Good morning, Providence.

Nonprofits including United Way of Rhode Island and the Jonnycake Center for Hope noted rising requests for food, housing, and health services before official data shows the trend (a warning that early community signals need to be heeded), prompting calls for proactive local support.

A near-total lunar eclipse peaked in Rhode Island at 12:12 a.m. after starting on Thursday, though cloudy skies likely hindered views in Providence (the weather service warned of patchy fog and showers).

Firefighters rescued pit bull Jax from a burning home on Woodland Road in Smithfield on Tuesday morning — he received oxygen, fluids, and cool towels at the scene and started recovering before returning home later that night.

Fall concerts will feature rock, country, jazz and hip-hop artists at venues including the Uptown Theater and The Strand in Providence.

Mohegan Sun in Uncasville hosts its 30th-anniversary bash in early October, while acts like Foo Fighters & Dave Matthews Band are scheduled at local venues later this season.

Brown University herbarium staff (working with museum officials) have preserved a piece of soccer turf from Miami's Hard Rock Stadium where Cape Verdean player Sidny Lopes Cabral equalized in the 2026 World Cup; the artifact is now on display as a sports relic at the Cape Verdean Museum in Pawtucket.

Today, the city’s department of art, culture and tourism unveiled 'Word on the Street' on Broad Street, an installation where three radios broadcast voices on 89.1 FM from near a cemetery, synagogue, and former bodega site to honor migration history.

Artists Sy + Kimberli Meyer plan music and story events.

Johnston parents experienced significant bus delays on the first day of school on Aug.

27, with some children waiting until 7 p.m.; Superintendent Sutherland said the district is refining routes to improve pickups and drop-offs.

Officials advanced three proposals to redevelop the former Apex department store to include housing, hotels and retail near I-95.

Each plan now enters final review as Pawtucket works to boost investment (announced Tuesday, Aug. 25).