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An unclaimed body no longer: Alan Clarke wouldn't allow Gwen Bowers to be forgotten
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 7 months agoScanning the obituaries in The Providence Journal the other day, Alan F. Clarke, who is 83, found an...
Top stories this week: Missing Warwick woman; Cranston councilman arrested; Raimondo's mom
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHere's a look at some of The Providence Journal's most-read stories for the week of May 14,...
Who held Rhode Island's first low-numbered license plates? 1906 directory has the answers
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 4 months agoRhode Islanders' fascination with low-numbered license plates goes all the way back to 1904, when...
Longtime WaterFire mime Michael Grando, student of Marcel Marceau, dies at 81
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 4 months agoA Portsmouth man who silently entertained thousands of people at WaterFire for nearly three decades...
Jack Monaghan taught this 'kid' newsroom lessons that won't be forgotten
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt was perhaps the key turning point in my career. It is 1976, and I’m walking into The Providence...
Have you ever heard of Shoo Fly Village in Providence? Here's its almost-forgotten story
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe question started with a hazy memory, of being a kid in Providence, no older than age 11, and a...
Ex-RI trooper guarded celebrities and survived IEDs in Iraq. He died after an I-95 crash.
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 7 months agoOn a road in Iraq, a live bomb waited to blow up as a convoy of American private security...
Is he a Utah rape suspect named Nick or an Englishman named Knight? UK court could help decide
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAn online obituary said Nicholas Alahverdian, of Rhode Island, died in 2020 surrounded by his family...
Who is that named after? What and Why RI answers your questions
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEvery day, we come across things that are named after people who we know nothing about. Eddie...
76-year-old suffocates nursing home roommate with pillow stuffing, Rhode Island cops say
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA 76-year-old nursing home resident has been arrested and charged with murder after Rhode Island...