Central Fall News Today

Actress Jackie Davis of Central Falls discusses getting her "dream role" and portraying love and heartbreak in this classic American play.

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A James Beard semifinalist is expanding into downtown Providence. Cielito Mexican Kitchen is slated to open on the ground floor of the historic Alice Building at 186 Union Street in the spring of 2024.

The units will also be restricted to households earning 60 percent of the area median income, or about $61,000 for a family of four.

Several Rhode Island cities and towns weighed in on ballot questions from spending to charter changes.

Central Falls, Rhode Island has been named the poorest town in the state, with a poverty rate of 24.9% as of 2023.

This National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, Rhode Island is celebrating recent steps taken to eradicate childhood lead poisoning.

You'll probably guess the most expensive community to buy a house in RI, but what about the rest of the list?

Six governors later, the state is still in charge of Central Falls, and the result has been a school district in worse condition than Providence.

Police say Luis Lopez was recently released from prison in Massachusetts where he served time for manslaughter.