A womana s gambling habits have landed her in a whole lot of trouble. Beverly Howard, 53 of Westerly, RI, is now out of a job and facing first-degree larceny charges.

A Rhode Island woman has pleaded no contest to charges that she stole more than $500,000 from two former employers, including a local charity.

A Westerly woman who stole a total of $506,649 from a heating company and a charity that provides therapeutic horse rides for disabled children pleaded no contest to the crimes Monday in Washington County Superior Court.

Antonio Easterling, 20, of 111 Nathan Hale Road, was charged Monday with possession of marijuana and possession of marijuana with intent to sell.

Whipping past in the high-speed lane of Route 95 early Monday, David Romano noticed a woman standing in front of a wrecked car in the highway's far-right breakdown lane.

TwoA prisoners who escaped from the Bolduc Correctional Facility a week ago were caught walking in a coastal town nearly 300 miles away from the Warren prison.

B. DOLAN and SAGE FRANCIS provided memorable highlights at this year's Rock the Bells in Mansfield; watch the Strange Famous reps slay Jerky's Bar with special guest SLEEP on THURSDAY .

Overlooking the Westerly High School football field on Tower Street, Serapo is the latest dining establishment in a hallowed, old-world structure that, for years, was Cappizano's and, more recently, the site of Nicola's. By some sort of cosmic legislation, the recurring culinary motif in all these spots has been Italian, as though the building ...

Last week, the governor announced the veto of a fee for saltwater fishing licenses .

On a recent photo trip through southern New England, Litwin and I passed a real neat building on Route 1 in Westerly, Rhode Island, with a couple old old Buick-Pontiac signs affixed to 'em. One U-turn later, and we were investigating the remnants of Ray Hoxsie Buick-Pontiac. On Google Maps StreetView , it still appears to be a thriving business, ...

My pedi is recommending my daughter get the H1N1, seasonal flu, and pnemicocal vaccine.

Nine hours after Thursday night's action began, state lawmakers filed out of the House and Senate chambers for what would probably be the last time this year.

Nathan Hannon, former education coordinator at the state landfill. The Rhode Island State Police have opened an investigation into the former education coordinator at the state trash agency, following a Providence Journal story Sunday that he didn't keep numerous work appointments over the summer.

Nathan Hannon was fired from his job at Resource Recovery, but was still able to collect unemployment.

Police are investigating a Saturday afternoon robbery at Shaws Supermarket at 100 Franklin St.