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.

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 ...