PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Providence City Council voted to approve a 25-year lease for between the city and a local public charter school. In an eight-to-five vote, councilors approved Mayor Brett Smiley entering a new agreement with Achievement First…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- State officials gathered with students, teachers, and other community members Wednesday to celebrate the opening of Hope High School’s newly redesigned auditorium. The ribbon cutting was attended by Gov. Dan McKee, Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green, Mayor Brett…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The City of Providence will host an open house on its comprehensive plan update process on Thursday. The Providence Comprehensive Plan Open House will begin at 6 p.m. at the Providence Career and Technical Academy. Press…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Rhode Island's 47th annual PrideFest kicked off Saturday at the new Providence Innovation District Park. Mayor Brett Smiley was in attendance to give remarks at the celebration, which included more than 250 nonprofit organizations, businesses, and…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Providence City Council passed the Fiscal Year 2024 budget on Friday. The budget passed in a 12-to-1 vote after the city's Finance Committee approved it early in the week. Director of Communications Parker Gavigan said…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- A 19-year-old Providence murder suspect was found hiding in a small closet under a stairwell before he was arrested Wednesday, according to authorities. Kevin Giron was arrested…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Providence police and Mayor Brett Smiley will provide an update on the city's sixth homicide of the year Thursday morning. Police arrested Kevin Giron, 19, at an apartment on…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Providence police arrested the suspect who is accused of fatally shooting a 19-year-old over the weekend. An ABC 6 News viewer submitted video that shows…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Providence leaders celebrated the grand reopening of the historic Paragon Mill on Wednesday. Mayor Brett Smiley and affordable housing advocates held a ceremony at the property at 144 Delaine Street. https://twitter.com/PVDMayor/status/1668995126062993415 The complex in the Olneyville…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Providence City Council Finance Committee approved the city's proposed $583 million budget proposal for the 2024 fiscal year. Councilors voted unanimously to approve the budget. Officials said the proposal modifies residential and commercial property tax…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Several changes are in store for 2023 PVDFest. Previously, it was announced by Providence Mayor Brett Smiley that PVDFest would be moved from June to the weekend of Sept. 8. Since then, the mayor has also…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- A Providence city councilor was hit by a van in California over the weekend. Parker Gavigan, a spokesman for the City Council, said Tuesday Councilor Helen Anthony was hit Saturday in northern California. "Helen is a…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Providence's signature arts festival will be a lot different this year. Mayor Brett Smiley and the Department of Art, Culture, Tourism said in March that PVDFest -- initially a four-day event --will run for three days…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Studley Building in Providence has completed renovations. Gov. Dan McKee, Mayor Brett Smiley, and city leaders cut the ribbon on the historic property on Weybosset Street on Monday. https://twitter.com/GovDanMcKee/status/1668296855917146117 Paolino Properties made the commercial office…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank said Thursday that it had closed on a $1,000,000 loan to study water quality issues in Providence. The Clean Water State Revolving Fund Loan will allow the city to study issues…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- A man who lost an eye during the Providence riot in 2020 is now suing the Providence Police Department. According to documents obtained by ABC 6 News, Eduardo…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Providence Public School District announced that members of the Mount Pleasant High School Music Department will represent Rhode Island in the National Memorial Day Parade in Washington, D.C. This is the first time Rhode Island…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- More than a month after launching their Community Response Team, Providence police said they seized 63 illegal ATVs and dirt bikes and arrested 24 people in connection to the…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- A judge on Monday continued an eviction hearing involving Skyline at Waterplace LLC -- who's accused of violating its lease agreement. The hearing, initially scheduled for Monday, has been moved to July 10. In April, the…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Providence police said the city's fifth homicide of the year happened at a Mother's Day cookout. A man, who's name has not been released, was shot and killed at about 11 p.m. Sunday at a house…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said Thursday it's the city's intention to put the Skyline facility back out to bid as a lawsuit surrounding the venue plays out in court. "It is still our intention and our…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- A tribute to fallen police officers was held at the Providence Public Safety Complex on Friday. The annual memorial service and wreath laying ceremony during National Police Week…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- A Providence street renamed in honor of a lifelong resident and the longest-serving judge on the U.S. First Court of Appeals. Fulton Street, between Memorial and Exchange streets, next to the federal courthouse, will be changed…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Department of Housing and Amos House will meet Wednesday on whether to extend the use of the Cranston Street Armory again. Last week, Rhode Island Housing Secretary Stefan Pryor said the Armory will stay open…
