"I don't want to be left with a Newport Grand in 20 years," said Tiverton Town Councilman Brett Pelletier. "It's not a nice place to be. And if it were, we'd still be talking about it being in Newport and not in Tiverton."

Jordan Desousa, 29, of Warwick, was found lying unresponsive on the Power Line Trail near Bog Pond.

After climbing from 1990 to 1999, the percentage of children in Rhode Island's population has fallen every year since, a Providence Journal analysis of Census Bureau records shows. And that could have serious consequences for Rhode Island's economy and population as a whole.

Pawtucket's Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre will do a 2016-17 season that includes classics "American Buffalo" and "The Children's Hour," and a show that looks at the future of virtual reality.