November 20, 2009
DOT officials to remove split-lane traffic on I-95
Rhode Island transportation officials are temporarily closing a lane of Interstate 95 South.
Providence ice skating center opens Saturday
Rain postpones the opening of the Bank of America Center in Providence for ice skating.
Police: Teen ditches school, robs bank
Police say a teen robbed a bank when he should have been in school.
Fiancee of Woods’ brother testifies in lawsuit
A witness says the late brother of the actor James Woods was not seen by a doctor until an hour after he came to the Kent Hospital emergency room complaining of a sore throat.
Brown, IBM open most powerful supercomputer in RI
The supercomputer opened Friday at Brown’s Center for Computation and Visualization.
Basement flooding forces school dismissal
Students went home early at the Bishop McVinney school in Providence due to flooding.
Driver in fatal crash charged with DUI
The 19-year-old driver in a fatal crash is charged with drunken driving.
Bristol woman loses teaching certificiate
A Bristol teacher, who pleaded no contest to drunk driving charges, has lost her certificate to teach in Rhode Island.
Newport hotel sold for $5.7M
The Vanderbilt Hotel in Newport has been sold for $5.7 million to the British man who developed the Carnegie Abbey Club in Portsmouth.
Man files complaint over Taser incident
A North Providence man who claims a Newport police officer shot him with a stun gun has filed a notice of intent to sue the city.
RI unemployment rate dips to 12.9 percent
The state’s unemployment rate is still well above the national rate of 10.2 percent.
November 19, 2009
Suspicious graffiti forces additional security at high school
Cumberland school officials say students are prohibited from carrying pocketbooks and backpacks to school on Friday.
Court: RI judge made right call in smoke shop case
A federal appeals court says a Rhode Island judge was correct to order a new trial for a state trooper who was ultimately cleared of using excessive force during a raid on a tribal smoke shop.
Hard drives reported missing from mayor’s office found
Rhode Island State Police said they have found two computer hard drives that reportedly went missing from the mayor’s office in Woonsocket.
Mayor testifies about merits of regionalization
A Senate commission on shard services meets for the first time.











