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5+ hour, 4+ min ago (932+ words) PROVIDENCE " City officials are at odds about the use of taxpayer funds to pay for a staffer to travel to a Democratic Socialists of America Fund event this weekend, after Providence's internal auditor alleged in a review that the funds were misappropriated and should be paid back. Gina Costa, the internal auditor, said both the upcoming conference and travel to a Local Progress Impact Lab conference over the summer, which three staffers attended, should not have been covered with city funds. But the city's municipal integrity officer disagreed in an opinion Wednesday, writing that there was no evidence presented in the review that staffers were conducting campaign activities on the trips. The allegations revolve around the City Council's relatively new debit card, the use of which was suspended in September by the city treasurer because of questions about its use....

10+ hour, 4+ min ago (35+ words) The holiday season was always my favorite time of year when I lived in Rhode Island. An annual shopping trip to Wickford was something we looked forward to, along with seeing "A Christmas Carol" at ......

16+ hour, 51+ min ago (46+ words) Pilot program RI AnchorHome was announced Thursday to help Rhode Islanders purchase a home easier through increased access to affordable and sustainable mortgages. Pilot program RI AnchorHome was announced Thursday to help Rhode Islanders purchase a home easier through increased access to affordable and sustainable mortgages....

17+ hour ago (50+ words) Police say a man arrested in Cranston admitted to more than a dozen armed robberies in Providence, Cranston, Johnston, and Woonsocket dating back to 2019. Police say a man arrested in Cranston admitted to more than a dozen armed robberies in Providence, Cranston, Johnston, and Woonsocket dating back to 2019....

17+ hour, 59+ min ago (758+ words) PROVIDENCE " A Providence man committed or attempted 18 robberies across five Rhode Island communities " a string of crimes dating back to 2019, including, most recently, six within a week, authorities said Thursday. Khivory Alston, 36, was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly robbed Moon Mart on Reservoir Avenue in Cranston around 5 p.m. "while he was working for Amazon," according to Cranston Police Major Todd Patalano. Police were waiting for Alston at the end of his delivery shift, Patalano said. "From the very beginning of this investigation [there was] a lot of extraction of video footage, proactive police work, and good, old-fashioned detective police work," Colonel Oscar Perez, chief of Providence police, told reporters Thursday at a press conference inside the Providence public safety complex. According to authorities, Alston is accused of committing or attempting to commit eight robberies in Providence, six in Cranston, two in…...

19+ hour, 14+ min ago (166+ words) Rhode Island Rams (7-2) at Providence Friars (5-4) Providence, Rhode Island; Saturday, 12 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Providence plays Rhode Island after Jason Edwards scored 24 points in Providence's 94-64 win over the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights. The Friars have gone 4-0 in home games. Providence scores 90.4 points while outscoring opponents by 6.7 points per game. The Rams are 1-0 in road games. Rhode Island averages 77.2 points while outscoring opponents by 10.9 points per game. Providence scores 90.4 points, 24.1 more per game than the 66.3 Rhode Island gives up. Rhode Island averages 6.6 made 3-pointers per game this season, 3.8 fewer made shots on average than the 10.4 per game Providence gives up. TOP PERFORMERS: Edwards is scoring 19.2 points per game and averaging 3.3 rebounds for the Friars. Jaylin Sellers is averaging 15.6 points and 4.0 rebounds while shooting 48.5%. Jonah Hinton is averaging 15.8 points for the Rams. Tyler Cochran is averaging 14.9 points....

1+ day, 16+ hour ago (52+ words) David Jones started his Rhode Island radio career back in the 1960s and was inducted into the state's Radio and TV Hall of Fame in 2011. David Jones started his Rhode Island radio career back in the 1960s and was inducted into the state's Radio and TV Hall of Fame in 2011....

1+ day, 17+ hour ago (475+ words) by LEANNA FAULK, NBC 10 NEWS PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) " A man arrested Tuesday night in Cranston is now suspected in a years-long robbery spree that investigators believe stretches across multiple cities and may include at least 17 armed robberies. Cranston police identified the suspect as 36-year-old Khivory Alston, who they say is connected to six robberies in their city between January 2024 and November 2025. Police said Alston used his work truck during several of the incidents and often threatened store clerks with a knife or implied he had a gun. He was taken into custody after a body-worn camera video released by Cranston police shows officers stopping Alston as he stepped out of a delivery truck while wearing an Amazon-branded jacket. Officers order him to turn around with his hands behind his back as they place him in handcuffs. At one point, an officer…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago (389+ words) SIOUX CITY, Iowa " After a first-set scare, No. 6 Providence settled in for a 30-28, 25-20, 25-13 sweep of No. 19 College of Idaho in a pool-play match Wednesday at the Tyson Events Center, the final site of the NAIA volleyball championship. The Argos, who have had a magical season that has included a 25-match win streak and a No. 1 ranking in the nation, trailed by as many as six points, 17-11, in the first set. They battled back to tie it at 20-20 but again trailed 23-21 after Mia Hutchinson put down a kill for C of I. Providence scored the next three points of the set on a kill from Franny Martins and two from Bella Green. Green later scored set point, recording her seventh kill of the set to help Providence get the 30-28 win. The Argos never trailed in the second set, with Green giving them…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago (549+ words) Brown gave $30.2 million in community contributions and $11.1 million in direct voluntary payments to Providence in fiscal year 2025, according to the University's Community Contributions to the City of Providence report released on Wednesday." The University dedicated $17.1 million to city and public-serving nonprofits and spent $6.4 million on scholarships for approximately 300 local students to participate in Brown's high school programs." This is the second report released after Brown and three other Providence-based colleges entered into a Payment in Lieu of Taxes agreement with the city in 2023, accounting for the fact that the four institutions do not pay property taxes to the city as tax-exempt non-profits. All four colleges pledged to contribute more than $177 million total to Providence over 20 years. In 2023, Brown also signed a separate agreement with the city to provide an additional $46 million in voluntary payments over the course of a decade....