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Stratford high schooler hospitalized after stabbing himself in class...

A male student at Bunnell High School in Stratford was hospitalized Wednesday morning after using a knife to inflict injury on himself, police said.

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Woman who stabbed, nearly killed former Hartford police Officer Jill Kidik...

The woman who stabbed and nearly killed former Hartford police Officer Jill Kidik inside a downtown apartment three years ago was found Wednesday to have committed the attack but she was acquitted due...

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Severe thunderstorm warning issued for Hartford Wednesday afternoon

A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Hartford and Tolland County until 4:30 p.m., Wednesday.

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Windsor man, who police say was driving over 60 mph over speed limit, charged...

A 26-year-old man was charged Friday with second-degree manslaughter, first-degree reckless endangerment, reckless driving and driving under the influence after colliding into two utility poles in late...

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Hamden police investigating arson Wednesday morning

Hamden police are investigating a fire they believe was arson near Dixwell Avenue and Hamden Park Drive Wednesday morning.

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Gunshot victim shows up at Manchester hospital, police say

A man was shot in the stomach late Wednesday night in Manchester, police say.

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New Britain man sentenced for beating toddler

A New Britain man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after he beat a toddler until she almost died, New Britain’s top prosecutor says.

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Woman, 56, was ‘minding her business’ in her Hartford home when she was shot...

A 55-year-old Hartford woman who police believe was just “at home, cooking and minding her business,” is dead after a drive-by shooting Wednesday evening.

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DEEP bans alcohol at six state recreation areas, effectively immediately

Starting today, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) will temporary ban alcohol at six public recreation areas around the state until late August, they announced...

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Man, 50, gets four years for dealing illegal painkillers from New Britain bodega

Citing the 229 people who’ve died of drug overdoses in New Britain since 2015, a federal judge on Thursday sentenced the former co-owner of a Corbin Avenue bodega to four years in prison for selling...

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East Hartford man killed during gun battle at Hartford drug deal, wounded...

One man is dead and another was wounded after an exchange of gunfire during an apparent drug deal Wednesday afternoon in Hartford’s Upper Albany neighborhood.

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Manchester police officers disciplined for handling of domestic disturbance call

wo Manchester police officers were suspended for their misguided response to a reported domestic disturbance, including charging a man with a more serious offense than was merited, according to...

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Shooter fires into Watertown house, police say

A house got shot up in Watertown Friday morning, police say.

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Northern Correctional Institution, Connecticut’s first supermax prison,...

The Northern Correctional Institution has officially closed Friday morning, three weeks earlier than anticipated when Gov. Lamont announced the shutdown in February.

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Meriden drug bust yields close to a pound of crack, more than a quarter...

Police say they confiscated close to a pound of crack cocaine and more than $282,000 in cash this week during what they called a “substantial seizure.”

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New Canaan man charged in connection to four robberies in the last three...

A New Canaan man is being held on $200,000 bond after being arrested Friday in connection to four robberies in Fairfield County last year.

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Cellphone data, surveillance cameras helped detectives zero in on Yale grad...

New court records reveal for the first time how the high-tech manhunt for the man who shot and killed Yale grad student Kevin Jiang in February zeroed in on MIT researcher Qinxuan Pan as he attempted...

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West Hartford teacher Nicola Culmo wins ‘Big Sister of the Year’ award after...

Nicola Culmo, who is a high school teacher in the West Hartford Public School District and was recently named Big Sister of the Year, was searching for a way to give more love to the world as her...

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State police searching for two vehicles that may be connected to a fatal...

Connecticut State Police are searching for two cars that may be connected to a fatal shooting in Litchfield Monday.

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New Milford police recover one deceased body from two men who had ‘gone into’...

After receiving a report Wednesday night regarding two men who had “gone into” the Housatonic River, the body of one of the men, a 23-year-old, was recovered Friday morning, New Milford police said.

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