Rhode Island

The state of Rhode Island is requesting for design-build teams to submit proposals to rebuild the Washington Bridge, according to NBC affiliate WJAR. The project requires five through lanes, a new on-ramp from Gano Street and a new off-ramp to Waterfront Drive, the Department of Transportation said. It also includes paving, repair and replacement o...

A motorcyclist from Providence, Rhode Island, was killed in a crash Monday night in Cranston, according to authorities. The crash occurred just after 6 p.m. on Wellington Avenue, Cranston police said, where Alexander Pena was found between a guardrail and a chain link fence along Interstate 95 north. Pena, 39, was riding south on Wellington Avenue ...

A man is accused of assaulting two hospital security guards in Providence, Rhode Island, overnight, according to NBC affiliate WJAR. Officers responded to the emergency room department at Rhode Island Hospital just before 2 a.m. following a stabbing incident, Providence police said. The two security guards were assaulted while escorting a patient o...

Police body camera footage of the arrest of former New England Patriots star Malcolm Butler has been released. NBC affiliate WJAR obtained the footage from North Providence, Rhode Island, police. An officer can be heard asking the driver, “Are you Malcolm Butler, the football player?” Watch below: Butler, the hero of Super Bowl XLIX, wa...

A 10-year-old girl was hit by a car in Johnston, Rhode Island, while crossing the street Tuesday night, according to NBC affiliate WJAR. The crash happened at about 8 p.m. on Plainfield Street, Johnston police said. The girl was in the crosswalk in front of the Pentecostal Fountain of Life Church, police said, adding she had exited a family......

A vehicle slammed into a Dunkin’ in Cranston, Rhode Island, Tuesday morning, according to NBC affiliate WJAR. Firefighters responded to the Dunkin’ on Reservoir Avenue crash at about 6:30 a.m., where they found the vehicle entirely inside the coffee shop, the Cranston Fire Department said. The driver of the car had his learner’s p...

A Rhode Island mother is trying to get her two children back home after they were left stranded in Mexico following a cruise emergency, according to NBC affiliate WJAR. Sarah Martin’s two children were on a spring break cruise vacation with their grandparents. Then, their grandmother suffered a heart attack, leaving the kids stuck in Mexico w...

The third westbound lane on the Washington Bridge in Providence, Rhode Island, opened over the weekend and things appeared to have gone smoothly, according to NBC affiliate WJAR. However, on Monday, that side of the bridge will get its first weekday test with rush hour traffic. Also over the weekend, the Department of Transportation began working o...

According to WJAR, the construction efforts began on Friday night and the lane was completed hours later.

Before the third westbound lane opens on the Washington Bridge in Providence, Rhode Island, Friday, Gov. Dan McKee and state police will discuss safety measures on the bridge, according to NBC affiliate WJAR. Crashes have tripled on the Washington Bridge in the last three months after a third lane was added on the eastbound side, opening traffic on...

A man was arrested earlier this week after allegedly killing a woman 25 years ago in Providence, Rhode Island, according to NBC affiliate WJAR. Kevin Williams, 53, was charged by a grand jury with the murder of 41-year-old Kathleen O’Dowd Boleman. On March 11, 1999, Boleman was strangled behind Roger Williams Middle School, authorities said. ...

An apparent chemical exposure at a Rhode Island shopping plaza sent nine people to the hospital and forced several stores to evacuate Thursday, officials told NBC affiliate WJAR. Firefighters were called to Oak Street Health in Warwick about 10:30 a.m. for a report of several people feeling nauseated inside, officials said, and other businesses nea...

A 19-year-old mother was arrested after her baby was found dead last week in Bristol, Rhode Island, according to NBC affiliate WJAR. Officers received a call at about 4:30 a.m. Friday for a report of a 2-month-old baby found unresponsive, Bristol police said. The child was found by officers lying on the bedroom floor and not breathing, police said....