County police, prosecutors and sheriffs urged the public to reject Question 2 on the Nov.

Watching the death toll rise from the war in Iraq, Idaho resident Damion Maynard knew he wanted to do something to honor soldiers serving the country - and so he started walking.

I mentioned the other day that there had been bunker die-offs in a couple of places in the area this summer, including Narragansett Bay, but "a couple" is an understatement.

An incumbent state senator from West Warwick has asked for a new election after apparently losing a close race.