Fatal crash closes Hopeville Pond State Park
A fatal motorcycle crash at Hopeville Pond State Pond closed the park Thursday afternoon, police said.
View ArticleVerizon users across Connecticut unable to call 911
Verizon carriers are experiencing trouble getting through to 9-1-1 across the state, police said Thursday afternoon.
View ArticleDaily coronavirus updates: Connecticut’s daily positivity rate dips back...
Connecticut's hospitalizations dropped to 383 on Thursday, the lowest rate since Nov. 4.
View ArticleStratford man pleads guilty to producing and distributing child pornography
A Stratford man admitted to being an administrator of a group chat that exchanged and shared child pornography, meeting up with and recording sexual acts with underaged girls and using spy cameras to...
View ArticleSandy Hook Elementary School camera’s hacked in nationwide security breach
Hackers were able to break into and watch live feeds from the outdoor and indoor cameras at Sandy Hook Elementary School after a nationwide security breach left thousands of cameras vulnerable for...
View ArticleHartford man arrested in connection to fatal Christmas Day accident
A Hartford man was taken into custody Thursday in connection to a car accident that took the life of a 67-year-old man on Christmas Day last year.
View ArticleWorkweek wraps up warm; weekend starts out windy, cold
Friday is going to be warm, but the warmth won’t stick around. Brace yourselves for a return to cold temperatures and strong wind.
View ArticleShutdown snarled morning traffic on I-95 north in Guilford, Madison; highway...
A tractor trailer fire has forced the closure of all north lanes of I-95 in Guilford and Madison.
View ArticleSouth Windsor police resurrect K-9 team with German shepherd Mason
The newest member of the police force resurrects the department’s canine program and promises a quicker response to the many incidents that a highly trained dog can help resolve.
View ArticleFormer Connecticut child abuse investigator arrested on abuse charges after...
A former child abuse investigator for the Connecticut Department of Children and Families was arrested this week and now faces child abuse charges herself after an infant in her foster care suffered...
View ArticleEast Hartford police say man shot and wounded in Main Street building
A man was shot and wounded Thursday afternoon on Main Street in East Hartford, police said.
View ArticleLamont applauds May 1 deadline for vaccine eligibility for all residents;...
Hours after signing the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan into law, President Joe Biden announced Thursday that by May 1, anyone over the age of 18 will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccines. Governor...
View ArticleHartford police form new team to investigate nonfatal shootings, which surged...
With a 68% increase in nonfatal shootings last year, Hartford police are taking a new approach to solving such crimes. Starting Sunday, the department will have a separate team of detectives dedicated...
View ArticleWaterford man killed by Louisiana police was armed
A Connecticut man who died after Louisiana sheriff’s deputies fired at him following a car chase was armed with a handgun, state police said Friday.
View ArticleDemocrats slam New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart for declaring the city’s...
Mayor Erin Stewart’s declaration that New Britain schools aren’t doing enough for students is just a political ploy to dodge responsibility for underfunding education, city Democrats charged on Friday.
View ArticleBrush fires spark around Connecticut with drop in humidity and harsh winds
Warm weather, aggressive winds and a drop in humidity have sparked fires across the state, including an approximately 30-acre brush fire in Southbury Friday afternoon.
View ArticleEast Hartford hires four police officers away from Hartford PD, two more from...
Among six new police officers to be sworn in Monday, four come from the Hartford Police Department, likely drawn across the river, in part, by East Hartford’s attractive benefits package.
View ArticleNew Britain Mayor Erin Stewart says she won’t run for governor in ’22
Erin Stewart, the high-profile mayor of New Britain for the past nine years, announced Sunday evening that she won’t be running for governor next year.
View ArticleMan dies after being shot through window of Bridgeport house, police say
A man was fatally shot over the weekend when he went to investigate a noise on a Bridgeport porch, a city spokesman says.
View ArticleEast Hartford police say man fired shots at driver
East Hartford police arrested a local man Sunday after he fired shots at another man who was driving on Francis Street, striking the car several times, but not the driver, police said Monday.
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