EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Providence Mayor Brett Smiley officially has a challenger in next year’s Democratic primary.

Rhode Island has long faced a housing crisis, as prices have skyrocketed amidst low inventory, sluggish construction, and ...

Have you seen a bunch of spotted lanternflies lately? RI state officials say you should squash them when you come across them ...

Scientists don’t usually cross over from observation to intervention. But for the team in Warren's Jacob’s Point Marsh, the ...

The Rhode Island Rams football team will call Centreville Bank Stadium in Pawtucket home for the 2026 season, officials announced Wednesday.

Hayden Clarkin became fascinated by mass transit as a child while riding the RIPTA buses his grandfather drove. Now he's an ...

PROVIDENCE — Last school year, more than one-fifth of Rhode Island public school students were chronically absent, meaning they missed at least 10 percent of the school year, or 18 days. The new ...

Frank Caprio, a retired municipal judge in Rhode Island who found online fame as a caring jurist and host of “ Caught in Providence,” has died. He was 88. His official social media accounts said ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Frank Caprio, a retired municipal judge in Rhode Island who found online fame as a caring jurist and host of “Caught in Providence,” has died. He was 88. His official social media ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Frank Caprio, a retired municipal judge in Rhode Island who found online fame as a caring jurist and host of “Caught in Providence,” has died. He was 88. His official social ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – Frank Caprio, who served as a judge for the Providence Municipal Court in Rhode Island for almost 40 years, has died. He was 88. Caprio’s death was confirmed on Wednesday by ...

Frank Caprio, who served for several decades as a Providence Municipal Court judge, has died at age 88.Caprio was first elected a judge in 1985 but became famous for the television show "Caught in ...