Warwick Post Staff

Where does the money from Rhode Island’s cannabis sales go?  As President and CEO at The Leadership Council for Substance Abuse and Mental Health of Rhode...

WASHINGTON, DC – President Donald Trump has fired the two Democratic commissioners on the five-member U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), an independent agency charged with...

WARWICK, RI — The RI Lottery is looking for the person who bought a $50,000 winning Powerball ticket from the March 15, 2025, drawing in...

Next week, Rhode Islanders join their fellow Americans honoring people sworn to defend the nation and Constitution, days after weighing whether a man threatening both...

WARWICK, RI — The city’s attempts to address an 18-month campaign of sexual harassment by employees of the water department were already off to a...

It’s painful to say this, but we have all seen the proof, the aging, the public appearances and interviews, the obvious inability to take the...

WARWICK, RI — Friday, a Warwick lottery winner cashed in a $250,000 scratch ticket for an extraordinary start to his weekend. The Warwick man won...

Fifty-five years ago, Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated outside the Lorraine Motel room in Memphis where he was organizing a crusade...

WARWICK, RI — Jeffrey Butler, Warwick property management businessman and landlord, has been sued by the the R.I. Center for Justice and the American Civil...

TO THE EDITOR: US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse recently spoke to a group of business leaders and referenced a RI Coastal Resources Management Council report that indicated Warwick...

STATE HOUSE — House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi (D-Dist. 23, Warwick), Senate Majority Leader Ryan W. Pearson (D-Dist. 19, Cumberland, Lincoln) and Rep. Joseph M....

Editor’s note: Under the Dome is a government affairs update during the Rhode Island General Assembly session from the RI Chamber of Commerce Coalition.  The RI Chamber of Commerce is asking Rhode Islanders to come...

Editor’s note: Under the Dome is a government affairs update during the Rhode Island General Assembly session from the RI Chamber of Commerce Coalition.  Legislature Enters Break Week In this...

Editor’s note: The following information was provided by the Legislative and Press and Information Bureau. STATE HOUSE — Sen. Matthew L. LaMountain (D-Dist. 31, Warwick,...

WASHINGTON, DC — Communities and the calls their fire stations respond to grow,  but some facilities are outdated and need upgrades to better serve communities,...

WARWICK, RI — Kent Hospital has named Dr. Tom Wold, DO, MS, as its new Chief Medical Officer, starting Dec. 12, 2022. Wold most recently...

WARWICK, RI – When Officer James Vible found a blue Honda Accord on the sidewalk, atop a broken fire hydrant near  845 Post Road Nov....

WARWICK, RI — Warwick Police took two reports of stolen catalytic converters from cars that happened in Warwick Oct. 14 and Oct. 16, one at...

WARWICK, RI — Paari Gopalakrishnan, President and COO of Kent Hospital, promised to dye his hair pink if donors at Kent Hospital’s annual fundraiser Evening...

WARWICK, RI — Warwick Police have released still images of an orange car they’re looking for in their investigation of antisemitic packages left throughout Oakland...

WARWICK, RI — Shortly before his arrest on a DUI charge Oct. 20 at about 7 p.m. at the Quaker Lane Wendy’s, bystanders and security...

WARWICK, RI — Officer Keara Enos stopped a swerving 2002 Jeep Cherokee near Main Avenue and Warwick Industrial Drive Oct. 8 at 8:46 p.m., and...

PROVIDENCE, RI – Today HealthSource RI (HSRI), Rhode Island’s health insurance marketplace, begins open enrollment, which ends Jan. 31, 2023. From Nov. 1, 2022 through...

Editor’s note: The following RI arrests recorded in the RI Trooper Log were reported by the RI State Police on their website. An arrest reflects charges against...

WARWICK, RI — A man tracked two stolen catalytic converters using Apple Air Tags, recovering one and finding the culprit at the Jefferson Boulevard Mobil...

WARWICK, RI — Officer Michael Bailey was driving past 1600 Post Road Sept. 18 at 5:07 p.m. when he stopped and arrested a man in...

WASHINGTON, DC — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has approved the new  COVID bivalent booster (protecting against both the original COVID-19 virus...

PROVIDENCE, RI – Forty-two local and state police agencies will receive $16 million in grants to equip about 1,773 officers with police body cameras. The...

PROVIDENCE, RI — Dr. James E. Fanale, president and CEO of CNE (Care New England Health System)  retires Dec. 1, when Dr.  Michael Wagner will...

WARWICK, RI — Warwick Police are seeking the public’s help identifying a woman who withdrew $16,000 from a Citizens Bank account without the owner’s permission...

PROVIDENCE, RI — Old Europe Cheese, Inc., is expanding its voluntarily Listeria cheese recall of Brie to include additional products, namely  baked Brie cheeses. Old...

PROVIDENCE, RI — The Justice Department has announced expansion of its Transnational Elder Fraud Strike Force to combat scams originating overseas. “We, and our law enforcement...

WARWICK, RI — On Sept. 11, Officer Charles Walker spotted a red 1997 Toyota Corolla swerving as it headed south on Post Road, stopped the...

WARWICK, RI — Officers Ben Bratko and Nicholas DeMarco were called to a Kilvert Street apartment Sept. 10 at 7:39 p.m. for a report of...

WARWICK, RI — A Marcum LLC report shows the city paid up to $386,000 more in sick time than it should have, and Mayor Frank Picozzi...

PROVIDENCE, RI — The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) will temporarily reduce bus route frequency starting Saturday, Oct. 22, as it adjusts to a...

PROVIDENCE, RI — U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse announced $1.5 million in federal funds to expand CODAC headquarters and train and equip the...

WARWICK, RI — A burglar suffered a dog bite at a Division Street home Aug. 22 at about 10:21 p.m., shortly before setting off an...

WARWICK, RI — If you haven’t been out to see a movie in a while, and given what’s been going on the last couple of...

PROVIDENCE – A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment Wednesday charging a 28-year-old registered sex offender with allegedly enticing a 12-year-old Rhode Island girl...