PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A South Kingstown man who ran a glass-bead manufacturing business has admitted cheating on his taxes.
David Christensen pleaded guilty Thursday to underpaying his income tax by about $70,000. Federal prosecutors say he hid his income by depositing checks payable to the business into an account in [...]
On the local front:
Journal photo/ Frieda SquiresA year ago today:
Residents of the Matunuck section of South Kingstown awake to the emotional sight of workers tearing down the Seaview, the building where beach goers for nearly 90 years had showered, changed, played bingo, gone to dances, [...]
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- Police have charged a man with domestic felony assault, saying he beat his girlfriend, Capt. Jeff S. Allen said on Monday.
Shane Patrick Sutherland, 33, of 37 Whitford St., Wakefield, was taken into custody Saturday and is to be arraigned Monday afternoon in Washington County District Court, [...]
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- Investigators from several communities were questioning a break-in suspect Monday after Narragansett police arrested him early in the morning.
Scott Gavitt, 28, of 31 Sykes St., Warwick, is charged with breaking into two gas stations in South Kingstown, according to Capt. Jeff S. Allen of the South [...]
Note: Former Cranston Mayor Steve Laffey has confirmed that he will be participating in this forum as well. Should be interesting.
At 7:00 PM on Tuesday, December 15th, the SKGOP is holding an open meeting at Casey’s Grill and Bar in Wakefield. The focus of the meeting [...]
NARRAGANSETT, R.I. -- A South Kingstown man was charged with driving under the influence and refusing an alcohol test early Tuesday after Narragansett police found him asleep in the driver's seat of his car, the engine running, in a left-turn lane near the Salt Pond Shopping Center.
Marcus Drew Robinson, 26, [...]
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. --The University of Rhode Island has been awarded 30 health and science research grants totaling $12.3 million, all financed through the federal stimulus program, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
The National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation awarded the grants, which [...]
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- Do you still have stray Newport Pell Bridge tokens rattling around in your car? If so, the obsolete circular tokens can still be of use.
The Jonnycake Center of Peace Dale is asking Rhode Islanders to donate their remaining tokens, dropping them in marked receptacles [...]
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- School officials at South Kingstown High School ordered a brief lockdown shortly before 1 p.m. Wednesday after it was determined that a "suspicious" individual had entered the school.
Robert McCarthy, the principal, said that once the administration was informed that there was an intruder in the building [...]
Most of the Interscholastic League football schedule for tonight -- and tomorrow -- have been postponed because of the storm in the area.
Here are the games that are still on for tonight:
West Warwick at South Kingstown, 6:30 p.m. (Division II playoff)
Cranston East at Mt. Hope, 7 p.m. [...]
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) - Federal safety regulators say several factors are to blame for the death of a volunteer firefighter in South Kingstown in June.
The man was killed after his head was pinned between a truck's aerial ladder and part of the station house.
