Nearby News: Tragedy Strikes Rhode Island

Here are the most popular posts from around Rhode Island Patch sites last week:

• 1,200lb Man Moves To Cranston with Help From a Crane | Cranston, RI Patch
• Woman in Vehicle Struck, Killed by Train ID’d as Kingston Woman, 21 | Narragansett - South Kingstown, RI Patch
• One Dead after Train Hits Car on Tracks in West Kingston | Narragansett - South Kingstown, RI Patch
• Community Mourns after Death of Firefighter | Cranston, RI Patch
• Coventry Family Found Guilty of Turning House into Pot Farm | Coventry, RI Patch
• Twin River Group Plans to Move Newport Grand to Tiverton | Newport, RI Patch
• Two Barrington Girls, 12, Arrested for Beating and Forcing Teen to Strip, Eat Butter | Barrington, RI Patch
• As Train Approached, EG Officer Pulls Despondent Man from Tracks with Seconds to Spare | East Greenwich, RI Patch
• Newport Man Found Asleep in Parked Cadillac after Accident | Newport, RI Patch
• Man Found Dead in Fire Pit | Woonsocket, RI Patch
• Local Teen Lauded for Launching Nonprofit to Give Artful Cards to Hospital Patients | Tiverton-Little Compton, RI Patch
• Man Arrested For Lying Down On Broadway Sidewalk and Refusing to Get Up | Newport, RI Patch
• Police: Tiverton Woman Threatened to Stab Husband | Tiverton-Little Compton, RI Patch
• URI Student Accused of Turning Frat House into Pot Shop | Narragansett - South Kingstown, RI Patch
• After Five Months with No Pay, Freelance Journalist Takes WPRO to Task on Social Media | Cranston, RI Patch
• Big Loss for East Greenwich: McNamara Puts Website on Hiatus | East Greenwich, RI Patch
• Newport Man Charged with Domestic Assault for Hitting Woman in Face: Police | Newport, RI Patch