A fire at a multi-family home in Woonsocket killed at least three cats and temporarily displaced 14 people. Crews responding ...

The Woonsocket Fire Department said three families are displaced after a house fire occurred on Tuesday morning. 2/4/2025 ...

Last year, a bill to ban cat declawing in Rhode Island, sponsored by state Sen. Melissa Murray, D-Woonsocket, died after failing to pass the House. It had passed the Senate in April. In a ...

Senator Melissa Murray, who represents Woonsocket and North Smithfield in the Rhode Island senate, said cats’ claws are “integral to their natural behaviors.” She has put forth a declaw bill ...