Best Graduate Schools + Community College Lockdown + Popular Stores Closing: RI Week In Review

Here are the Top 10 most popular stories and posts from around Rhode Island Patch sites last week.

1. Search Continues For Man Who Sparked CCRI Lockdown: Warwick Police
2. Tiverton Man Crashed Into Tree And Killed: Cops
3. These RI Stores Among More Than 1,400 In US Expected To Close In 2026
4. 'Super El Niño' Could Form In Atlantic: What It Means For RI Hurricane Season
5. Woman In Police Custody Slips Out Of Handcuffs And Escapes Hospital: Jamestown Cops
6. Warwick Man Charged With DUI After Wrong-Way Crash: Cops
7. Task Force Takes Down Johnston Man On Gun And Drug Charges: Cops
8. Warwick Police Say They Tracked Down And Arrested Man Who Sparked CCRI Lockdown
9. These Are RI's Best Graduate Schools, U.S. News Says In New Ranking
10. Coventry HS Senior Awarded $20K Scholarship By KFC Foundation

Here are some other posts Patch readers in Rhode Island may have missed:

• NWS Kicking Off SKYWARN Storm Spotter Training In Rhode Island
• Mashed Names Rhode Island's Best Buffet Restaurant
• Cumberland Company Laying Off More Than 150 Workers: Department Of Labor
• Charlestown Woman Charged With Receiving Stolen Goods: Cops
• Rhode Island Workers Paid Pretty Well Compared To Rest Of Country: Report
• Rhode Island Lawmaker Introduces Bills To Protect Pets
• 5 Events That Are Practically A Rite Of Spring In Rhode Island
• 4 Hospitalized In Street Racing Road Wreck: Cops
• School Staffer Charged With Striking 6-Year-old Developmentally Disabled Student: Reports
• Providence Woman Charged With Bodily Fluid Assault

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