UPDATE: Funeral arrangements for firefighter announced
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The Kingston Fire District has announced the funeral services for Assistant Chief Allan “Pickles” LePage, who died Tuesday after being injured in an accident Monday at the fire station.

BREAKING NEWS: DEM closes Point Judith Pond to shellfishing
NARRAGANSETT – If your Fourth of July weekend plans included some shellfishing in Point Judith Pond, think again: The state Department of Environmental Management has closed the pond to shellfishing because of the recent heavy rainfall.

Cause of fireman's accident unknown
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — Three days after longtime Kingston Fire Department firefighter Allan “Pickles” LePage, 67, was critically injured Monday at the Kingston station, questions remain regarding what happened to the man with more than 40 years of service.

Thousands expected at funeral
KINGSTON — Firefighters have not left the side of Allan “Pickles” LePage since his tragic accident on Monday.

Beach honors lifesaving legend
Every summer in South County, lifeguards risk their lives to dive into rough waves, swim through dangerous currents and pull stranded swimmers from the sea.

Forty years later, Prout's 'girls' gather
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — It was called Prout Memorial High School for Girls, and the name shouted proudly through the treetops on the building’s front wing facing the beach route.

Fatality first in district history
KINGSTON — The death of Assistant Chief Allan “Pickles” LePage after a tragic accident at the Kingston Fire Station on Monday was the district’s first death of a firefighter on duty in its 86-year history.