The City Council's last minute rejection of a deal to let Excel Academy lease the empty Carl Lauro Elementary School left the ...

RI NEWS NAACP Providence president draws challenger following criminal conviction La’Juan Allen will challenge Gerard Catala, the current president, as the organization faces internal turmoil ...

PROVIDENCE — The embattled president of the Providence branch of the NAACP stood trial on Wednesday for allegedly violating campaign finance laws when he ran for City Council in 2022.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The president of the NAACP Providence branch, Gerard Catala, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to two criminal counts of violating campaign finance laws.. Catala, 44, appeared ...

Gerard Catala, president of the Providence NAACP, was convicted of violating Rhode Island state campaign finance laws when he ran for City Council in 2022 in a judge's decision Wednesday.

As the Providence branch of NAACP celebrates its 100th anniversary this year, several leaders past and present reflected on how the nation's oldest grass-roots civil-rights organization ...

Providence NAACP President Gerard Catala has been found guilty of two counts of campaign finance violations, the latest in a series of struggles for the local figure. On Wednesday, District Court ...

(WJAR) — Providence NAACP president Gerard Catala’s trial for alleged campaign finance laws is set to begin on Wednesday and was delayed once again. This next date is November 20, according to ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The Providence Police Department has referred a complaint over alleged financial misconduct at the NAACP Providence branch to federal investigators, Target 12 has learned.

The president of the Providence branch of the NAACP was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly assaulting a former colleague. Gerard Catala, 45, has been charged with simple assault for an incident ...

The Providence chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People called a press conference Monday at 12:30 p.m. at the intersection of Brook and George streets. Around 100 ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The president of the Providence NAACP violated state campaign finance laws when he ran for City Council in 2022, officials said. A judge convicted Gerard Catala, 45, of ...