Retired Judge Frank Caprio, known around the world as the “Nicest Judge in the World,” has died at the age of 88.

The Providence Journal and United Way of Rhode Island have partnered to highlight the state's nonprofits. Each week, a nonprofit identified by United Way will be spotlighted in the Providence Sunday Journal, and the United Way will share how it supports that organization.

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The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management and Rhode Island Department of Health said that West Nile Virus was detected in mosquito samples collected in East Providence, Westerly, and West Greenwich.

That includes the death of a passenger aboard a Pilgrim Airlines DeHavilland Twin Otter aircraft that landed on the frozen surface of the Scituate Reservoir in 1982. The pilot was credited with saving the lives of 11 people that day, according to a Providence Journal report.

Rhode Island Monthly editor Jamie Coelho pens a book of her favorite places to eat, drink and take powder room selfies.

The Rhode Island-born influencer has been on TV before, both in "The Culpo Sisters" and "Hell's Kitchen." Now, she's going to host a cooking competition.

Manhattan, Rutgers, North Carolina State, Maine and Providence will all welcome the Rams to campus early in the 2025-26 season.