A Rhode Island fugitive who vanished during a Newport rape trial 20 years ago has been captured after U.S. Marshals tracked him to his sailboat off the coast of New York. Ronald L. Fischer, 70, was ...

Newport native John Walker is thanking Vice Mayor Lynn Ceglie for more than a decade of service following her decision to withdraw from the race for the city’s Second Ward seat. Walker, a married ...

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They’re off to the Onion Patch. The 2026 Newport Bermuda Race officially got underway Friday as nearly 150 boats set sail from Newport on the 636-nautical-mile journey to Bermuda in the 54th running ...

621 East Shore Road, Jamestown, RI | 3 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, 1,772 Sq. Ft., 192 Acres | Listed by Dianne Grippi of Residential Properties Ltd. for $2,195,000. Tucked away on nearly two beautifully ...

The entire current Newport City Council has lined up behind former Mayor and Council Chair Xay Khamsyvoravong in his bid for lieutenant governor, touting his record in Newport and calling him a leader ...

As America prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, the Preservation Society of Newport County is launching a season-long series of exhibitions, performances, family programs and lectures ...

PROVIDENCE — Gov. Dan McKee officially opened fire in Rhode Island’s governor’s race Wednesday, launching a hard-hitting first television ad that paints Democratic rival Helena Foulkes as a corporate ...

James “Jay” L. Trombley II, 75, of Newport, RI, passed away peacefully on May 1, 2026. Born May 31, 1950, in Pawtucket to Veneta Welsh and James Lawrence Trombley, he attended Case High School in ...

Emily Conklin, chair of Newport’s Energy and Environment Commission, announced Monday that she is running for the Ward 2 City Council seat — currently held by Lynn Underwood Ceglie, vice chair of the ...

Just in time for Memorial Day Weekend, New England’s unofficial summer warning sign has arrived: the first confirmed great white shark of the season. According to the New England Aquarium, a dead gray ...

Rhode Island drivers are getting hammered with fines — not because they blew through tolls, but because their E-ZPass transponders quietly died. Now, a Newport lawmaker wants to stop the madness ...