Columnist Mark Patinkin ponders new names for Rhode Island and it's cities and towns as the Gulf of Mexico gets renamed.

A Rhode Island man has been arrested for driving under the influence and driving the wrong way in Norwich on Saturday.

Scituate police Sgt. Jason Riquier, a resident of Plainfield, was found dead outside of Sterling Town Hall Monday, according to Connecticut State Police.

Will it be a warm spring in New England? Rainy? Here's what the Old Farmer's Almanac is predicting for the region

Connecticut State Police say Suniel Michael Ross, of Woonsocket, R.I., died after he was struck by a car on I-95 in West Haven on Wednesday.

The group of Democratic attorneys general argued that freezing spending authorized by Congress to conduct an ideological review is unconstitutional.

SouthCoast Wind is moving forward on other fronts. On Dec. 20, the Biden administration announced that the proposal had received approval from the federal government, making it the 11 th offshore wind project to get the green light from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.

The vehicle had been seen in the Glastonbury area and police said it is was possibly heading to Rhode Island. Get top local stories in Connecticut delivered to you every morning. Sign up for NBC ...

Former Connecticut police officer Patrick Hemingway is now suspected of 50 burglaries, 13 of which happened in Glastonbury where he worked, warrants say.

Hartford police put out an alert that they were looking for a 2009 Huyndai Santa Fe with Rhode Island plates 1YD 582. Get top local stories in Connecticut delivered to you every morning.

Two of the six New England states allow passengers in motor vehicles to hold open alcohol containers while the car is in motion.