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Fair conditions with good visibility greet Portsmouth residents at 82° this morning. Today's forecast calls for warmer temperatures than yesterday under partly cloudy skies, with sunrise at 6:10 AM.
A Portsmouth resident, Kenneth Boudreau, 56, was arrested on charges of weapons other than firearms prohibited after a traffic stop on I-95 in...
Jim Bonomo described his stolen Pathfinder as an irreplaceable source of memories, not just property, after reporting it missing from New Jersey and...
A Thursday evening kitchen fire on Stockton Drive injured one Middletown resident.
Portsmouth plans to treat crime as a public health emergency via Project Impact, which unites city departments and partner agencies around the clock to identify what led to each incident.
After more than 20 years on the run, Ronald Fischer faces a November 2 sentencing hearing for the 2003 sexual assault of Cheryl Gingerich aboard his...
Portsmouth has no school-zone speed cameras and no plans to install any.
Portsmouth police reported several arrests over five days last week.
Newport approved a $375,000 police drone program, with a donor covering $275,000, expanding aerial surveillance just as the state pauses new...
Ronald Fischer, convicted of sexually assaulting a woman at a Portsmouth marina in 2003, can now tap frozen accounts to retain lawyers after his July...
Luke Benoit, a 31-year-old father of four, vanished from Portsmouth on June 28, 2022, after a brief stop at Neon Marketplace and a troubling call to...
Ronald Fischer, convicted in absentia of sexually assaulting a woman aboard his yacht at a Portsmouth marina in 2003, told the court he cannot access...
Alison Debbie Costa, 46, of 19 Harrington Ave., was charged with three counts of controlled substance possession plus first-offense DUI after a motor...
Two consistent reports detail the same tragic incident on Aquidneck Island, highlighting ongoing pedestrian risks.
Fugitive doctor Ronald Fischer appeared in Newport County Superior Court Monday, claiming frozen assets block him from hiring a private lawyer despite...
Newport PD responded to 971 calls from August 10-16.
Two men were found shot near the intersection of Twin Pines Road and Towne Point Road in Portsmouth early Saturday morning. Police are investigating the incident.
