PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will start its next highway renumbering project the week of January 27, changing exit numbers on I-195 from the I-95 … more

Westport beat West Bridgewater 73-61 iun a jam-packed home game Friday night. The Wildcats have won six in a row and sport an overall record of 8-2. The team is now 1-0 in Mayflower League play.  more

During his Westport visit last week, Michael Cahill, director of the animal health program at the Mass. Department of Agricultural Resources, said he sees serious problems with the way animal cruelty … more

QUONSET — The return of the Rhode Island National Guard Open House Air Show will now feature the United States Air Force Thunderbirds as headliners coinciding with a date change for the event … more

WESTPORT — The state requires inspection of every property in Westport where traditional farm animals are kept, … more

Tuesday, Dec. 31 A Gray’s Ice Cream employee reported that a hunter came in at around 5:15 p.m. and left two hunting knives in their sheaths in the tip cup. At 6:57 p.m., police issued a … more

Tuesday, Jan. 7 A vehicle struck and killed two deer on the east side of West Main Road just north of Sakonnet Vineyards at around 6:30 p.m. The vehicle left under its own power; DEM was … more

WESTPORT — Construction of Westport’s new school is in the early stages but now comes word of another costly school project. At their November 6 meeting, the Board of Selectmen took … more

CRANSTON — The Cranston Police Department has requested media and residents in neighboring municipalities help in its quest for find a missing 10-year-old girl. The CPD is actively … more

WESTPORT — An excavator, above, yanks a giant chunk of cinderblock wall out of Westport’s old police station next to Town Hall on Main Road on Monday. Built in 1975, the station had … more